by Paddy Doran | Jun 22, 2020 | Cycling fitness, Cycling Races, Cycling skills, Cycling Sportives, Health and fitness, Marathon Running, Power Meters & Heart Rate Monitor Research Series, Ras Tailteann, Sam Bennett, The Older cyclist
The heavenly feeling Have you ever had some of those days on the bike? You know the feeling, no pain in the legs. Your breathing smooth as silk! And the best feeling of all, your legs feel like they are pedaling on their own with no effort from yourself. When you had...
by Paddy Doran | Dec 10, 2019 | Cycling, Cycling fitness, Cycling Races, Sam Bennett, Strength and Conditioning, Tour De France Sprinters
Updated December 10th 2019 This is an updated blog from last year when Sam Bennett had an amazing year. Multiple wins in major races and very close to winning three stages in the Giro d’Italia. What a great win he had had in Paris Nice in 2017. Was...
by Paddy Doran | Dec 7, 2019 | Cycling, Cycling Races, Fitness for cycling, high performance nutrition, Interval training for Cyclists, Irish Cycling, Sam Bennett, Tour De France Sprinters
Updated 7th December 2019 Yesterday on stage 14 of the Tour De France Sam Bennett was placed 12th. Considering what he had endured from the first day of the Tour this was a great result in my opinion. The mass pileup in the first stage sprint left him severely injured...
by Paddy Doran | Dec 3, 2019 | Cycling, Cycling fitness, Cycling Races, Cycling Sportives, Cyclists Motivation, Etape du Tour, Fitness for cycling, HIIT Training, Interval training for Cyclists, Irish Cycling, Mental fitness, Ring of Kerry Cycle, Wicklow 200
I once heard a Cancer specialist being interviewed on the Radio. He mentioned how some cancer patients are told that they have to be positive about recovery. That positivity and willpower will help them overcome cancer. Double edged sword He suggested that...
by Paddy Doran | Sep 20, 2019 | Cycling, Cycling Races, Cycling skills, Cyclists Motivation, Fat burning, Fitness for cycling, high performance nutrition, HIIT Training, Power Meters & Heart Rate Monitor Research Series, The Ras
updated 20th September 2019 Old school or new School Which is best for cycling performance Old school or new school training methods methods. I have heard these terms being bandied about over the last few years in regard to coaching and training methods . I didn’t...
by Paddy Doran | May 4, 2019 | Cycling fitness, Cycling Races, Cycling skills, Health and fitness, Mental fitness, Power Meters & Heart Rate Monitor Research Series, Safe cycling
Paddy Doran Coaching Blog A recent Irish Independent article by Cathal Dennehy Dec 3rd about Kevin Dooney of Raheny Shamrocks and winner of the Irish National cross country running championships got me thinking about how training for sport can lead to altered mood...
