Does training in the rain really make you sick ? cycling tips

[@kenrodriguez3067]

Wise words, Willie. Especially about not riding in a group. It's amazing the amount of crap that gets kicked up into your face from the road. Another great, informative video. Cheers

[@rjacko7478]

Great advice, thanks and Keep living the Dream👍

[@kevinegan6311]

Great advice....thanks Willie.

[@williesmitcycling]

Pleasure

[@gerrybaillon1973]

Good advice !

[@williesmitcycling]

Glad you think so!

[@asarda4]

Any advice on how to cope with unavoidable bad weather+mountain passes on a regular basis? Fleece jacket, newspapers, gloves, shoe covers.. What's your way out?

[@SwimBikeRunStu]

We have to train in the rain in the UK 😂 we would never get out otherwise 😂😂

[@robertdavidson6354]

Hi Willie, what is your personal opinion of the fact that 23 Chinese olympic swimmers were" inadvertently exposed" to heart medication trimetazidine and have been cleared to race at the Paris Olympics by WADA? We know about Russian state sponsored doping? As they say......follow the breadcrumbs .....

[@williesmitcycling]

Hi Robert. Hope you are doing well. To start: if there is any state sponsored doping going on, regardless in which country, I would think it will be a close kept secret. If doping was widespread as some speculate, I can tell you now people would be black mailing each other left, right, and center. But if I may comment: so many of the product that athletes get caught for are perhaps prohibited but when it comes to actual performance enhancing, it is next to none. I've always wondered why some athletes would risk their careers to take a prohibited medication that might help you next to nothing. However the tests have become extremely sensitive, so expect more and more athletes to test positive for cross contamination. Doping in Athletics / weightlifting / swimming has been much more abused than cycling. But for some reason, cycling has always fallen into the spotlight first. On another note: I always see so many people say this and that one dopes and it's so easy. Anabolic steroids have become detectable for over a year in the human body. Growth Hormone substances have biomarkers that stay long after the actual substance half life is out. So most of the product that might actually work are detectable for long periods. So, not even microdosing would be safe to avoid your ADAMS time windows. And most of these products need to be takes at the right time. So if you are an athlete on training camp, with a federation, with a team that means you would need to travel with the products and keep it stores at a precise cold temperature. Goodluck to those risking their reputation / imagine and careers like that. But make no mistake. They "normally" get caught.

[@robertdavidson6354]

@@williesmitcycling thxs for the detailed explanation, appreciate it!