Failure at Stelvio Gran Fondo; A Case Study

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