Hello everyone, welcome back. It’s been some time. We’ve got a treat for you this time around, an interview with the very newly crowned National Hill Climb champion, Mr Ed Laverack of SwiftCarbon Pro Cycling. It was an absolute pleasure chatting to Ed and in this episode he gives us insight on:

- How he came into cycling and the specific ride that inspired him to jump on his bike.

- An inside view on riding stage races like the Tour of Britain and the Tour de Yorkshire.

- The current pro rider that he likens to a pedigree racehorse.

- A detailed run-through of his day winning the National Hill Climb championships.

- How to train for Hill Climbs, including some nifty tricks on how to mentally nail tough interval workouts.

- What it was like to take part in the televised Zwift British Championship finals, along with some very juicy tips on how to gain an edge when racing Zwift.

- His big goal event for 2019.

Along with lots more. I hope you enjoy the chat as much as I did. To keep up to date with Ed online, you can find him on Instagram and Twitter @edlaverack and on his Youtube channel which is well worth checking out, just search his name.

And finally, if you are interested in making your very own big red handle-bar mounted power up button for Zwift like the one discussed, there’s some instructions on it here: https://zwifthacks.com/how-to-use-a-10-bluetooth-media-button-as-a-handlebar-mounted-zwift-game-controller/

Until next time!