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WHAT DOES ED VEAL SAY ABOUT WINTER TRAINING?

Canadian professional cyclist, time-trial specialist

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THE SHORT ANSWER

Ed Veal, canadian professional cyclist, time-trial specialist, has appeared on the Roadman Cycling Podcast 2 times. Here's where Veal lands on winter training. The positions below are drawn from those conversations, quoted directly.

WHO IS ED VEAL?

Ed Veal is a Canadian professional with a long palmarès of national and international results, a time-trial specialist who also set a Zwift world record. His value to amateurs is the mindset side: a clear-eyed view of what actually separates riders who win from riders who don't, built on decades at the sharp end.

VEAL ON WINTER TRAINING

Veal’s key positions on winter training.

  • Indoor and virtual records are a legitimate proving ground for real fitness.

IN VEAL’S OWN WORDS

Verbatim from Ed Veal’s appearances on the podcast.

I've had a streak now of 14 years of compounding fitness. Calm, right? Week after week, month after month. Like it's, the craze, the bass is massive, okay? And that's because of getting up and doesn't, I don't rest on what I did last yesterday.

Ed Veal, Elite crit racer, former Canadian aerodynamics record holder, national team pursuit squad member · Ed Veal - The Winner's Mind

It's either going up or it's going down. That's it. So if you're at it every day, you just keep putting in the bank, increasing.

Ed Veal, Elite crit racer, former Canadian aerodynamics record holder, national team pursuit squad member · Ed Veal - The Winner's Mind

I nudge someone through a corner, I'll lean on them and see how he responds. If he twitches and he pulls for the breaks, I'm like, he's mine.

Ed Veal, Elite crit racer, former Canadian aerodynamics record holder, national team pursuit squad member · Ed Veal - The Winner's Mind

Average 221 watts for 24 hours. That's solid. Yeah, no, it was work, man. It was not an easy... No, we went after it. And so when we actually felt like we missed the mark, so because we're chasing 1,000, we got 952, it felt like a little bit of a letdown.

FREQUENTLY ASKED

What does Ed Veal say about winter training?

Ed Veal, canadian professional cyclist, time-trial specialist, has appeared on the Roadman Cycling Podcast 2 times. Here's where Veal lands on winter training. The positions below are drawn from those conversations, quoted directly.

What is Veal's main point on winter training?

Indoor and virtual records are a legitimate proving ground for real fitness.

Which Roadman Cycling Podcast episodes cover Ed Veal on winter training?

Veal discusses winter training in these episodes: "Ed Veal - The Winner's Mind", "Ed Veal - Zwift World Record".