by Marvin Faure
Nov 28, 2019
Riding Through the Pain Barrier
“The race is won by the rider who can suffer the most” – Eddy Merckx “Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional” - Haruki ...
by Marvin Faure
May 11, 2019
Ten ways to ride faster
Ten ways to ride faster at a Gran Fondo, at no extra cost and with very little effort! 1. Make sure your bike is in tip-top condit...
by Marvin Faure
Jan 20, 2019
Training Guidelines for the Marmotte Alps
Revised and updated November 2022 The Marmotte Alps is the best known, the oldest and the toughest of the mass-participation French...
by Marvin Faure
Nov 19, 2018
What to do on long slow rides
Perhaps the most challenging part of adopting a Polarised training plan is getting used to the long slow rides. Riding for three, four and e...
by Marvin Faure
Oct 30, 2018
Polarised Training: One Year On
I first wrote about polarised training exactly one year ago, (Threshold or Polarised: why should you care?) with a follow-up post on March 1...
by Marvin Faure
Jun 6, 2018
The harder you think the faster you go
The practical art of periodisation By Silas Cullen Periodisation in training is about changing the training load to get better results. If w...