Feb 16, 2012

RUtrainingtoday CC are pleased to announce they are holding their first road race on Sunday 8th April 2012.  This will be a 2 stage race held in Devon.  Early entry is advised to avoid disappointment.  Entry...

Feb 7, 2012

We have launched a brand new cycling club for all comers… click on this link to learn more…. http://www.rutrainingtoday.co.uk/forum?mingleforumaction=viewtopic&t=110

Feb 1, 2012

Tom Stockdale’s January Blog So were coming to the end of January now and its getting closer and closer to racing season again. The first two weeks of January have been fairly quiet just putting my head down training and working. But the last 2 weeks have been quite busy. It’s still mainly been about putting as many miles in as possible for me through January. But now were near the end of the month I have started putting a few more...

Jan 23, 2012

The South West’s No1 team yesterday held their launch at the Mountbatten Water sports centre in Plymouth Devon.  The team principally sponsored by Primal Europe Cycling apparel company had a successful 2011with over 25 wins across the country. Judith Smith head of European Sales  “we were so proud of the team in 2011, not only did they win lots of races but inspired the development of a totally new cycling club.” The day started with a...

Jan 19, 2012

Heart Rate Zones In order to structure training more accurately and to analyse sessions effectively, Heart Rate zones have been developed. The table below shows the 1-6 HR zones used by British Cycling. There are alternative models that use more or less HR zones and arguably the three broad zones of basic, intensive and maximal would be sufficient for most ages up to regional level competition. Training Zone % MHR % VO2 Max Power...