I pass a newspaper box everymorning... lately its been a "ProJo Supports X candidate for Y"
um...
is anyone else bothered by that? I wonder.
Shouldn't a 'news' source clearly state the positions (facts) on ALL the candidates running for said office and let the fucking reader/voter make up their own fucking mind?
Farmington is the same day as observation at ballet... prolly gonna go to NoHo...
And faster schmaster just busting your ass slomobreak. Cronoman shouldered the bike... he was faster than me, you and most everyone else out there. In both races.
missed the rain on the ride in. kinda nice. but got a late start with a kid who didn't want to put a sweater or jacket or shoes on... 35 pounds of wrigglin kid is hard to contain, esp when they don't want to be... man... tough -but settled down- and we had a nice quiet ride in... for the most part...
The other riding thought...
is it best to take advantage of the adrenaline at the start and go balistic feeling no pain and then hope not to blow it all? or should pain levels be ignored because the adrenaline at the start is raising the normal threshold well beyond?
as slow as i am i'm thinking maybe its best to take advantage of it at the start... coffee time...
peace
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Hey, Mau switched from shouldering to pushing during the race, and some of the elites rode the thing.
My point is it ties into your next question. Sure, a cross race is not a TT, but it sometimes it is similar. From 53x12.com:
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- Distribution of the Effort -
A prudent start is optimal: keeping a power output that is 5% lower than the usual average wattage developed in such races, for the first 4-5 minutes of effort, allows the cardio-respiratory system to reach the maximum efficiency without and excessive lactic acid accumulation that could be “fatal” for the remaining of the event.
If the cyclist for that kind of time trial usually develops an average power of 300 watts, he should then keep a wattage of approximately 285 for the beginning 4-5 minutes.
Should the course present short climbs or headwind distances, it is advantageous to face such conditions by pushing slightly higher power outputs (between 5-10%) than the average wattage, while reducing them in the most favorable distances, instead of trying to keep a constant power throughout.
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Runups present the same problem. How much harder to you go? On a course with no "recovery" sections, going deep red can be fatal.
I don't think many pros would advise going red at the start, even though I'd guess 95% of amateurs do. I think that therein lies the problem. You have most of the field trying to take advantage of the start and gain spots they really aren't capable of gaining any other way. Riders will fight you much harder for a spot at the beginning than they will after 20 minutes. The problem is that since over half the field is going to blow their load in the first two laps, if you don't join them then huge gaps will open when they start to blow, and even if you save your energy you will find yourself a long way back. In a 40 minute race, you won't have much time to make the ground back.
We've all heard good riders say "I can't TT."
You have to develop a feel for how hard you can go and still not blow. That's what racing often brings you.
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