David I could not be more than happy with the way my training is going. After two weeks I could feel the strength in climbing hills. I am now up to week six, which included having a week off to complete the Festive 500 challenge. I am now riding better to cadence, HR and Power levels than ever before and able to consciously able to maintain this more often in a session and on the big chain ring. Then in the weekend rides, I’m able to maintain these levels when going on the flat or up hills, and riding over the top of the hills regardless of the length or steepness of the hills.

First of all, I’d like to extend my thanks to you both for the training program that you developed for me over the last 6 months. It was such a relief throughout the Simpson Desert Race that the training that I had completed made the world of difference for me feeling extremely confident and comfortable on the bike. I was exceptionally happy with my race results, 7th overall out of a field of 24 riders with a stage win (the night stage!) and 100% completion of the race. I think I set a new threshold heart rate for the night stage too, that notification came up when I came back into coverage, I did work very hard to create a gap and hold it until the end, I lead pretty much from the start to finish. I finished the whole race in 29 hours and 17 minutes. There were some exceptionally strong riders in the field, including the eventual winner, Peter, who is on his way to the world 6-hour time trial championships in California in November.

Thank you so very much for allowing me to do your coaching program. This is my 4th Peaks Challenge and finally managed to get my sub 10 jersey with your coaching. All my previous training regime were not really structured with the mentality of ‘go-hard or go home’. Your custom program and living a busy life and running a business meant that it was relatively simple for me – ‘just follow the program, trust in the process and it will give me the results’. The hardest thing for me was containing my go hard mentality in the recovery weeks and eventually realising, that letting my body rest and recover was when I really gained the benefits. The ability to mix the indoor sessions and the outdoor, really gave me the ability to hone-in on some of the techniques for efficiencies and things like the standing drills gave me the mental & physical power to handle the demons up WTF. The off the bike workouts were a pain at the beginning and initially questioned ‘why and what for’ but after 4-6 weeks you could really feel the benefits on the core and flexibility and by the time I reached phase 2 exercises, I longed to do more! The ability to just email Jodie to change the workout if I missed a session meant that I knew you both had my back and although the data was a little overwhelming at first, by the later half of the program, I was posting on Strava my IF and TSS all the time and was constantly watching the trends on Training Peaks. Thanks again for your customer service and coaching program, without it I would not have achieved my Peaks Challenge Goal, highly recommended.

“After one month of training with you via your Amy’s Rider plan, I’m already appreciably faster up hills than I was just two months ago. Yesterday morning I beat my previous Norton Summit personal record by 89 seconds. Thanks for that!”

“I’m amazed at how much better I feel on the bike. I can now directly correlate pedalling technique, riding position AND core strength as interwoven facets of good cycling. Keep up the good work.”

“I can feel the strength in my legs continuing to improve and being able to maintain the cadence levels and overall speed.”

“I cannot say enough about how much this has changed the way I ride and my capabilities. Another 40 sec off my 1:20 hill climb personal best. Feel great!”

I’m definitely improving each week. Never thought I would achieve so much in such a short period! Thank you so much for your program and support along the way!

Had a fantastic ride at the Vermont Overland gravel race. The course was the most challenging I have ever ridden. This was the strongest performance I have had this year (which means ever!) My goal was to start strong, and have fuel in the tank to ride strong at the end. Goal accomplished! At about 72km, I dialled it up on the climbs and gained about 10 minutes on the folks I had been riding with all race. It was one of those moments where I just knew I had the legs and they were all cooked. That I could maintain effort/recovery cycles over the remaining terrain, at 3.5 hours in. It really felt great to climb past a whole bunch of riders in the last 25km. For the first time, I felt great at the finish. The training plan just worked. At the age of 56, with less than about 2 years of serious endurance cycling, I finished in the top 3rd of the men. It was a real improvement over Rasputitsa that I did in April. Overland was a harder course and I was able to push out significantly higher NP on the final climbs. And compared to my first gravel race in August, it was like night and day.