Top 5 Nutrition Tips for Cyclists: Tip Number 1
With an ever growing number of sportive cycling events to choose from on the calendar, there are plenty of opportunities if you want to challenge yourself. A common mistake in preparation for the season is failing to match your training with a solid nutrition and hydration plan. This leaves you prone to injury, reduced performance […]
Cigala Cycling Sportive Training Program
Always wanted to ride your favourite cycling event and perform well? Whether is the Etape, the Marmotte, the Haute Route, the Ring of Kerry, the Wicklow 200, the Connemara Sportive or any other sportives, this package is right for you. What’s Included? 12 weeks set plan based on 5 to 8hrs a week. The plan […]
MALLORCA : CYCLE TRAINING IN THE SUN
MALLORCA CYCLE TRAINING WITH SPORTACTIVE Ride with the Legend, Sean Kelly – Check Sportactive Website For Dates Improve your Cycling performance Cycle Further, Cycle Faster Suitable for beginners through to advanced cyclists. Ride with the Legend Sean Kelly (check dates on the SportActive website) Sean Kelly was the number one cyclist in the world for […]
RIDE DINGLE-A SPECTACULAR NEW EVENT FOR 2019
There’s a new must-do event for the cycle calendar in 2019, Ride Dingle. Ride Dingle is one of the latest and most exciting cycle sportifs to be added to the calendar for 2019. Elite Event Management who produce the Ring of Beara Cycle Kenmare as well as the Quest Adventure Series and other events, are […]
Look Marmotte Granfondo Pyrénées: 25th August 2019
[the_ad id=”3370″] Look Marmotte Granfondo Pyrénées: 25th August 2019 165 km, 5600+ altlimetres, 5 legendary cols known from the Vuelta and Tour de France The Climbs & Col profiles Col du Tourmalet from Luz St Sauveur : 2115 metres, 18km, 7.4% average, 10.2% max La Hourquette d’Ancizan : 1564 metres 22km, 4% average, 12% max […]
Planning a cycling trip in 2019? Here’s 2 of Europe’s Best Sportives
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From Sportive Rider To a Podium in Paris
By Philippa Ryder Gay Community News (GCN) published a short notice in their February issue from Team Ireland about the 10th Gay Games which were to be held in Paris in August this year. I checked the website and saw that cycling was included and so began a crazy journey that saw me, age 57, representing […]
Mallorca 312 – April 2022
The Mallorca 312, Europe’s longest amateur sportive, will take in April 2022. Shorter routes are also available.Secure your place now and let Sportactive take care of logistics while you just ride the event.8500 riders take on the challenge and ride one of it’s 3 routes which start and finish in Playa de Muro/Puerto Alcùdia .This […]
What is the bonk?
In cycling terms, the bonk is the cycling equivalent of ‘hitting the wall’ in a marathon. Also called ‘The hunger knock’, it will affect you physically and emotionally and make it very difficult to keep going. The bonk is a funny sounding term for something potentially serious, outside of endurance sports it’s known by […]
Get Your Mojo Working
Losing your motivation mid-way through the cycling season is apparently quite a common thing. Despite starting out the year with the best intentions, around this time of year it can all go pear shaped. It’s the cycling equivalent of joining the gym in January full of New Year’s resolutions and being a couch potato again […]
Marmotte Sportive 2020 New Date Announced
How do you fancy climbing four of the most famous climbs used in the Tour De France? The Marmotte Alps Sportive – taking place on the the new date of Sept 5th this year due to the lockdown – features four of the races most legendary cols and is arguably Europe’s toughest amateur sportive. […]
New Guide to Cycling In Ireland
Author, publisher and keen cyclist David Flanagan has produced a book which, he says, documents the best cycling Ireland has to offer. He’s not wrong. With eighty routes across the island covered, it certainly is a comprehensive guide, jam packed full of spectacular rides, no matter what mode of cycling you prefer. Off road bike trails, gravel […]