At present it seems there is more virtual racing than ever before. With respect to various countries’ lockdown policies and racing being off the cards amateur to professional cyclists have turned to online racing, the most popular of which being Zwift. While eRacing is nothing new the volume of people participating in it is…
“An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal behavior” – Viktor Frankl It then stands to reason that a normal reaction would be abnormal, so what am I getting at? With this post I wanted the dip away from our common themes on Premier Endurance and talk about processing emotions, thoughts and feelings specifically…
Coach gender has been shown to predict levels of coaching aspiration1. The Irish Sports Monitor Report for 2017 (ISM 2017) stated that men are more likely than women not only to play sport, but also to be members of a club, volunteer for sports and attend sporting events. This is evident in the below figure.…
It’s safe to say we’re in a new era of coaching, especially in the endurance sport domain. The days when a coach would meet with an athlete face to face routinely over weeks, months and years are gone and in place of it a new remote coaching culture has taken its place. This is…
Quite often, at this time of year, domestic riders will take flight to warmer climates and longer climbs. Be this using up some of your annual leave or coinciding your training camp with holidays from school or college this is a valuable training tool and when used correctly can kickstart your season in an…
Our last piece focused on what exactly coach burnout is and the reason why it may happen. In brief, we found out that burnout can be associated with emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and reduced personal accomplishment. We highlighted the various factors known to cause burnout, some of which included: internal and external expectations, role overload…
What is a Coach? We’ll start this blog by delving into what a coach is, the oxford dictionary describes a coach as ‘a person who trains a person or team in sport’. But, we can hone in a little more on the subtleties, for this we’ll split the camp right down the middle and…
We’ve all been there, the legs feel stiff, your mind isn’t in it, the intensity that felt easy last week feels a chore this week. Often if we are in tune with our bodies, we pull the pin on these sessions and opt for recovery, sometimes feeling guilty for doing so. But should we…
It’s that time of year again. The leaves are covering the roads, there’s a chill in the air, the club WhatsApp is gaining more and more traction (or annoyance) for groups getting together on the weekend. Winter training has started, we’re about to set the foundations for what will come next year. Frankly a lot…
The UCI Europe Tour is a ferociously competitive world. This is the breeding ground for the vast majority of talent that goes on to graduate into the professional continental ranks and onwards to world tour, the level is high and the racing plenty. For this feature we’re going to take an athlete we work with…