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38 Comments
What was his actual training schedule
But I want to spend hours and hours on my bike……
Ollie is amazing. He went from being dropped in old videos to being one of the best riders at GCN beating all his colleagues and trying to motivate them when they want to give up on tough challenges. Hats off to him.
Is Ollie a well seasoned cyclist previous to this block of training? An ex pro/semi pro?
Ngl i perfer longer rides than short ones since its easier for me
I think im crazy doing 200km each Sunday and this guys rocks 1000km in 3 days 🤣
BUT. Ask how he felt after
I did a ~110 mile ride in one day with about 60 lbs of gear and I hadn't trained in a long time. The next day we did another 70+. The next day I reached my final destination, an easy 25 miles. The most painful aspect of it was the lactic acid in the knees. I thought my knees were coming apart, but they were fine.
Truth is that it's not about endurance but about being comfortable on the bike.
Lol. This is me. I spend 1-2 hours a day on the pedals, before a endurance race I'll do a 1-2 200 mile rides and then send it at the event. 😂
Tbf he trains more and harder than 99.99% of leisure riders
If you don’t love spending hours and hours on the bike…what’s the point of road cycling?
the rest of us are just happy with a 100km ride every now and then
Great example of a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. Oil has years of cumulative training under his belt. Many see this and go from zero to hero
1000km in 3 days… well, good job on a normal road bike. Compare that with Holger Seidel's record ride 27./28. 8. 2022 Germany South To North, when he made 1055km in 29h57m – in a velomobile!
Kudos to everyone who willingly choses to ride one of those uncomfortable and un-ærodynamic roadbikes for long distances. I admit I 'd always prefer the velomobile 😊
Can’t ride indoors anymore. I chose bike riding to be outside.
This is just a backwards way of saying he didn't really ride a real tangible fix-your-flats-when-they-happen watch-out-for-cars ride.
So fake 1000 km. Good to know. And he wonders why he is not in elite mens.
I don't count Indoor cycling as cycling… I do the real cycling on tarmac…..fresh air not artificial air in the house. I use the Indoor trainer when it's wet outside. Otherwise outdoor all the time.
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Some ones's weight gain is out of control.
Indoor training never worked for me, no matter what training I was doing it didn’t help. But everyone to there own
He's fit already done the hours and hours.
I've gone from bodybuilding to cycling more the difference to my lungs is insane I love watching myself get fitter on the climbs but my god does your body eat its self, I'm mashing mc donalds breakfasts pre Ride to try and slow my body dissolving down , there's a reason cycling guys blow away in the wind!
Just Ride when you can. Half an hour at Lunchtime? Go for it. Not Riding because: there is no time…. Doesn't help.
I HAVE THE POWER OF THE 7 THOUSANDTH LIKE
I would count hours and hours on a bike when its above 10h weekly
Enlight me.. What's so big about 1000k on thre days on bike?
I ride all day just bc I like to ride my bike
I don't even own a car I just ride my bike
Before that I walked everywhere
Before that I never got outta bed bc I was living with my mom and even before that I was a bmx rider and could ride for 8 hours and still have energy
Ollie is brains & bronze!
Wait, are you saying he rode for three days straight?😮
You're right. Not hours and hours. It was years and years.
Ok but why? I mean if you enjoy cycling then why fret about having to spend hours and hours on your bike like it's extra maths homework or something?
Equally if you don't want to spend hours and hours on a bike then don't.
Why would you then do 1000km ride over 3 days? Unless you're escaping from the Germans in WW2 or something and only have a bicycle.
If you want to ride a long way then ride a long way. If you only want to do an hour on a trainer then do that.
But why would anyone say "I don't want to ride for hours and hours so how I can I improve my cycling endurance?" – because you don't need cycling endurance unless you're going to spend hours and hours on a bike do you?
I’m a rookie so I’m not gonna speak like I know, but I am still a high level athlete, trained in martial arts & played high level basketball except the NBA . One thing with training it’s always simulating real life, that’s how ur condition can drastically improve, I’m sure the simulator is just as effective but nothing like that outside, realtime training !
1 hour indoors on a trainer is equivalent to 10 hours outdoors and 10 hours watching paint dry.
When quality miles meet junk miles…
2 hours on a trainer is not allowed from geneva convention.
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What was his baseline?