Knowledge 🎓 🚴🏼♂️
Ultra-distance riding demands constant learning. In Knowledge, you’ll find practical guides covering everything from overnight pacing strategies to fuelling for twelve hour rides, managing contact point issues, sleep deprivation, and mental fatigue on solo days.
This is the stuff most training plans never mention but decides whether you finish strong or fade quietly.
Winter Cycling Training: The Evidence-Based Guide to Getting Faster When It’s Cold
Stop grinding through winter base miles. Research shows you can maintain and even improve fitness with less volume using block periodisation, proper thermal kit, and strategic recovery protocols.
North Cape 4000 Training: Preparing for Multi-Week Self-Supported Riding
You're registered for North Cape 4000. You're about to ride 4,000km from Rovereto to North Cape across some of Europe's finest cycling terrain. For riders stepping up from events like Paris-Brest-Paris or London-Edinburgh-London, multi-week self-supported riding offers something fundamentally different. Here's what that means for preparation.
The Iron Gut: The science of digestive resilience in ultra-distance cycling
Master the science of Functional Absorptive Capacity to stop gastrointestinal distress from ending your race and learn how to train your gut to process the high-volume fuelling required for ultra-distance cycling.
Paris-Brest-Paris: Understanding the qualification path and what the event demands
Paris-Brest-Paris 2027 qualification requirements explained: the two-year pathway, control logistics, and unique challenges of completing 1,200km across France in 90 hours.
Beyond the miles: Ultra-distance cycling preparation that actually matters
What destroys ultra-distance attempts (and how to avoid it)
Sick days and saddle time — how riders should handle illness
There is a moment most riders have faced. You wake up and something is not quite right. Your head feels thick, your throat is sore, maybe there is a slight weight in your chest. It is not dramatic, just enough to make you second-guess your plans.
How to pace multi-day rides over 200 miles without blowing up
How to pace multi-day ultra rides without burning out including power targets, fuelling tips, and what to watch for when things start slipping.
How time-crunched riders can build serious endurance without riding 30 hours a week
Let’s be honest. Most of us don’t have the luxury of disappearing for six-hour rides every other day.
Why easy rides matter more than most riders think
Let’s talk about easy rides. Proper easy rides. The kind that feel almost insultingly gentle when you’re used to chasing numbers on a screen.
Ultra-distance cycling training guide
You've got a big ride on the horizon. How should you approach training for it? Here's a handy outline of how to prepare not just the training but also nutrition and sleep.
You trained hard, now recover smarter 🥑 🥛 🛌
You did the training. Smashed out a big ride, now here’s your number one job: rebuild and recharge.
Mental training for endurance rides
Cycling isn’t just about strength – your mental game is key to powering through tough rides, challenging climbs, and race-day fatigue.
Make use of your club rides to get some secret training done 🚀 🚴🏼♂️
Club rides are a great way to have fun on the bike, but they often don't fit into a personalised training plan.
Are club rides helping or hurting your training? 🤔
Club rides are a big part of cycling culture. They keep you motivated, build camaraderie, and can push you to ride harder.
Why will your coach ask you to rest? 😴
Ever wondered why your coach asks you to take a rest day?
Trans Pyrenees № 2, 2022
First-hand race report from Trans Pyrenees Race 2022. 508 miles, 15,100m climbing over 3 days. Lessons on multi-day pacing, self-supported racing, and gravel climbing.
London Edinburgh London 2022: 1600 km from London to Edinburgh and back
First-hand race report from the London-Edinburgh-London Audax...
Trans Atlantic Way 2023
First-hand race report from the Trans Atlantic Way 2023...
Trans England 2022: 260 km across england
First-hand race report from the Trans England ultra-distance event...
Great British Escapade: The North Downs and South Downs Escapade 2020
First-hand race report from the North and South Downs Escapade...