Miguel Lopez
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Miguel Lopez
@Igelopez
endurance athlete; endurance coach for multisport&mountainsports
Philippines Katılım Temmuz 2012
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A few important considerations...
1/ "How much am I training?"
It should come as no surprise that longer races demand more training time. It's no use signing up for an Ironman if you don't have the time to train for an Ironman.
2/ "What am I good at?"
We all fall at a different place on the speed-endurance curve. Some of this changes with training, some of this is more genetic, related to muscle fiber type. If you have a natural strength on the speed side of the curve, you should probably make use of it by focusing on a shorter event.
3/ "What is my body type?"
If you have a large frame with good absolute power, but low power to weight, hilly courses are probably not your best choice. Beyond this, running may not be your best sport - a supported or semi-supported sport like cycling or swimming may be a better short term focus.
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This is not to say that one should only race their strengths, but certainly for your "A Race" it is a lot more motivating to do relatively well in something you're naturally inclined to, than to put in a lot of training &, through no fault of your own, underperform simply because you chose the wrong event.
Alan Couzens@Alan_Couzens
A very large part of having a successful season comes down to choosing the right race.
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🚨 Pacelines are NOT the place to try and drop people! 🚨
Instead, the objective of a paceline is for a group to use one another to travel faster, more efficiently, using less effort.
A paceline is not where the strongest people drop everyone. That is LATER when they attack.
When the strongest riders ride to drop people in a paceline they instead just reduce the people who already would have been dropped. They isolate themselves with the other strongest riders who are more rested than them because they are on the wheel!
Shift your mindset in pace lines to be smoother when pulling and go easier on climbs so that the group can take your faster with less energy.
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No person can tell another person how to live.
The best they can do is make the natural consequences of a given way of life visible.
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Interesting article about the move to 100-120 grams per hour of carbohydrate in cycling. That's a lot of carbs!
velo.outsideonline.com/road/road-trai…
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This is good...sharing here for everyone who needs hip mobility and strength.
Gerry DeFilippo@Challenger_ST
💊 Start your week w/ some Hip medicine 1. Rocking 90/90 (2x15) 2. SL RDL into hip gate (2x10) 3. Side lunge w/ iso hold (2x12) 4. Wall adductor opener (2x1 minute hold) 5. Fire hydrant (2x15) Not a bad routine to use a few days per week after training!
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