THE SHORT ANSWER
Lachlan Morton, ef education pro cyclist, alt-racing pioneer, has appeared on the Roadman Cycling Podcast. Here's where Morton lands on Zone 2 training. The positions below are drawn from those conversations, quoted directly.
WHO IS LACHLAN MORTON?
Lachlan Morton is the World Tour rider who proved you can race the Tour de France in July, set the Great Divide bikepacking record, and win Unbound Gravel — all in the same career. He has redefined what a pro cyclist's calendar can look like, championed alt-racing as a serious discipline, and become the public face of the link between ultra-endurance riding and World Tour fitness. For amateurs trying to figure out how to balance long days, racing, and adventure on the same engine, he is the model.
MORTON ON ZONE 2
Morton’s key positions on Zone 2 training.
- Pacing for ultra is closer to Zone 2 discipline than to threshold work — the riders who blow up are the ones who race the first half.
IN MORTON’S OWN WORDS
Verbatim from Lachlan Morton’s appearances on the podcast.
“I was very good on the road and performing at like a very high level it was to the detriment of like a lot of other things in my life. I had to really sort of put the blinkers on and just focus on what I was doing and be pretty pretty selfish and pretty locked down to make it happen. And that was just like weighing it up. It wasn't worth it to me.”
“It's an obsession with the performance element and I think a lot of it is driven by industry because it's something to sell. They can sell the gels, they can sell the tires, they can sell the skin suits and like it's a an easy like well-trodden path in bike riding. As opposed to trying to sell like — well not even sell but just like push the enjoyment and lifestyle factor and what it can be.”
“If you look at the whole reason like gravel kind of took off was as a counter to that road culture that was already that. And you can sort of see this like history repeating itself and you know just like the way people speak about it and that this kind of resentment around it. You can sort of see it happening again.”
HEAR IT ON THE PODCAST
Episodes where Lachlan Morton covers Zone 2 training and related ground.
FREQUENTLY ASKED
What does Lachlan Morton say about Zone 2 training?
Lachlan Morton, ef education pro cyclist, alt-racing pioneer, has appeared on the Roadman Cycling Podcast. Here's where Morton lands on Zone 2 training. The positions below are drawn from those conversations, quoted directly.
What is Morton's main point on zone 2?
Pacing for ultra is closer to Zone 2 discipline than to threshold work — the riders who blow up are the ones who race the first half.
Which Roadman Cycling Podcast episodes cover Lachlan Morton on zone 2?
Morton discusses Zone 2 training in this episode: "Lachlan Morton: Why He Quit WorldTour | Roadman Cycling".
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