Gravel Privateer and Lifetime Grand Prix with Cole Paton - a podcast by EVOQ.BIKE

Cole Paton is in his words “just a mountain biker that races gravel”. Cole is a gravel privateer and mountain biker and in this podcast you can find out how he manages gravel and mountain bike racing, high volume training, why he got off Strava and an insight into Cole’s nutrition.

How to keep up with Cole:
Instagram - https://instagram.com/colepaton?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
YouTube - https://youtube.com/@Cole_Paton?si=lx27QG77pDBs4Znz
The Feed discount club - https://thefeed.com/high-performance/cole-paton


Chapters:

00:00 Introduction
00:57 Who is Cole Paton as a cyclist?
2:41 How does Cole Structure his year with multi discipline with training and racing.
4:47 Travelling and how this fits with training
5:31 Cole’s Coach
6:19 Metrics during high volume training
8:07 How Cole finds Zen in suffering and training
9:31 Cole’s Breath Work on and off the bike
11:29 Gym Training / activations and how Cole uses it
13:04 What is Cole’s favourite workouts
13:50 Group rides or solo rides
15:01 What is the one thing that has gotten you to where you are as a cyclist
16:30 Are you ever distracted by other people’s training / Strava?
19:06 overtraining, power and Strava KOMS holding Cole back.
20:25 Off the bike challenges helping you to become a better athlete.
22:33 navigating cycling after leaving school
23:01 What is your best attribute in cycling that helps you in cycling?
25:31 What do you want to improve in your racing?
26:30 How Cole is improving his fatigue resistance for long races
27:48 Long tempo and low threshold efforts
29:00 Cole’s daily routine for performance and recovery
31:11 Best bit of advice Cole has ever received
33:50 Cole’s on bike nutrition on a long training ride
37:23 Cole’s on bike nutrition for intense sessions
38:04 Cole’s race nutrition
40:04 What supplements does Cole use
40:40 How to connect people with Cole’s nutrition
41:25 What cycling tech is Cole into
44:00 Do ASOS aero socks stay up?
45:00 What is underrated in cycling!?
47:34 What is overrated in cycling?
48:34 What does Cole never do?
49:08 Would Cole ever ride a TT bike and race road
50:12 What races do you have coming up?
51:33 Consistency and fun are the key to successful cycling and life
53:06 Sustainability in cycling
54:22 Any last words of wisdom
55:39 Appreciating the rollers
56:20 How to keep up with Cole


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