edinburgh rc cycling club

Coaching

One of the many benefits of joining ERC is organised club coaching. For all members, we can offer a mentoring scheme where you can be guided through setting up your bike so that it fits you properly, how to prepare yourself for training and racing using a structured programme, what and when to eat and drink. We can advise on appropriate races to enter and how to go about this. As well as a variety of training runs throughout the week, we arrange coached sessions to develop specific skills usually in traffic free or quiet locations such as Ingliston Royal Highland Showground where we also hold our criterium race series on a traffic free circuit.

Our team of swimming coaches tutors a large and enthusiastic group of triathletes twice a week for an hour each time. We take over three lanes of the Commonwealth Pool with one lane devoted to stroke development for novices.

Off-road, we also have structured training and practice sessions for developing technical skills as well as regular weekly rides. Our active off-road section can also help with advice on how to prepare for and enter races.

We also offer one-to-one coaching for highly focussed and dedicated cyclists who want to improve further. This requires a full commitment from the rider as spaces are limited but we still welcome enquiries for this service from novices. Also on offer is the Training Peaks package, an interactive website which enables coach and rider to communicate in a highly effective way in prescribing and monitoring their annual training plan.

The club offers cycle performance testing of athletes on a dedicated test rig.

Details of all club coaching sessions, talks, rides, swims and all weekly rides can be found in the What's on? page. To apply for one to one coaching, please contact the coaching coordinator.

 

Coaching Consultancy Service

If you have a question about any aspect of your cycling, coaching, equipment, or programme you can get answers from the erc coaching team. Our team have coached members of national squads and several Scottish medallists. Please keep your questions short and succint.

The following erc coaches have so far agreed to act as consultants for this service:

Triathlon: Martin Gore, Linda Maclean, Penny Rother

Running, Swimming: Anita Kregielska

Road/Time Trial: Andrew Kirkland, Gareth George, Neil Muir, Ken Russell

Track: Rachel Henderson

MTB: Jackie Reid

Women/Beginners: Sandra Murdoch

Youth/Juniors: Brynley Davies,Gary Bell, Phil Darby

Nutrition: Angela Kidd (Dietician)

To submit your question, please contact the coaching coordinator.

Please read the Frequently asked questions page and the What's on? page for more information about club activities, or contact the coaching coordinator for more information.

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