418: Potluck Discussion – When Racing Data Doesn’t Match Training, Muscle Memory, and Just How Much Aerodynamics Have Changed Cycling
About this episode
The episode discusses discrepancies between racing data and training expectations, explores muscle memory in endurance sports, and examines advancements in bike aerodynamics.
In this week’s potluck episode, we discuss what to do when your racing data isn’t what you’d expect based on the numbers you see in training; we define muscle memory and discuss how it pertains to endurance sports; and we detail the many ways that bikes have become more aerodynamic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Topics covered
- racing data
- training
- muscle memory
- endurance sports
- aerodynamics
- cycling
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