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By from Nigel Hale Hunter from BPM Coaching Overtraining If you want to keep cycling and improving, set yourself sensible measurable goals and take measured and sensible steps to reach them. When…

By from Nigel Hale Hunter from BPM Coaching Annual Recommended Training hours Firstly, let’s talk about training volumes based on time, not distance. The number of hours you train per year including…

By from Nigel Hale Hunter from BPM Coaching The essential physiological asset required to do well in most cycling events is a competitive threshold power to weight ratio coupled with the ability…

The good news is that we are well practiced at setting goals, in fact, our lives are run by the goals we set every day. These goals give us direction and purpose and…

Day 3 : Raid Pyrenees : 80km, 2.200m elevation Today you’ll battle against 2 legends which are the col du Tourmalet, the oldest pass of the Tour de France starting in 1910, and the…

In the next three blogs, we’re going to compare the two main road-cycling adventures in France – the Raid Pyrenees from the Atlantic to the Med and the Raid Alps starting up…

Coming to France to ride your bike? Where do you want to go? For some, this is the hardest part: deciding which amazing location to pick. With options ranging from the mighty…

As the most well known bicycle race in the world, the Tour de France needs no introduction. Every year, for three weeks in July, millions of fans from across the globe travel…

Whether you’re riding through the Basque Country, the Raid Pyrenees, the Raid Alps or any other amazing adventure on two wheels, the best thing you can do to enjoy your time in…

You may have noticed that we spend a lot of time talking about the Pyrenees. That’s because the Pyrenees are right in our backyard, literally. That doesn’t mean we don’t love climbing…