Coaching series

Despite the current ‘cost of living challenges’ facing all community events, Bike Manawatu is 100% committed to ensuring the 51st year of the Novice Tour – once again provides a safe, fun, competitive cycle racing event.

We will adopt a high-quality assured approach in implementing the Local Roading Authority’s/Cycling New Zealand’s ‘Safe Traffic Management System’ (STMS) standards which ensure best practices and rider and spectator safety.

If the level of community funding secured is not sufficient to contract in external road management service providers with the ability to stop/go traffic, the Novice Tour will proceed on a ‘local club racing’ model, whereby our team of trained/experienced road marshals will, where necessary, pause racing in order to give way to traffic and ensure rider safety.

Although funding external road management services with the ability to stop/go traffic is ideal, if this is not feasible – we are confident that the event’s ‘Safe Traffic Management System’ (STMS) will provide a competitive, fair, enjoyable and importantly safe racing environment.

Irrespective of which model of traffic management/racing is finalised, as with all CNZ/Bike Manawatu events, normal road rules will apply and a full rider briefing confirming the event rules will be provided to all riders prior to the start of each race.

The coaching working group are developing a series of coaching evenings where a range of topics will be discussed. These evenings are set for the winter evenings over the next couple of months. These sessions will be open to all financial members.

The first session is to be conducted at the Marist Clubrooms on Monday 25th July starting at 7pm. It is envisaged that these sessions will be approximately 2 hours.

Some of the topics that will be covered over the series will include

1.Coaching cyclists: An introduction to the art.(Mike McRedmond)

why be a coach
what do athletes want from their coach

Attributes of a good coach

2. Nutrition for cycling (Steve Stannard)
3. Resistance training for cycling (Steve Stannard)
4. Training for the track (Mike McRedmond)

So mark this first date on your calendar – question and answer area will be part of each session. Further topics will be developed as the need or desire for these arises.