#annie simpson

[selfpropelledpaolo-blog]

Hey, you! Could you be eating your way to better cycling?

Have you ever wondered whether what you're eating could be affecting how you're riding?

This week we ran a seminar with Annie Simpson of OTEsports where she talked about some of the things you can do every day to make every bike ride more enjoyable. 

We filmed Annie's answers to some of the questions asked by sportive riders like you, so if you've ever wondered about any of the folllowing, just click on the question below to go straight to the answer!

Hope your training for ridestaffs2016 is going well, please get in touch if there's anything about the 2016 festival you'd like to know today!

 What are the best snacks to pick up in the Supermarket so you can eat well at work?

Should you wait until the event us underway before you start consuming carbs?

How does weighing myself before and after a training session help me to understand my fluid needs?  

Shoud I really be eating lots of carbs, even on a medium intensity ride?          

How much Carbohydrate should we be consuming after rides to help us recover effectively?

What are the simplest habits sportive riders can adopt to improve their performance?

Hope you enjoy these, if you do, please share them with your friends and fellow riders!

Best regards

Paul and the Leadout Team

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Velog #7 is up on youtube now. Head to https://youtu.be/08nATlQpIPw to watch. THanks to Annie Simpson of OTE Sports for taking care of questions and to Mammoth Lifestyle for hosting us!

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As part of the build up to RideStaffs in July, we ran a sportive nutrition seminar at local bike shop Mammoth Lifestyle. As well as the 20 people in the room who participated and engaged with one of our new sponsors OTE SPORTS on the night, we'll reach hundreds more because we filmed the Q&A from the end of the session to share on our YouTube channel tomorrow. Check out youtube.com/ridestaffs to see the results.

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RideStaffs nutrition evening with OTE Sports on13th April. Sign up now!

Is what you eat holding you back from being a better sportive rider?

Would you like £10.50 worth of Sports Nutrition for just £5?

Sign up for our Sportive Nutrition Seminar with OTE at Mammoth Lifestyle on 13th April 2016. 

We all want to get the most we can from our time on the bike, and what we eat before, during and after our rides can have a direct impact on how long we ride for and how we feel in between times. As a previous participant in our RideStaffs sportives we wanted to make sure you don't miss out on the chance to attend our Sportive Nutrition Seminar on April 13th at Mammoth Lifestyle in Milford. The seminar is being run for us by OTE Sports. Our seminar will be run by Annie Simpson who is an elite pro mountain biker for the Hope Factory Racing team and also a nutritionalist for OTE.  Annie will be talking about nutrition for sportive riders and how what you eat can effect your performance. Annie will also be talking about which OTE products can help you to maximise your performance. The seminar will be £5 to attend, tickets must be purchased in advance. Included in this price is an OTE sports water bottle, two energy gels and a pack of 10 hydro tablets worth £10.50 at RRP. As a double bonus, Mammoth Lifestyle will be offering 15% off the price of anything and everything bought in store that night, just present your printed ticket for the event at the till.  Whether you're training for the RideStaffs Sportive in July, or just looking to improve your overall riding, we'll look forward to answering all your questions in the Q&A at the end of the session. 

Sign Up Now!

[womenscycling]

No race in the UK could prepare you for the carnage of Belgium. Sections of the courses that would be deemed too dangerous or too flooded in the UK were instead surrounded by beer tents nd made a spectacle of. During the Sven Nys GP I’m sure it was luck that I kept rubber side down as rarely did I feel in control of the bike as it sailed down streams of liquid mud, but I was definitely in more control with disc brakes than. After experiencing this race I feel like I now have an insight into what it would feel like to be in the trenches in a warzone, sounds extreme but the mud was really that bad.

Euro Cross: 5 days, 3 races - Annie Simpson, CyclingShorts.

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annie simpson by britishcycling.org.uk photos on Flickr.

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Congratulations go to Annie Simpson, who has graduated with First Class Honours from Northumbria University. Impressively Simpson (Matrix Fitness-Prendas) managed to win the recent Johnson's Health Tech Series despite her frantic work schedule.

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Huge congrats to Annie!

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What has your worst crash in cycling been, how did it happen and are you left with any scars?? Well luckily I’ve only had two crashes on my road bike (touch wood) and the worst out of the two was a recent one in Holland in the second stage of Omloop Van Borsele. The race came down to a bunch sprint at the finish and at the peak of the sprint someone came down in the middle of the bunch and took the majority of the bunch with her. It had a domino effect to both sides of the bunch. At first I thought I was lucky as I was at the far right hand side but someone slid into me and hit my legs hard from behind. I jumped back on my bike climbing over everyone on the floor and crossed the line. Then I realised my legs were really painful. Luckily I didn’t break any bones just a swollen knee and bruised muscles. But racing continued the next day.

Annie Simpson Interviews Jessie Walker - Matrix Fitness - Prendas RT