With winter a distant memory and spring slowly but surely becoming something resembling summer, thoughts inevitably turn to a season of sportives, racing and long rides with, fingers crossed, the sun shining.

We all have ambitions of riding fast this summer and, after a long winter of training, where slow and steady base miles are largely the order of the day to build endurance, now is the time to up the intensity.

Dig Deep Coaches, Stephen Gallagher and James Spragg of Dig Deep Coaching, for six training sessions to build form for summer.

There’s something for everyone, depending on your objectives this summer: hill repeats for riders training for a sportive with lots of short sharp climbs, threshold intervals to perfect your breakaway riding, sprint drills, a high-intensity calorie burner, a sweetspot session to prepare for long Alpine climbs, and cadence drills.

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