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03-04-15, 10:06 AM
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i can't speak for most, but this guy won it in 2013 and is currently leading and could NOT win a road race in the lower 48 that is under 9 hours.
i don't know if you are talking about the winners being at the pointy end of road races in AK, or generally speaking. lots of fat bikers around here and the winter riding seems to translate more to the MTB in the summer than to the road (vs the trainer).
i don't know if you are talking about the winners being at the pointy end of road races in AK, or generally speaking. lots of fat bikers around here and the winter riding seems to translate more to the MTB in the summer than to the road (vs the trainer).
03-04-15, 10:22 AM
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i think either (even 350 miles) qualifies as an "endurance event" for slow-twitchers. the 350 record is 42 hours. pretty different skill set vs most RRs, i'd bet.
granted, the guys who do the full thing strap all this stuff to their bike and still call it "fast" riding. fatbiking events around here involve a ton of walking/pushing a bike.
any time a sleeping bag is strapped to a bike is when it becomes "adventure racing" and not so much bike racing (to me).
03-04-15, 10:26 AM
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Thats where road racing is headed. Grand fondos. Gravel races. The numbers dwarf bike racing and compare well to long distance triathlon.
03-04-15, 10:31 AM
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“Our youth now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for their elders and love chatter in place of exercise; they no longer rise when elders enter the room; they contradict their parents, chatter before company; gobble up their food and tyrannize their teachers."
03-04-15, 10:57 AM
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Same route, same time, different pacing. The 1000 racers aren't racing the 350 racers, because to do so would blow them up. Essentially a completely different race.
We don't run USAC road races up here for the most part, and the series that occur in Anchorage and Fairbanks have the same faces year after year. Going to the Lower 48 to race and get upgrades is a multi-thousand dollar investment, which most don't feel like doing. Some mix a lot of MTB racing in for a new challenge, some get into triathlons, and a lot go fatbiking. Hammering away in a fatbike race in January and February rarely disqualifies you from competing well in road races in June and July. A lot of guys have found it helps them.
And to me, riding 20MPH across glare ice while not pedaling and feathering the brakes (serious tailwind) is plenty fast. YMMV.
We don't run USAC road races up here for the most part, and the series that occur in Anchorage and Fairbanks have the same faces year after year. Going to the Lower 48 to race and get upgrades is a multi-thousand dollar investment, which most don't feel like doing. Some mix a lot of MTB racing in for a new challenge, some get into triathlons, and a lot go fatbiking. Hammering away in a fatbike race in January and February rarely disqualifies you from competing well in road races in June and July. A lot of guys have found it helps them.
And to me, riding 20MPH across glare ice while not pedaling and feathering the brakes (serious tailwind) is plenty fast. YMMV.
03-04-15, 11:00 AM
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“Our youth now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for their elders and love chatter in place of exercise; they no longer rise when elders enter the room; they contradict their parents, chatter before company; gobble up their food and tyrannize their teachers."
03-04-15, 12:28 PM
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I rode two hours today with temps in the mid-70s. I have a 3:30 ride planned for tomorrow; temps will be in the low 30s with a 15 mph north wind. Wish the damned weather would make up its mind. 
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03-04-15, 12:30 PM
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03-04-15, 12:39 PM
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For real. If whatever endurance event inspires some people to get fit and do it, great. The existence of ironman completion medals doesn't devalue the accomplishment of the guy who wins a crit. If you (generic you) are racing crits in order to garner accolades from people who don't know the difference between an ironman and a crit... as the saying goes about trying to teach a pig to sing, it will only frustrate you and annoy the pig.
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I don't know, I find something inherently wrong with the everyone gets a medal culture. Or like how obstacle races have fire pits for the illusion of challenge when in reality it's so the participants can have badass facebook pictures. **** encourages mediocrity, not everyone gets to be a winner.
This isn't to take a dump on people who do it for the fun or actual challenge of it, just a general observation.
This isn't to take a dump on people who do it for the fun or actual challenge of it, just a general observation.
03-04-15, 12:44 PM
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I'm cranky as **** because my ceiling is leaking again and woke me up at 5am...but it's also leaking through the wall which is affecting the other tenants and the store on the bottom floor so the landlord can't ignore it anymore. This is sort of a good thing, but now I'm half thinking the building will fall over.
In any event, I'm going to go beat the **** out of myself for a couple of hours. Intervals calm a dude down.
In any event, I'm going to go beat the **** out of myself for a couple of hours. Intervals calm a dude down.
03-04-15, 12:56 PM
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I don't know, I find something inherently wrong with the everyone gets a medal culture. Or like how obstacle races have fire pits for the illusion of challenge when in reality it's so the participants can have badass facebook pictures. **** encourages mediocrity, not everyone gets to be a winner.
This isn't to take a dump on people who do it for the fun or actual challenge of it, just a general observation.
This isn't to take a dump on people who do it for the fun or actual challenge of it, just a general observation.
Racing (losing most of the time) isn't fun to most people. Jumping over a fire a looking cool is. Nobody says they won (maybe there are people who do try to win in the front) a tough mudder, but people like to say they completed one. It's a fundamentally different thing, and people prefer different things.
03-04-15, 01:07 PM
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you mean like this?
you get orange slices after you finish...but it seems like it would be fun to do
03-04-15, 02:45 PM
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So, I'm on Zwift now, along with apparently everyone I know who rides a bike regularly. It certainly seems to make the trainer time go faster, but I'm still not sure exactly its utility in my trainer training. I'm doing workouts that have nothing to do with the profile of the island, its zones, or anything else. Riding with other friends is interesting, but not practical unless you are doing the same workout at the same "speed" or are looking to effectively JRA with them online. I suppose it's fun to see how many times the local stud can lap me. Mostly its something to watch besides TV and movies.
It might be interesting if you could develop it to run in training mode and game mode. Training mode would equalize the power output for you and your riding partners, allowing your Z3 to yield the same speed as theirs at a higher or lower wattage. Game mode would let people go by comparative power, as they currently do.
It might be interesting if you could develop it to run in training mode and game mode. Training mode would equalize the power output for you and your riding partners, allowing your Z3 to yield the same speed as theirs at a higher or lower wattage. Game mode would let people go by comparative power, as they currently do.
Looking forward to seeing the workout modes when they come. I could see this being a great tool/fun for training/riding in the winter months.
03-04-15, 02:48 PM
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03-04-15, 03:01 PM
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you mean like this?
you get orange slices after you finish...but it seems like it would be fun to do
you mean like this?
you get orange slices after you finish...but it seems like it would be fun to do
03-04-15, 03:23 PM
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“Our youth now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for their elders and love chatter in place of exercise; they no longer rise when elders enter the room; they contradict their parents, chatter before company; gobble up their food and tyrannize their teachers."
03-04-15, 03:25 PM
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03-04-15, 04:06 PM
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https://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/0...e-other-doesnt
Originally Posted by that article
Presumably, all of these differences in the young men’s bodies and brains had developed during their few, brief years of divergent workouts, underscoring how rapidly and robustly exercising — or not — can affect health.
More subtly, the findings also point out that genetics and environment “do not have to be” destiny when it comes to exercise habits.
More subtly, the findings also point out that genetics and environment “do not have to be” destiny when it comes to exercise habits.
03-04-15, 07:06 PM
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Looks like the months of *****ing about my evo have finally led to an answer.
Warranty replacement.
Warranty replacement.
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I'm cranky as **** because my ceiling is leaking again and woke me up at 5am...but it's also leaking through the wall which is affecting the other tenants and the store on the bottom floor so the landlord can't ignore it anymore. This is sort of a good thing, but now I'm half thinking the building will fall over.
In any event, I'm going to go beat the **** out of myself for a couple of hours. Intervals calm a dude down.
In any event, I'm going to go beat the **** out of myself for a couple of hours. Intervals calm a dude down.
03-04-15, 09:22 PM
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