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 | Nov 13, 2019 | Cycling, Cycling fitness, Cycling Sportives, Etape du Tour, Power Meters & Heart Rate Monitor Research Series, Wicklow 200
Updated 13th November 2019 Amazing improvements are possible for cyclists and triathletes The pros and cons The previous blog in the series looked at some of the research that has been done around using Power or Heart Rate for training in a lab setting and its...
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 | Aug 23, 2019 | Cycling, Power Meters & Heart Rate Monitor Research Series, Series
Updated: 26th of June 2019 Heart rate or power for great cycling Are you using heart rate or power to control your cycling training loads? This series of blog posts will look at some of the research available on the effectiveness of power or heart rate monitoring on...
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...
