The recent Tour of Britain included a Team Time Trial that looked fantastic. A five man team pushing themselves to go as collectively fast as possible. I had a brilliant idea (sic) we should do one of these at Lanterne Rouge, but with a twist. Instead of allowing people to pick their own teams, we should draw the teams out of the hat having first established a seeding process using previous times over a well used segment from club rides. It seems that there was a lot of enthu

I understand the basic principles at play here: overload, followed by rest and recovery leading to adaptation. But the actual business of cutting down on riding immediately after completing my adventure has turned out to be hard to manage. When I finished my ride at the Rapha Cycle Club in Soho last Tuesday afternoon, I already knew I would be riding again the next day. I said to myself I will go for a little spin just 'to keep my legs turning over’. But when a club mate from