For the eager eyed among you, you may have seen me (Coach Ant) take on the new version of the FTP test that our software is utilising. (Check out the video here) I’ll give you a quick breakdown. The old protocol consisted of warming up, then riding for 20 minutes. The aim of which was to ride the best average power possible for that amount of time. The test was frankly hard, […]
The Power of Power.
We’ve all heard the old adage of ‘absolute power corrupts absolutely’ and that might be true in the case of a dictator but when it comes to training on a bike there is no training metric more reliable than that of power. So that might beg the question: What is power in the context of cycling? To answer this we need a little bit of science! Power is the time derivative […]
Alex’s Race Report! – Chilly Duathlon at Castle Combe
Alex Garrod, a HURTBOX regular and competitor at the IRONMAN World Championships this coming October gives us his race report of a recent duathlon at Castle Combe! Take it away Alex… Back in mid-February, I drove up to Castle Combe with Southampton University Triathlon Club to take part in the ‘Chilly’ Duathlon. It’s an event I’ve entered many times before and so I thought would be a good way of assessing my training progress early […]
Go Faster This Spring
Today was a good day – sun was shining, and the evenings are getting longer. Which means for bike lovers, it’s the start of racing/sportive/event/triathlon season. Fantastic news for those who have been preparing all winter. Not so great if you’ve been putting off getting started! But with every problem, there is always a solution. It’s just a matter of perspective! For the majority of cyclists, the aim of the game […]