Ask A Cycling Coach - Trainerroad Podcast

Qualifying for the Olympics is an interesting and complicated process that sees pro racers adjust their training and race calendars in unique ways that us amateur cyclists can learn from. This week we talk to Clif Pro Team’s Sofía Gomez Villafañe and Russell Finsterwald about how they have worked through their roles in the olympic qualification process as well how they prepared for an early season race in the heat of Puerto Rico, why and how power data from off road races can be so low, and how to level up technical skill. Sofía's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sofithevilla Russell's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/finsty Russell's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCM7R4JQRjE14X1uIBt9ExRw Clif Pro Team's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clifproteam ------------------------------------------------------------------ TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE 0:00​ Intro 2:20​ The complicated process of how to qualify for the Olympics 7:04​ How Russell adjusted his season to collect Olympic points f