Here’s my chat with
Kevin Britten.
Kevin is a WHY person like me.
It’s not enough to just take something someone says at face value, he needs to know WHY we are doing what we are doing.
It has made for great content for you guys.
He has challenged me more than most riders so I feel I’ve grown as a coach with him.
Kevin has had a few different goals with his enduro racing, with Wildwood being next on the list.
When Kevin first started, he had done a Transmoto 8hr in a 4 man team.
This means doing a 30min lap and then resting for 90mins.
He was cycling and running like most riders do, in the mindset of ‘my races are long so I need to try and train longer’.
With all this work, he’d still get about 10-15mins into a lap before fatigue would hit and he’d be in survival mode just trying to finish the lap.
And then take 45mins to recover and be ready to go again.
Kevin also runs an engineering business with a team.
Which sometimes means travelling and staying away from home.
He also has 4 young kids and a partner to take care of.
If anyone has a busy schedule and a million excuses of why he can’t get better on the bike, it would be Kevin.
But it isn’t Kevin.
Because he continues to be resourceful and FIND ways to get shit done.
Fast forward to 12 weeks later, he’s done an 8hr Transmoto in a 2 man team, DOUBLING his workload from week 1, as well as recovering in 5-10minutes after each 30min lap (and solid 30mins laps now, actually going for it!)
Now looking at doing an 8hr IRONMAN!
Great to see the hard work and resourceful mindset you have adopted Kevin!