Welcome

Hello everyone

Welcome to my blog. It will be a collection of ramblings about my passion in life: cycling. I can't get enough of the sport. I coach some very talented riders, repair and assemble bikes and when I have the odd chance actually ride one myself.

At present I am sick and am carrying a knee injury so my focus shifts fully to the riders I coach. I won't mention them here by name as their success is a result of their effort and they can make their own blogs if they want to brag.

I will discuss some of my own training concepts in the hope that others will comment and share. I experiment frequently with my own training. I am fortunate to train with a power meter so I know exactly what I am doing each session and using CyclingPeaks software am able to predict what effect the training will have on my future performances. All very high tech but it is the best way to ensure that time is spent wisely in the pursuit of excellence.

I have a degree in Psychology so also look to seek whatever mental strategies one can use to understand their motivation, set better goals, take control of their performance, deal with competitive stress and balance sport with other aspects of ones life.

Quite a few of my early blogs here will be some of the things I have posted to other sites. I have included my favourite sites in the links section.

Thanks for reading, please make comments if you have time.

Hamish