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01-22-19, 05:02 PM
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I hope all of @Heathpack’s hypoglycemic dogs have turned in their cards, however.
01-22-19, 06:51 PM
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Big cultural difference. Most states here only have mandatory reporting for epilepsy, narcolepsy, and the like. The guidance on voluntary reporting concentrates on symptoms, not disorders. Personally, I worry about old people and idiots fiddling with their phones.
I hope all of @Heathpack’s hypoglycemic dogs have turned in their cards, however.
Fiddling with phones is the latest craziness. But still a big issue in Australia and just about anywhere is drug and alcohol influence on brain function while driving.
Just another little observation from my case is that the injury actually affected a nerve that runs from my left eye to the right side of the brain. I had to have a new pair of glasses made to different specification to the ones I was wearing when thrown down occurred.
The recovery improvement has been enough to make a different to those specs (but still not perfect) to the point where I am wearing new glasses today, and will have the original replacement ones now about six months old, eventually re-graded.
Of course, part of my licence recovery is covered by passing an optical test for peripheral vision.
Yep, it can be complicated here... but I take real thankfulness from (a) still being alive, (b) out of hospital care and not permanently incapacitated (c) having some incredibly skilled and resolute medical people take care of me all the way through (d) able to seriously consider going back to driving which also helps me go back to work, (e) still able to cycle and do other stuff and (e) most important thing of all, have the love of my life still around and anxious for my recovery (and cycling enthusiasm).
01-22-19, 06:55 PM
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Generally speaking, for most people it is more metabolically efficient to pedal at a higher RPM so there is some benefit to training up the ability to output threshold and above power at higher cadence. Additionally, it is a little better to be able to output good power over a wide range of cadence. Definitely for me personally, I tend to naturally pedal at a lower cadence- ie 85-90 rpm. This feels more "restful" to me at threshold power when I am racing. But when I'm really aerobically fit, I can pedal at higher cadence at the same power output. This is desirable on two grounds- 1. per coach I am always a little faster at higher cadence and 2. I have more arrows in my quiver, meaning I can use a broader range of cadence during a TT- I can pedal fast and tax myself aerobically and then if I start to get winded, produce the same power at a lower cadence to recover a little before going back to the high cadence pedaling.
That said, I don't sweat it too much and coach doesn't make a big issue of cadence. Generally he wants me to self select my cadence when racing or training. I should just be aware that threshold power output at high cadence is worth working on. He only occasionally prescribes a specific cadence for an interval. However I've been working on this of my own accord lately and last week wound up doing the last 20 min of a threshold interval at a cadence of 98. It was something of a triumph. I definitely need to warm into it, spooling up cadence works better for me than trying to start out too high.
As far as the sideness, we never work on that. I think its fairly normal for people to have a strong leg and a weaker leg. I do stretch a lot to try to keep one leg from being tighter than the other (tore my quadriceps playing soccer in HS and that leg is shorter than the other and tighter). But no one-legged drills or anything like that.
That said, I don't sweat it too much and coach doesn't make a big issue of cadence. Generally he wants me to self select my cadence when racing or training. I should just be aware that threshold power output at high cadence is worth working on. He only occasionally prescribes a specific cadence for an interval. However I've been working on this of my own accord lately and last week wound up doing the last 20 min of a threshold interval at a cadence of 98. It was something of a triumph. I definitely need to warm into it, spooling up cadence works better for me than trying to start out too high.
As far as the sideness, we never work on that. I think its fairly normal for people to have a strong leg and a weaker leg. I do stretch a lot to try to keep one leg from being tighter than the other (tore my quadriceps playing soccer in HS and that leg is shorter than the other and tighter). But no one-legged drills or anything like that.
01-22-19, 07:02 PM
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Big cultural difference. Most states here only have mandatory reporting for epilepsy, narcolepsy, and the like. The guidance on voluntary reporting concentrates on symptoms, not disorders. Personally, I worry about old people and idiots fiddling with their phones.
I hope all of @Heathpack’s hypoglycemic dogs have turned in their cards, however.
01-22-19, 08:29 PM
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01-22-19, 08:47 PM
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01-23-19, 05:03 AM
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Slow morning. Everybody must be getting adecent night's sleep.
01-23-19, 08:17 AM
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01-23-19, 08:26 AM
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Indeed.
In other news, I had a 9:30 PT appointment but looking at google maps I can see there has been a head-on collision on the bridge getting there. Looks like I'll have to do my exercises here at home.
In other news, I had a 9:30 PT appointment but looking at google maps I can see there has been a head-on collision on the bridge getting there. Looks like I'll have to do my exercises here at home.
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01-23-19, 10:50 AM
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Had an interesting zwifting last night after our talks about cadence. Concentrated on 85-90 and even though it felt like a lot cardio-wise, I was able to keep my HR mostly in check except for the inclines.
Upon further review, I think I want to kick around on outside rides and more zwift rides followed by a step test to get a ballpark FTP before I launch into anything structured. Maybe in 2-3 weeks.
Upon further review, I think I want to kick around on outside rides and more zwift rides followed by a step test to get a ballpark FTP before I launch into anything structured. Maybe in 2-3 weeks.
01-23-19, 11:54 AM
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Had an interesting zwifting last night after our talks about cadence. Concentrated on 85-90 and even though it felt like a lot cardio-wise, I was able to keep my HR mostly in check except for the inclines.
Upon further review, I think I want to kick around on outside rides and more zwift rides followed by a step test to get a ballpark FTP before I launch into anything structured. Maybe in 2-3 weeks.
Upon further review, I think I want to kick around on outside rides and more zwift rides followed by a step test to get a ballpark FTP before I launch into anything structured. Maybe in 2-3 weeks.
It's not making me a great sprinter or anything, but it does at least maximize my time in terms of total work done.
01-23-19, 12:05 PM
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Only the sixth Addiction post of the day.
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01-23-19, 12:06 PM
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Got in my first real ride in a week. We only had 5 riders due to cold and poor road conditions - there were several icy patches courtesy of frozen runoff. We were extra careful and had a good ride.
Real miles are much better than fake ones. Only thing worse than fake miles are structured fake miles. Yuck!
Real miles are much better than fake ones. Only thing worse than fake miles are structured fake miles. Yuck!
01-23-19, 12:07 PM
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01-23-19, 12:56 PM
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Not having any special effects, for me, structure is all. I love my little ladders, pyramids, over-unders, steady states, and bang-em-out straight intervals. As the Koch bros—the x-c skiers and sometime cyclists, not the libertarian gazillionaires—used to say, "Train the brain for pain!"
01-23-19, 12:58 PM
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Got in my first real ride in a week. We only had 5 riders due to cold and poor road conditions - there were several icy patches courtesy of frozen runoff. We were extra careful and had a good ride.
Real miles are much better than fake ones. Only thing worse than fake miles are structured fake miles. Yuck!
Real miles are much better than fake ones. Only thing worse than fake miles are structured fake miles. Yuck!
01-23-19, 01:05 PM
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How about a few more sports celebrity photos?
From 1982 a youthful Marv Albert interviewing Meadowlark Lemon at the renowned Rucker Park.
Also on hand was Walt "Clyde" Frazier of the '72-'73 NBA champion NY Knicks.
From 1982 a youthful Marv Albert interviewing Meadowlark Lemon at the renowned Rucker Park.
Also on hand was Walt "Clyde" Frazier of the '72-'73 NBA champion NY Knicks.
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01-23-19, 01:14 PM
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2 Superstars, in my book. That third guy? Ol' Marv? He's just weird.
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01-23-19, 01:37 PM
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No structure for me, in life or in training.
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01-23-19, 02:01 PM
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01-23-19, 02:02 PM
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Perhaps the only good thing about working in my NJ office is the cheaper gas. And I don't have to pump it myself.
01-23-19, 02:09 PM
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Had an interesting zwifting last night after our talks about cadence. Concentrated on 85-90 and even though it felt like a lot cardio-wise, I was able to keep my HR mostly in check except for the inclines.
Upon further review, I think I want to kick around on outside rides and more zwift rides followed by a step test to get a ballpark FTP before I launch into anything structured. Maybe in 2-3 weeks.
Upon further review, I think I want to kick around on outside rides and more zwift rides followed by a step test to get a ballpark FTP before I launch into anything structured. Maybe in 2-3 weeks.
01-23-19, 02:09 PM
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Yeah, structure is not a fun word for a lot of people. I mean, cycling is supposed to be fun, right? I just know that with my months off the bike, I need structure to kick start my fitness. But for sure when I spotted the 4 week FTP booster, that seemed a whole lot more likely to be something I could see through as opposed to a 6 or 12 week plan.
Speaking of suffering, the visit with the chiropractor went really well. It turns out the my hip flexors aren't necessarily weak, but an imbalance between the legs (It's been off balance since my ACL repair) caused the left side to get super, super tight essentially locked it up hence me not being able to do those left side single leg drills very well. So much more stretching, using the foam roller, etc.
Speaking of suffering, the visit with the chiropractor went really well. It turns out the my hip flexors aren't necessarily weak, but an imbalance between the legs (It's been off balance since my ACL repair) caused the left side to get super, super tight essentially locked it up hence me not being able to do those left side single leg drills very well. So much more stretching, using the foam roller, etc.