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Craig Dalton -- The Gravel Ride Podcast
United States
Приєднався 26 лют 2018
The Gravel Ride is a cycling podcast where we discuss the people, places, and products that define modern gravel cycling. We will be interviewing athletes, course designers, and product designers who are influencing the sport. We will be providing information on where to ride, what to ride, and how to stay stoked on gravel riding.
Tackling the 2024 UNBOUND 200 with Coach Justin Bowes
In this episode, Craig Dalton and Justin Bowes reflect on the lead-up to the Unbound Gravel 200 race, sharing insights into the unique training approach adopted to prepare for the challenging event. They discuss the strategic training block, the importance of quality over quantity, utilizing power meters for training effectiveness, and the significance of recovery in a compressed time frame. The conversation dives into the pivotal four-day mini camp, highlighting the benefits of stacking workload and the nuances of balancing intervals and endurance rides.
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Key themes include strategically structuring training around time constraints, leveraging prior endurance experience, the impact of power meter training, optimizing recovery for peak performance, and the mental challenges faced leading up to a formidable gravel race like Unbound.
Key Takeaways: Strategic training plans can be tailored effectively to accommodate time constraints and previous endurance experience.
Balancing interval workouts with endurance rides is crucial for building strength and endurance for challenging events.
Utilizing power meters can provide valuable insights into training progress and help optimize performance.
Adequate recovery periods are essential for the body to absorb training load effectively, leading to improved performance.
Mental preparation and breaking down the race into manageable segments can help athletes.
Transcript:
[00:00:00] - (): Craig Dalton: Justin, welcome back to the show,
[00:00:02] - (): Justin Bowes: Craig. Thank you for having me. It's good to see you again.
[00:00:05] - (): Craig Dalton: Post Unbound. We did it.
[00:00:07] - (): Justin Bowes: That's right. You did it. Yeah, you did it a big way.
[00:00:12] - (): Craig Dalton: I appreciate you coming on board and being my muse to help me tell my story. I feel like you were an integral part of my life for a while this year.
**** - (): In our last episode, we talked about kind of what the run up to my non cycling related vacation looked like. And maybe we pick up the story post that vacation.
[00:00:33] - (): Justin Bowes: Sure. Yeah, it was, we discussed on the, on the first pod that, we, we were having a little bit uncharacteristic buildup, um, not only because you had some, prior work, obligations with, as far as travel, but we were starting quite late, um, as well.
**** - (): So we had to, be a little creative in how we wanted to, to approach your training. So, right when you were, uh, leaving, we had really built up your training load, um, because obviously we knew that you were going to be leaving and you're gonna have time off the bike. You weren't gonna be.
**** - (): Completely immobile. I mean, you were, we're going to be able to, do some running and walking and some lifting and, and, um, a few stationary bike sessions in there and things like that, but it's not the most ideal unbound training, especially when you're training for the 200 and. We're only a couple months into it or, a couple of months out from it, I should say.
**** - (): And so, uh, the thought behind, how I wanted to structure your training was to take advantage of the, the, the amount of time that you did not have to train. And so where a traditional buildup would have multiple big ride days on the weekends, um, not only that, but then also, during the week, You would have your meat and potato interval session, but also bookend it with some big endurance rides on the front and the back end of it, but you just didn't have that available to you.
**** - (): So, um, I needed to make sure that we were going to take advantage of not only the lack of time that you had available to you, but also you're, you're no stranger to endurance, um, athletics. So you had a background that I could work with. And that makes all the difference. If you were just coming to me off the street and say, Hey, can you get me ready?
**** - (): And less than four months, for a 200 mile gravel race, the hardest 200 mile gravel race in the world. It would, that would be a different story, but thankfully you, you had some background in endurance, so it wasn't. A foreign concept to your body.
[00:02:48] - (): Craig Dalton: It was interesting in my training block leading up to Cuba because we really didn't do a lot of meaningfully long rides, but I also understood like, I'd never really done meaningful intervals before.
**** - (): And clearly like the workouts you were prescribing to me that were one hour in duration. Pretty tired afterwards. Like I felt like I really gassed myself because now that we're looking at a power meter and we're really saying it's not like perceived level of exertion. It's like, here's the exertion you need to achieve.
**** - (): Um, and it was really, I mean, frankly, it was like, I was burying myself on a lot of those workouts, which was...
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Join The Ridership
Key themes include strategically structuring training around time constraints, leveraging prior endurance experience, the impact of power meter training, optimizing recovery for peak performance, and the mental challenges faced leading up to a formidable gravel race like Unbound.
Key Takeaways: Strategic training plans can be tailored effectively to accommodate time constraints and previous endurance experience.
Balancing interval workouts with endurance rides is crucial for building strength and endurance for challenging events.
Utilizing power meters can provide valuable insights into training progress and help optimize performance.
Adequate recovery periods are essential for the body to absorb training load effectively, leading to improved performance.
Mental preparation and breaking down the race into manageable segments can help athletes.
Transcript:
[00:00:00] - (): Craig Dalton: Justin, welcome back to the show,
[00:00:02] - (): Justin Bowes: Craig. Thank you for having me. It's good to see you again.
[00:00:05] - (): Craig Dalton: Post Unbound. We did it.
[00:00:07] - (): Justin Bowes: That's right. You did it. Yeah, you did it a big way.
[00:00:12] - (): Craig Dalton: I appreciate you coming on board and being my muse to help me tell my story. I feel like you were an integral part of my life for a while this year.
**** - (): In our last episode, we talked about kind of what the run up to my non cycling related vacation looked like. And maybe we pick up the story post that vacation.
[00:00:33] - (): Justin Bowes: Sure. Yeah, it was, we discussed on the, on the first pod that, we, we were having a little bit uncharacteristic buildup, um, not only because you had some, prior work, obligations with, as far as travel, but we were starting quite late, um, as well.
**** - (): So we had to, be a little creative in how we wanted to, to approach your training. So, right when you were, uh, leaving, we had really built up your training load, um, because obviously we knew that you were going to be leaving and you're gonna have time off the bike. You weren't gonna be.
**** - (): Completely immobile. I mean, you were, we're going to be able to, do some running and walking and some lifting and, and, um, a few stationary bike sessions in there and things like that, but it's not the most ideal unbound training, especially when you're training for the 200 and. We're only a couple months into it or, a couple of months out from it, I should say.
**** - (): And so, uh, the thought behind, how I wanted to structure your training was to take advantage of the, the, the amount of time that you did not have to train. And so where a traditional buildup would have multiple big ride days on the weekends, um, not only that, but then also, during the week, You would have your meat and potato interval session, but also bookend it with some big endurance rides on the front and the back end of it, but you just didn't have that available to you.
**** - (): So, um, I needed to make sure that we were going to take advantage of not only the lack of time that you had available to you, but also you're, you're no stranger to endurance, um, athletics. So you had a background that I could work with. And that makes all the difference. If you were just coming to me off the street and say, Hey, can you get me ready?
**** - (): And less than four months, for a 200 mile gravel race, the hardest 200 mile gravel race in the world. It would, that would be a different story, but thankfully you, you had some background in endurance, so it wasn't. A foreign concept to your body.
[00:02:48] - (): Craig Dalton: It was interesting in my training block leading up to Cuba because we really didn't do a lot of meaningfully long rides, but I also understood like, I'd never really done meaningful intervals before.
**** - (): And clearly like the workouts you were prescribing to me that were one hour in duration. Pretty tired afterwards. Like I felt like I really gassed myself because now that we're looking at a power meter and we're really saying it's not like perceived level of exertion. It's like, here's the exertion you need to achieve.
**** - (): Um, and it was really, I mean, frankly, it was like, I was burying myself on a lot of those workouts, which was...
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thanks~total epic ,talk to you soon- :))
nice shoes, but the fabric is not good, the yards got broken easily and looks as if i kicked a stone... you guys know how to fix that? I am afraid it continus unyarding ... :) make sense?
yessir!!
As somebody who is looking into gravel (primarily a road rider, used to ride track too). This episode was super helpful (even though it's from 2 years ago). Hello from SF!
Thank you for sharing! Shout out from Rock Hill South Carolina!!!
Excellent interview. I can't wait for the new endurance models!
Thanks for the opportunity to share about the Dust Bowl 100!
I have a revolt x pro 1 and it changed the game. A rigid gravel bike is only slightly better than a road bike. With a 10/52 casette it improved my dirt climbs and the suspension gives me confort on technical single track. Its a true middle point between mt bikes and rigid gravel bikes.
Thank you for this competent and interesting insight-interview. But I as a daily strongrider on giant want to say: every bike which is not made for competition should not be made from composite. We here are sad about stetting the philosophy of spezial waste for shorttime use cases over the philosophy of engeniering good and compliant alu-parts which are robust enough for throwing the bike in a parking-place which seems to be free. And such things.
Do you have a dealer in the Philippines, please? Thanks
Ok, so I don’t understand his bikes. People are super wet over and hype up Sklar’s bikes although there is nothing necessarily unique or interesting about his framesets. Correct me if I am wrong, however I believe he uses generic double butted 4130 chromoly that is supposedly “specially heat treated” What is so special about his bikes besides possibly the top tubes which usually tend to bow or curve?
Hi I just read your comment after you lost the race to a trans biker I thought you handled it with grace and a lot of respect so I appreciate you congratulations and I do also agree that maybe a separate category It would be a great idea Either way your statement after the end of the race coming in 2nd place was done with grace and a lot of respect towards human beings So I really appreciate you and wish you all the blessings in life and many many many 1st place pictures
I've been riding Rotor cranks & chainrings for years. Damage to disks in my back have resulted in a permanent foot-drop condition where I can no longer pull up with my toes/foot in my right foot. This has resulted in a much more severe "dead spot" in my pedal stroke trying to pull over the top when pedaling. Oval chainrings were a big help initially. Later on I shortened the crank length to (now) 155mm. Additionally, I have moved my SPD mtn cleats as far back as possible away from my toes. All of these accommodations have allowed me to continue riding in a manner that works for me. Prior to running a Rotor crank, I did also try Osymetric's X-Cross 1x gravel chainrings which I also quite liked. However, they only came in the older 5 bolt x 110mm BCD. I wish Rotor, or any other bike component manufacturer would license the design so that the Osymetric style of oval chainrings could be updated and made available in the US.
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Bonjour. Yeah, breathtaking , do you want a promo?.
Awesome story , very down to earth , my mind set to gravel has definitely changed
Love this. More bike light conversations in the future please! OL is amazing and Tom and Matt are the schnitzel!
Great origin story. I ordered Lizard Skins tape for my road bike as I listened to you guys. Thanks!
Awesome - appreciate your content so much!!
Your podcasts are simply awesome!! I‘m listening to whenever traveling (so every week) for some hours. Great content, wonderful empathy and insights - you‘d deserve so much more viewers/listeners on YT. Thanks for your work, really appreciate
Cool 😎
Cool bike 🚲
Nice job finishing. Thanks for posting. Love your gravel content over here in Austria.
his Ti all-road frameset suddenly has me by the balls, clean bike and makes a lot of sense.
very cool interview! been eyeing unicorn for a few months and it was really interesting to hear jason’s cycling experience as well as the custom process that seperates him from others!
Yes!!!!!!!!
Great interview! Sounds like a good company.
Thank you so much for this conversation!! I just bought a beautiful gravel bike. This talk helped me to better understand all that I have purchased and how to use it confidently. I appreciated the philosophical comments; they validated what I believe. Be well guys and enjoy the journey!
Sweet! Are the through axels threaded or do you need to add a nut to secure axle?
I heard Andrew's interview and another podcast so here I am. Totally inspiring guy. Big ups!
Thanks for this great video. I am looking forward to my Enve Custom Road. Bike looks amazing. So many great ideas at work.
What a great conversation. I recently got back into cycling with a city commuter. I learned so much about gravel bikes from this enthusiastic conversation!
Great talk guys!
Fantastic interview! Thanks for sharing this.
Light bulb moment on the dip stick! Holy cow!
Thank you for the info. Awesome "Show Podcast." I have some "Orange Seal," and I was planning to use it on my bike tries and I was looking for instructions, I just found your podcast a perfect synchronicity of timing, especially in these unprecedented times of the Pandemic. Thanks again.
Great interview 👍 I just got a salsa journeyman!
Really interesting interview - especially as a Cutthroat rider
mine came with a 50mm stem. i found shortening it to 40mm and fitting wider bars improved cornering
How wide did you go with the bars? I keep seeing these new ultra-wide bars. I'm curious, but skeptical about the super wide ones.
one2speed bought the ENVE gravel bars, only 20mm wider at the hoods but 75mm wider at the drops where it counts. I have the large evil, will be an even bigger difference comparing to a medium. I matched the bars with a rental apex stem
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