Tried & Tested Cycle Coaching

11/10/2026

Mallorca Masters Stage Race 2026 🚵

Arrived in Mallorca and a little stage 3 recon ride to loosen off the travel legs 🦵.

Essentially the queen stage and one that will likely be quite decisive in terms of the overall GC.

Fingers crossed for good legs on this day 🤞

09/10/2026

Mallorca Masters Stage Race 2026 🚴

Today’s session was short in duration overall as we continue the taper but with 3 x 2 min efforts to help keep the legs alive to what they will see next week - stage 2 being the focus of this and previous sessions where we have worked on that big 2 min effort in a repeated fashion. 💥 💥💥💥

Stage 2 is effectively a circuit of 4 laps with a double climb in each lap. This could be a decisive stage. As they say fail to prepare, prepare to fail.

08/10/2026

07/10/2026

Mallorca Masters Stage Race 2026 🚴

You can’t ride hard every day and following yesterday’s race simulation efforts it was nice to just spin the legs easy.
The rollers are your friend in these moments.
They add a level of control you don’t get out on the road.

I also introduce stage 1 - S’Arenal
A stage more for the bunch sprint than the breakaway although I’ve seen the break go on this stage.

Tomorrow it’s back to a little more intensity 💥

06/10/2026

Mallorca Masters Stage Race 2026 🚴‍♀️

One week to go and the final weeks prep begins.
The longest ride and also probably the hardest today as the volume reduces.
Race simulation for stage 3 which is the Queen stage the ascent of Coll de Sa Batalla

I’m actually glad that one is done and out of the way.
Stay tuned in the following days for more insights into the final preparation.

05/10/2026

Mallorca Masters Stage Race 2026

Here I set out the training and preparation that’s gone into being in top shape - well as top as one can be for the event in a little over a week’s time.

It’s been a solid 4 week build up and this week is all about icing the cake. 🍰
That doesn’t mean feet 🦶 up, instead a gradual reduction in volume whilst maintaining race specific intensity.
That said I’m glad for today’s rest day.

Catch subsequent reels in the days leading up to the race start for more training insights.

21/08/2026

STOP going out too hard at the start of your training sessions.

Your aerobic system doesn't switch on instantly — there's a real lag before oxygen delivery catches up to effort. Go out hard before that happens and you're covering the gap anaerobically: burning glycogen and racking up fatigue you'll pay for later. It's called the oxygen deficit, and it's measurable, not imagined.

It also takes longer to catch up the older you get — so if your warm-up needs have grown, that's physiology, not decline.

Ease in for 10. Build for 15. Then go.

Swipe for the science. Save it for your next session.

18/08/2026

National Masters Crit Champion. 🏆

Not luck — preparation.

20 minutes on the rollers, building through some specific efforts with some standing openers. Off the bike, three laps to read the circuit — because "it was important to be in the hairpin in the top 3, every time."

His words after the race say it all:

"Felt a little apprehensive before the start, completed the warm up and felt much better, a little calmer I guess... A couple of riders went off hard from the start but nothing to worry about."

Digs at the front through the middle laps. Nobody allowed away. Then the moment it mattered:

"On the final lap it was important to be into the final hairpin first. Down the back I was boxed in on the inside, but the two riders in front gave me a gap and I jumped through... just went as hard as I could in the saddle, and jumped out of the saddle with 30 metres to go."

Two bike lengths clear at the line. Highest minute power of the year, produced when it counted most.

"Very pleased with how I rode. Felt very strong throughout."

This is what it looks like when the prep matches the performance.

11/08/2026

Stop chasing one number.

Building the best version of yourself as a cyclist isn't about maxing out your FTP. It's about stacking the right levers — frequency, volume, intensity, density — on top of proper recovery, consistently, over time.

That's what builds foundations that actually last. Not burnout. Not one brutal week. Steady, repeatable progress.

Swipe through the levers 👉