Training Status??? (IV)
01-21-16, 03:05 PM
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*years of experience
*a lifestyle that helps them hit that consistency
*a lifestyle that optimizes recovery and gains made from the bike
*mental toughness
Of course raw talent is a factor, but that's not what we're talking about here.
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"Your beauty is an aeroplane;
so high, my heart cannot bear the strain." -A.C. Jobim, Triste
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01-21-16, 03:50 PM
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So that fact was illicit?
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Chuck
Demain, on roule!
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Chuck
Demain, on roule!
01-21-16, 03:51 PM
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darnit... not sure what I was going for there.
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"Your beauty is an aeroplane;
so high, my heart cannot bear the strain." -A.C. Jobim, Triste
"Your beauty is an aeroplane;
so high, my heart cannot bear the strain." -A.C. Jobim, Triste
01-21-16, 03:52 PM
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seems like TKP has a pretty rad gig for riding too. my backup plan if i don't get into grad school is to quit my job, get a part time job, and teach myself programming.
@grolby i agree with you on the time front. you also seem to be better about maintaining balance than me.
@grolby i agree with you on the time front. you also seem to be better about maintaining balance than me.
01-21-16, 04:02 PM
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**** that
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Actually not sure which sprinter you're talking about, but the 5 hours applies to both of them I think.
That said he hasn't won a p/1/2 race, and I have. So there!
No really he has more natural talent than most, but some of us have to put in work to come close to matching that, me included.
01-21-16, 04:02 PM
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ya!
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"Your beauty is an aeroplane;
so high, my heart cannot bear the strain." -A.C. Jobim, Triste
"Your beauty is an aeroplane;
so high, my heart cannot bear the strain." -A.C. Jobim, Triste
01-21-16, 04:19 PM
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I agree that increments matter.
01-21-16, 04:29 PM
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01-21-16, 04:30 PM
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"Your beauty is an aeroplane;
so high, my heart cannot bear the strain." -A.C. Jobim, Triste
"Your beauty is an aeroplane;
so high, my heart cannot bear the strain." -A.C. Jobim, Triste
01-21-16, 04:42 PM
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01-21-16, 04:47 PM
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and for my third post in a row I actually rode today and broke out of my tempo-no-attacking slump and just did my best to beat the **** out of a 100-person noon group ride. Nice weather in the middle of monsoon season here had everyone out.
I just kept attacking, they'd stupidly drag everyone back to me, rest, attack again. By the end they misjudged it and I had a gap going into a 2-minute hill and stayed clear by 1/2 mile at the end. I was very ragey and annoyed, so it felt good to flog myself off the front for the final 15 minutes.
1:40, 36 miles, AP244 NP330 135TSS
I just kept attacking, they'd stupidly drag everyone back to me, rest, attack again. By the end they misjudged it and I had a gap going into a 2-minute hill and stayed clear by 1/2 mile at the end. I was very ragey and annoyed, so it felt good to flog myself off the front for the final 15 minutes.
1:40, 36 miles, AP244 NP330 135TSS
01-21-16, 04:49 PM
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5x1' workout at lunch. I need to remember what it was like to go fast.
01-21-16, 05:05 PM
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