CONQUER YOUR FIRST SPORTIVE

Doing your first long-distance mass event and have training, gear and fuel queries? Anna Gardiner is here to help…

Cycling is experiencing a surge in popularity similar to the post-2012 Olympics boom. Many of us enjoyed the freedom and safety of the empty roads in the lockdowns of 2020 and 2021. There was a thrill for newer cyclists of reaching further distances, higher elevations and rides of longer duration. For the experienced cyclist, there were extra opportunities to spend increasing FTP (functional threshold power; roughly your average power for an hour) on an indoor trainer or head out in the light evenings and rack up miles without normal life commitments getting in the way. With all these on-bike gains plus a post-pandemic urge to take on new challenges and explore new scenery, sportives are a perfect way to combine these dynamics. In a sportive – a mass-participation, non-competitive event…

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Ride Fit (Digital) - 1 Issue, Ride Fit 2023

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