Enough

First, well done for taking the plunge Dave and I also look forward to seeing how it goes.

Purely in the interests of price comparison for those who are interested, you can get quite high levels of individual service for similar pricing. I make no comment on the relative quality of course.

The thing that I would say about monthly or quarterly plans is that if you are travelling, changing schedules at work or home etc then it becomes hard to stick to the plan and it can unravel.

Flexibility, amount of contact and support and edits are something to think/inquire about of a coaching service if you're getting in to anything along those lines.

it is the same chap.

Is Dave Smith iDave? Both me & wife did iDave strictly for 3 months. I went for 93kg to 81kg. My wife lost more.

If it's the same chap, I could be interested.

I think the expiry of a £225 investment after 12 weeks would beplenty enough motivation to be honest! Maybe I could look at it for a bithrday present though, perhaps take it from March through to the middle of may (10 week version) after getting a good winter in.

That is a good motivator and has worked for me. Tell all your friends that you are going to do that and fear of failure will give you an extra boost.

P.S. Just don't tell your friends that you are going to ride 150 miles tomorrow after you had a couple of beers at the party

As a family man, and a cyclist/triathlete..i think dave has taken a brave step. to become "good" at anything you need to be consistant and have some ability...even a little will do!
we know Dave can ride a long way. waking up the parts of him that work over a shorter distance and work fast....well that's something else.
but, as the blogs title say's.."Enough" there always comes a time when you realise you want to do better than perhaps you are....your time has come Mr Atikinson!

Go Dave(s)! I might be giving you a call after Sunday (Smith)...

I'd also add that Dave has paid for the plan, same as anyone else - it's not a freebie for road.cc - so to add extras may make it look like more than it is to readers.

Sounds good. Best of luck.

Whenever I try to structure anything life always gets in the way.

And when I say life, I mean 'going to the pub'.

Bravo Dave! Best of luck - keep posting about it and you'll get loads of encouragement. Looking forward to reading your report about winning your first bike race next spring

Dave (Smith) here.

The lab test idea is nice for fluff effect, but unless a rider is aiming to break through at a high level, we all know when our condition has improved. Body weight, belt holes, gears on climbs, strava etc.

Maybe we can do a feature on some 'lab rat' riders sometime in the future, but I love seeing real world changes in performance. I like to keep things simple, there's too much addition of unnecessary complexity these days and coaching becomes more like data analysis.

The plan for Dave covers bike training, off-bike conditioning and nutrition.

The particular plan Dave has started is also on offer until the end of the Vuelta, 20% more for 10% less.

Well done you, I keep thinking about doing this but then being unwilling to really commit to the nutrition side.

It would be really interesting to see a comparison of your before and after stats. in order to see what sort of a difference following a plan and changing what you eat makes to us mere mortals.

Any chance you could get in the gym with Dave and get him to give you a 'before' assessment (VO2max, lactate threshold, fuel metabolism, power and heart rate training zones, body fat, etc) before you get started on the plan?

Good luck! It will be interesting to hear how it pans out. Is it a training plan only or do you get some kind of online/in person coaching too?

Good luck Dave! Always good to have a plan!

YOU CAN DO IT!!!!!!!!!