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Rotterdam 2006
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Morning
Did everyone else give up on the site last night as well - blinking nightmare
I did... it was so slow, I lost patience...
I wanted to report back on the powertest. I pushed 290 watts, which apparently is rather good
You need to be able to push 330 watts to qualify for thinsg like the commonwealth games, just to give you some reference. It goes up in increments of 10, so I am only 40 watts away from international standard, scary!
So now I need to fulfil the promises that my powertest and cardiovascualr fitness assume, which is that I could be rather good... My heart rate bever rose about 166, which, for the power I was putting out, is apparently really low, I should have been around Max HR (which was 198 when I last measured it a couple of years back)
So my legs are much weaker than my CV system, which means there is a lot of scope and room for improvement. I just have to build up leg strength on the bike and improve my technique. My right knee position was tweaked last night and we worked on improving my pedalling technique, which had an instant result! So I shall be doing those pedalling exercises 2-3 times a week from now on.
My position on my bike is apparently good and the bike seems to suit me, so I am now looking for a similar Giant frame, but a newer, full carbon job, as well as upgrade the wheels, for racing. This will be just about affordable, if I find a suitable frame on Ebay and mayeb even wheels. The components on my current bike are high spec, so they will be swapped over. I also need my own track bike, so we can have a proper setup and according to my coach, I need to push a bigger gear on the track, which can only be achieved by having my own bike as well...
It is all very exciting, but I will have t work very hard on getting stronger and faster!
In my case the left side of my heart has become stronger due to my training and thus has become exercise adapted to be more efficient. Isn't the human body amazing.
The fax from the cardiologist said "........ is clearly a highly trained endurance athlete"
Of course he has never met me.........
Your ticker might become dicky if you spend too much time dreaming of Vic P Paul!!
Running to report. Only 4 miles ploddy with a friend but I'm not into running outside on my own in the dark so the alternative was nothing so it more miles in the bank.
I still haven't had time to properly sit down and write out a training plan, but I'm going to use the next month or so to get back into regular running (ie: more than once a week!) and not worry too much about distance or pace, then get into the usual 16 week proper schedule I've used in the past. I might adapt it slightly as I want to still do some miles on the road bike but I'll use that as cross training.
<contemplates Rebecca R instead>
I quite like mr Hoys quads bit too big though
Hoys quads are bigger than our top speedskaters quads, they are HUGE!!!
Paul, I am indeed surprised you have a heart
Actually, another anecdote on the highly trained endurance athlete front... When I did my first aid course we had to take each others heart rate and breathing frequency as part fo the training. The girl that was observing me just could not get it, so she asked the instructor... as she did not get more heartbeats a minute out of me than 43 and I only breathed twice a minute... she thought she was missing something...
Morning
My heart rate has been down to 55 at one point and for me 65 and above is way high
Site was OK for me last night but seems to be playing up again today
Only -6C first thing this morning here, so it looks like it is warming up. Off out for a 5 mile recovery run this afternoon in the sunshine.
Morning
Much as I would love to do Amsterdam - no decisions can be made so far ahead - but if I can do it closer tot eh date then i will - or just have a weekend away I like Amsterdam
LR planned this morning, last icy run for a while by the look of the forecast.