Can you Train Off-Road for Cycling? + Can you Stop in Your Training Rides?

May 20, 2025

In this episode of The Consummate Athlete Podcast, Peter and Molly answer listener questions about making stops during training rides and a question about whether it is possible to train off-road for cycling (rather than on the indoor trainer): 

• We discuss what training is and concepts like specificity 
• We discuss the importance of the environment and determinants of race day performance
• stopping in training pros and cons and how to fit things like coffee stops into rides
• How long of a stop is too long? or when a ride becomes two rides. 

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Show Notes For This Consummate Athlete Podcast

• Consummate Athlete Phone Consultation
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• Camel Bak Chase Vest 
• Big water bottles are getting more popular
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• Shred Girls Launch Party for Book #4 of the series 

 

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