Last Friday, February 4th, on a warm summer's day here in Melbourne, Anna Davis broke her own World Record in the 1 hour Time Trial, also known as who can ride the furthest distance around an indoor track in an hour.
This was an extraordinary feat, not only because it was her fourth age group world record, but she completed it in 45.3km/hr, making it the second fastest time ever by an Australian woman, second only to former professional cyclist Bridie O’Donnell.
Oh, and did we mention she is 57 years old?
Today we had the pleasure of interviewing Anna, who you will quickly find out is a modest, humble character, yet has the determination and fierceness of a warrior, with the mental toughness to match it.
What does it take to ride this well?
What’s her training program like?
We can tell you for sure, you will NOT expect to hear the type of training Anna does. Her methods go against almost all common training program philosophy.
This was a fascinating interview and we can’t wait for you to hear it.
Keys to the episode:
- A history of Anna’s four 1-Hour World Record attempts
- The hoops you need to jump for in order to have a world record attempt
- What are the ideal conditions?
- How they use air density to measure performance
- The total rundown of Anna’s fastest equipment, and which is most important
- What’s the optimum cadence to break a world time trial record?
- Can you guess how many months out Anna started her preparation?
- The 1 key session Anna did weekly
- Utilizing the 1%ers (altitude etc)
- How has Anna gotten better with age?
- How to strategize the race when you are NOT allowed a bike computer!
- Breaking down just how mentally taxing it really is
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