What do we look for after a failed event?
Case Study, Stelvio Gran Fondo
What do we have for this overview:
-Unsatisfied athlete…shooting for top 20 at Stelvio Gran Fondo and didn't accomplish it
-Lacking in authentic Communication between athlete and coach; letting Training Peaks Calendar dictate the rides versus communicating how these actually felt. Training peaks is not the bible, be nimble with the workout scheduling
-Comparing training year over year, basics
-Look at the two events, so similar, what to look for in the failure?
GET GRANULAR - don’t just say it was a bad day
00:00 Welcome to the EVOQ Podcast
02:00 Communication
Flexibility with your training schedule
Having a bad day but still looking at the data
04:45 Comparing the stats of the two events... both are over 15,000 feet of climbing in a day!
Watts
Pace
Temperature
Altitude
Etc etc
Small break in training
09:00 He had trained more before the event where he didn't perform as well....
11:35 HOW DO YOU FEEL?
13:00 Transition Weeks...I don't formally call them this, but I might start to do so! Don't get BURNED OUT
15:00 Work stress; time away from Family. FAMILY FIRST, while accomplishing things on the bike! It's a tough balance for many of us.
17:00 What another coach thought of the TRAINING PROGRAM
Progressive build
How you rode strongly
19:45 Four recommendations; very similar to the EVOQ BIKE Power File Analysis: https://www.evoq.bike/blog/2019/7/30/what-is-a-power-file-analysis
23:28 Some big picture riding comparison
25:48 THE COMMENT that I feel had a massive influence on this ride
27:48 Wrapping it up
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Stelvio Gran Fondo, 96.5 miles, 15,000 feet of climbing. just over 7h; 383 tss, 13.3
Stations Gran Fondo: 85m, 16,000ft, 12.3mph, 7h, 440tss, more tempo… 157 / 1100 did it on gravel bike
