Brian Smith won the British National Championships twice in the early 1990s entirely self-coached, then went on to direct MTN-Qhubeka — the first African registered team to ride the Tour de France. He is one of the rare voices in cycling who has been a pro, a sports director, and a commentator, which makes his read on race tactics, motorbike pacing, and rider intent sharper than most. For amateurs interested in coaching philosophy, his perspective on what real coach–athlete trust looks like is unusually grounded.
The major positions Smith is known for in cycling and endurance sport.
Every appearance by Brian Smith on The Roadman Cycling Podcast — 1 episode in total.
“My philosophy is if you can suffer more than others you'll win more it's not about yeah you can have good legs and feel good and how many people do and even now in the interviews we get after the wealth or the jira or the tour i had good legs but you didn't win so there's a lot of people felt their good legs have felt good but they didn't win.”
“When i was a pro bike rider it was probably 25 science and 75 percent go out and ride your bike and it seems to be it seems to be going the opposite way more people are getting into the signs than anything else.”
“He used to not look at his power on anything when he was a trainer he used to look at his heart rate and that's something that i grew up with before power meters it's all about heart rate so he'd look at his heart rate more than anything and then afterwards he would look at his power once he was back home but not look at his power and training.”
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