DONUTS & BIKES: The Mountain Bike Coaching Podcast
DONUTS & BIKES - The Mountain Bike Coaching Podcast - will help transform your riding while delighting your taste buds! The hosts, Paul Howard (GSMBC President & Education Director, ZEP MTB Camps Owner & Head Coach, PMBIA Founder & Past- President) and Kristian Jackson (Senior Lecturer at Appalachian State University’s Department of Recreation Management & Physical Education, Trail Boss Rocky Knob Bike Park, GSMBC Coach Mentor) are two of the top-tier, industry leading mountain bike coaches and instructor trainers, with over 40 years of collective experience. Listen in as Donuts & Bikes pairs all things MTB skills and coaching, along with a feature donut on every episode. Get your ride and eat on and bite into Donuts & Bikes!
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DONUTS & BIKES: The Mountain Bike Coaching Podcast
How to race and why everyone should give it a go!
It's World Cup Season!
Racing is back and we wanted to use this opportunity to discuss why lining up at a start gate is about so much more than wanting to stand on a podium. In this episode we explore the myriad of unseen benefits of racings for riders as well as some basic tips for "how to race."
The show focuses on:
- Why people don't race and barriers to racing
- Racing culture
- Motivations for racing
- The importance of clarifying goals
- Focusing on process over results
- Competition: Moving from a win/lose mindset to effort/outcome
- Getting ready for racing -- tactics and equipment
- Fitness training...Or not!
- Technical Skills -- focus on the foundations
- Why jumping is good training for racing
- Race Day -- Identifying what we can and can't change
- Race Day -- tactics
- Race Day -- routine
- Homemade Donuts? Yes, please!
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The views and opinions on The Mountain Bike Coaching Podcast: Donuts & Bikes are those of Kristian Jackson, Paul Howard, and guests, and don’t necessarily reflect the views of GSMBC, PMBIA, or others mentioned. Guest content reflects personal opinions and is not intended to offend or misrepresent any person or group.
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