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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
What To Expect on Your First Sportive
So, you’ve bought the bike and all the gear, you’ve achieved a reasonable level of fitness and competence on the bike and the saddle has finally moulded itself to the contours of your butt. Now you want to take it to the next level. Maybe it’s time to enter your first sportive. A sportive is […]
Achieve Your Cycling Goals With Coach Paddy Doran
Paddy Doran is a level 3 cycling Ireland coach and Level 2 Coach tutor. A former Cycling Ireland Coach of the year and Coaching Ireland Tutor of the year. Recently he was head coach of the very successful Cycling Ireland High performance development coaching programme. He has recently produced an excellent booklet, Introduction To […]
Set & achieve your cycling goals for 2019
Most of us start the New year with the best of intentions. Gyms are at their busiest at the start of January every year, but as the month goes on the numbers get gradually fewer and fewer as people lose their motivation. Goal setting has been shown to help athletes stay motivated and indeed, perform […]
Q & A with Bike Fitter Aidan Hammond
Aidan Hammond is one of the country’s most experienced bike-fitters, with over 20 years’ experience. He is also a qualified Physical Therapist and Level 3 Cycling Ireland Coach and Tutor. Aidan, from your experience both as a Physical Therapist and a bike fitter, who do you think would benefit from a bike fit? Pretty much […]
2 Home Made Energy Bar recipes
Mix the following dry ingredients together: 175g porridge oats 75g mixed seeds (sesame, pumpkin and sunflower etc) 50g sultanas or cranberries 100g chopped mixed nuts Other Ingredients: 125g dried apricots 150ml orange juice or apple juice 50g butter 75g runny honey 150g brown sugar 100g 70% Cocoa Dark Chocolate. You Need: A non stick baking tray, […]