Ask a coach: 'Big days and rest days or riding every day - how should I structure my training camp or vacation?'

Is it best to just stick to base miles or should you be sprinkling intervals into most rides?

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Do you ever find yourself with a burning question you’d like to directly ask a cycling coach? Well, now is your chance to ask away! In this series, we’ll be putting your questions to expert coaches – send them in to Cycling Weekly's Fitness Features Editor at anna.abram@futurenet.com

Heading off for a week or two to a sunnier location before the warm weather arrives at home is a great way of building fitness in late winter/early spring. 

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James Spragg

Sports scientist and coach James Spragg is one of the experts who will be answering your questions in Cycling Weekly's ASK A CYCLING COACH series which comes out every Wednesday. Working both in research and applied settings, he currently runs Intercept Performance Consultancy

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