What is the average speed of this forum?
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Hrmm so semi serious question here....never 'trained' before...just rode to ride. But looking at doing some beginner rackng this year. How hard should you be going during intervals? For a scale....an effort of 1 for me would be sub 15mph, or intentionally going slow, 20mph is about my max sustainable speed over a decent amount of time. Or should intervals be flat out sprints?
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The point Han Solo is making is that his nav computer is particularly powerful and can determine a more efficient, shorter route than less powerful computers by skirting closer to a black hole. He's not saying that his ship has a higher velocity. C'mon fellas, everyone knows this.
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#33
Hrmm so semi serious question here....never 'trained' before...just rode to ride. But looking at doing some beginner rackng this year. How hard should you be going during intervals? For a scale....an effort of 1 for me would be sub 15mph, or intentionally going slow, 20mph is about my max sustainable speed over a decent amount of time. Or should intervals be flat out sprints?
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Haha, if nothing else, the forum is wonderfully effective at perpetuating the stereotype of roadies as rude and snarky, oblivious to the outside world
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With the onset of my second concussion in 5 years, my Bp has dropped from 115/70, back to my more youthful 100/60. That's a relief. Is it the new average?
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The point Han Solo is making is that his nav computer is particularly powerful and can determine a more efficient, shorter route than less powerful computers by skirting closer to a black hole. He's not saying that his ship has a higher velocity. C'mon fellas, everyone knows this.
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Well, to be even more nit-picky, the point Solo makes is that he is the pilot most capable of physically piloting his computer's theoretical shorter route. He didn't just plug in a route and let the Falcon fly itself, he was at the helm for something like 20+ hours steering the ship.
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Hrmm so semi serious question here....never 'trained' before...just rode to ride. But looking at doing some beginner rackng this year. How hard should you be going during intervals? For a scale....an effort of 1 for me would be sub 15mph, or intentionally going slow, 20mph is about my max sustainable speed over a decent amount of time. Or should intervals be flat out sprints?
For short, an all-out Max effort can't be held for more than 5-10 seconds, so you can do intervals of that, which is helpful in certain areas...or you can do 5, 10, 20 minute intervals at say, 8/10 effort, or even 9/10 for a few minutes...
I like a simple 30sec. Sprint, 30 second recovery. But I know I'm not going Max power for 30 seconds, even if I'm going "all-out", because I fade even as the 30 seconds progresses.
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27.2 km/h this morning on mix of gravel and road for, somewhat hilly, for 66 km. Could have been higher, but the damn gravel and hills slowed me down.
8:30/mile for 8.30 miles running yesterday
Currently typing 50 wpm.
Sometimes I walk on my treadmill while watching TV at 4.5 mph.
Usually drive 10 km/h over the posted speed limit when traffic is clear. I'm told cops bother stopping you at that speed.

8:30/mile for 8.30 miles running yesterday
Currently typing 50 wpm.
Sometimes I walk on my treadmill while watching TV at 4.5 mph.
Usually drive 10 km/h over the posted speed limit when traffic is clear. I'm told cops bother stopping you at that speed.
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