Cycling Time Trial Podcast

On September 12, 2015, Molly Shaffer Van Houweling set the Women’s UCI Hour record in Aguascalientes, Mexico, covering 46.273 KM.  We welcome back Molly Van Houweling and we are also again pleased to be joined by her husband Rob Van Houweling. Visit the website for the event for all the highlights, msvhour.com. Thanks so much for the download. Contact me at ttpodcast@yahoo.com or interact with me on twitter where I am @markflorence11. Many great guest coming your way soon!

Today on the Cycling Time Trial Podcast, we welcome David Lindsay. David was brought to my attention by his coach Matt Bottrill, as an inspirational story. David has overcome testicular cancer and he is a dedicated time trial athlete. David also does very well with very limited time to train. David is just back from the ametuer World Championships in Denmark, where he competed as a wild card entry.  You can follow David on twitter @DSLINDSAY. Feel free to contact me at ttpodcast@yahoo.com or on twitter @markflorence11. Thanks much for the download and please tell others about the show.

I am very happy to welcome back Michael Hutchinson. Michael is making back to back appearances to discuss all of the “good stuff” going on in the world of cycling, especially since much of the news revolves around time trials. Michael is of course the author of “The Hour” and “Faster, The Obsession, Science and Luck Behind the World's Fastest Cyclists”. Michael is a regular columnist for Cycling Weekly, which is also where you can find some really cool videos that are really quite informative. Make sure to follow Michael on twitter @Doctor_Hutch. Contact me at ttpodcast@yahoo.com or interact with me on twitter where I am @markflorence11. Thanks so much for downloading the show.

We welcome back Michael Hutchinson, Michael is a columnist for Cycling Weekly and you can see him in various forms on the BBC. Michael has written several books to include the cycling books The Hour, and Faster, The Obession, Science and Luck behind the world’s fastest cyclists. On September 12, 2015, Molly Shaffer Van Houweling will try for the outright UCI Women’s Hour record at the Velodromo Bicentenario in Aguascalientes, Mexico. Michael was kind enough to join us for a preview of Molly's attempt. Thanks for downloading the show. Contact me on twitter where I am @markflorence11 or via email at ttpodcast@yahoo.com.

We last spoke with Molly Van Houweling in May 2015, and she talked of her entry into the “Hour World”. At that time, Molly had set new US Women’s and World Master’s hour records. She extended those records in July, and on September 12, 2015, she will try for the outright UCI Women’s Hour record at the Velodromo Bicentenario in Aguascalientes, Mexico. We welcome back Molly Van Houweling and we are also pleased to be joined by her husband Rob Van Houweling.   You can support the kickstarter campaign for coverage of the event at msvhour.com.   Thanks for downloading the show. Contact me at ttpodcast@yahoo.com or send me a message via twitter @markflorence11.

Coach Gordon Paulson of www.speedmadison.com is back to offer his thought on pacing for Time Trials. Coach Gordy is very accomplished time trialist at all levels of competition, and he has coached a number of successful time trial specialists.  Thanks for downloading the show. If you have questions or comments contact me at ttpodcast@yahoo.com or send me a message on twitter @markflorence11.

We welcome back Coach Tim Ramsden. Tim is an Association of British Cycling L3 Cycling coach and owner of blackcatcyclecoaching.com. Tim has joined us twice now and his shows on cadence, and time trials for newcomers were really well received. Today we are focusing on one of the training terms that you hear frequently when one trains for time trials, "Sweet Spot" training. Tim is here to tell us why this type of training is so effective and how and when to implement sweet spot intervals into a training plan. You can contact Tim through his website, blackcatcyclecoaching.com or follow him on twitter, @timblackcatcc. As always if you have show ideas contact via twitter @markflorence11 or at ttpodcast@yahoo.com. Thanks for downloading the show!

We catch up with Billy Oliver. Billy is blogging about his quest to go faster at http://ayeartobeattheclock.blogspot.com/. You may want to catch up with the story so far buy listening to episode #37. We thank Billy for sharing the highs and lows of his season thusfar. Follow Billy on twitter @billyoliver80 You can contact me with show ideas at ttpodcast@yahoo.com or on twitter @markflorence11. Thanks for downloading the show!

We welcome back Xavier Disley. Xavier has appeared before as an expert in the field of performance analysis and aerodynamic efficiency. He is based in Birmingham, UK, and is the Director of AeroCoach LTD, as well as working with RST Sport and World Tour Teams. He specializes in pacing and race analysis as well as kinematics & exercise physiology.  Xavier is especially adept at analysis and I thought it would be insightful to get his thoughts on the recent hour records of Alex Dowsett and Brad Wiggins.  You can find Xavier at www.rstsport.com and www.aero-coach.co.uk/. Be sure to follow Xavier on Twitter @xavierdisley. You can contact me @markflorence11 and ttpodcast@yahoo.com.

We welcome back Michael Hutchinson, Michael is a columnist for Cycling Weekly and you can see him in various forms on the BBC. Michael has written several books to include The Hour, and Faster, The Obession, Science and Luck behind the world’s fastest cyclists. On June 7, 2015, Bradley Wiggins set the UCI hour record at the Lee Valley VeloPark in London with a record of 54.526 km, or about 33.9 MPH. Michael was there is nice enough to share his thoughts. Contact me at ttpodcast@yahoo.com on twitter I am @markflorence11. Thanks for downloading the show.