ENDURANCE TAKES TIME

cycling is an endurance sport and you can’t get fast in one year. One of my early mentors, Juerg Feldmann, set me up for success by telling me I needed to work hard for five years before I would really see the results of my efforts. His analogy is that training is like building a house; you need to put in the time to build a foundation, put up the walls, put on the roof, etc. When your house is finally finished you can buy a stereo, start to party and enjoy it. Success doesn’t

first.{ geoff kabush’ come without hard work

i’ve seen time and time again people expecting to see big improvements by increasing training loads significantly. Sometimes they do see big gains, but generally these are fleeting. I always try and stress with both riders young and old that developing the aerobic system required for cycling takes years to develop. In most cases, you can’t increase training loads more than 10 to 15 per cent per year without running into problems with injury and/or over-training. Building the engine takes time. Be patient. Manage your expectations and enjoy the process. We are after all doing something that should be fun: (andrew pinfoldf riding bikes.