He Who Learns Podcast

Tom Portsmouth

Just an athlete in conversation with other intriguing athletes on all the lessons a life in sport has to offer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episodes

  1. 03/08/2023

    The ways to improve British Cycling

    The Athlete Experience is filled with many challenges on the road to achieving a career in a sport. If no career comes about then the experience that the athlete accumulates is often transferred into discipline, order and commitment in other aspects of their lives. Seb Ottley is a Racer and Race Organiser with RCR Fat Creations Cycling. He uses his Athlete Experience to help create some of the most innovative, exciting and close racing available on the British Cycling Domestic Calendar. In this chat we discuss every aspect of what is causing the Domestic Cycling – that once was so great – to decline exponentially year on year. During this conversation we go into the cost, reality and dreams of what racing could look like on these shores. He is also organising a race on April 1st, on the World Championship Course at Goodwood Race Track. If you would like to enter the race where Zeb Kyffin won, and Dan Bigham showed, follow the link here: https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/276411/RCR-Fatcreations-Mens-and-Womens-Road-Race I hope you enjoyed this episode and remember to let us know what you would like to see from the British Cycling scene in 2023 and beyond. We've all dabbled in sport at one time or another. Let me know your athlete experience in the comments down below. Chapters: Intro (00:00) Race Design (01:24) Race Winnings (05:56) Iconic Road Courses (10:28) Race Safety (11:51) Organiser Rivalries (18:30) The True Cost of Racing (19:52) The State of the Domestic Scene (22:58) How to Improve British Cycling Races (32:34) Learning from the Continent (34:54) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    The ways to improve British Cycling
  2. 11/01/2022

    Why British Cycling is declining

    Welcome to The Chopper House Podcast. A podcast you can listen to on the go. Whether you're on the way to work, school or even in the middle of training.   Coming up in this episode of the 'Ever Wonder' Series at The Chopper House: I chat with the man behind Monument Cycling – Owen Lake – about the descent of the British Domestic Scene, and what he is doing to ensure its salvation.   We also discuss the challenges of organising a cycle race in the UK and how he's using his knowledge in digital production to improve the face of British Cycling.  The key difference to other podcasts, is that the people I interview are following their dreams right now. And they are NOT finished. They're only getting started. I want to capture the rawness of facing challenges and tests on the road to achieving what you want.   You can find Monument Cycling on: Instagram | Tiktok | Twitter – @monument_hq  You can follow me, Tom Portsmouth (@tompey_13) on all platforms and let me know how you like the podcast by leaving a like and comment be sure to subscribe to never miss a podcast.  I hope you enjoyed your time at The Chopper House, and here shoes are worn as we never know when we need to take the next step into the unknown.  TP  Chapters: Intro (00:00)What is Monument Cycling? (01:11)British Domestic Scene (09:15)Monument - The Race Organiser (21:30)The Team Behind Monument Cycling (27:40)Netflix - Ride to Survive (40:30)Outro (57:44) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Why British Cycling is declining

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Just an athlete in conversation with other intriguing athletes on all the lessons a life in sport has to offer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.