Striking the balance
Striking the balance
In an ideal world, we would all be able to ride when and where we like, and it’d be easy to fit training for that major summer sportive or race into daily life.
But life is never that simple and the time constraints served up by work and family commitments mean that, for most of us, time in the saddle is limited to what we can squeeze into an hour or two before or after work, and at weekends.
As a result, squeezing in ‘enough’ training can be difficult – and it makes that looming sportive, race or big summer ride all the more daunting. It’s not an uncommon problem, however, and one which many coaches encounter – including former British criterium champion turned TrainSharp coach, Dean Downing.
The former Rapha Condor, Madison-Genesis and NFTO rider, 40, retired from racing and went into coaching with John Sharples and Sean Yates at TrainSharp last year – and we caught up with the Yorkshireman to find out his advice on how you can make the the most of your limited time in the saddle.