TRAINING MAKEOVER THE GRADUATES

For the past three years, CW has been helping our readers overhaul their training to achieve their cycling ambitions. Training Makeover has linked striving amateur riders to professional coaches, resulting in reworked schedules and a host of suggestions on how to make every minute of training time as effective as possible. Wherever feasible, we’ve kept tabs on the candidates’ progress and, in many cases, proudly witnessed the accomplishment of long-held goals. And we wanted to share their successes with you — so we’ve caught up with a selection of Training Makeover graduates and got an update on their missions to become fitter, faster and more fulfilled cyclists.

MAKEOVER DATE: OCTOBER 2018

Martin McShane

Age: 63

Height: 5ft 8in

Weight: 77kg (down from 84kg)

FTP: 195W | 2.5W/kg (as last tested)

Race category: n/a

Lives: Shireoaks, North Nottinghamshire

Occupation: Chief medical offcer for international healthcare company

Coach Matt Rowe prescribed a host of changes to boost Martin’s long-distance capabilities, including:

▪ Added sweetspot session for increased endurance

▪ Capacity intervals to raise threshold

▪ Explosive efforts to boost CX ability

Well done, you nailed your two main goals — did the Training Makeover help?

Yes, it made 100 per cent difference. Above all, it gave me structure and portability. By portability, I