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Old 04-07-16, 09:43 PM
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Originally Posted by SprintzNKiloz
Yessir.
Love That Track!!!!

when masters Nats was there a couple years ago i did my first, and still only, 200m on a 333m Track..
i didn't get to do any full practice runs, so i plotted out my line from the rail and then tried to get as many partial efforts in during warm-up to feel it out.

The wind-up and jump went really well... but i was so used to having to muscle it down through the turns at Encino that i got too low in turn 3-4 and smacked a sponge!
i was sure i was going down as i shot up above the blue line. i decided if i was going down id do it with my foot on the gas! so i just powered through it and somehow i stayed up.

ended up being a PR time and i qualified 2nd!
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Originally Posted by Quinn8it
Love That Track!!!!

when masters Nats was there a couple years ago i did my first, and still only, 200m on a 333m Track..
i didn't get to do any full practice runs, so i plotted out my line from the rail and then tried to get as many partial efforts in during warm-up to feel it out.

The wind-up and jump went really well... but i was so used to having to muscle it down through the turns at Encino that i got too low in turn 3-4 and smacked a sponge!
i was sure i was going down as i shot up above the blue line. i decided if i was going down id do it with my foot on the gas! so i just powered through it and somehow i stayed up.

ended up being a PR time and i qualified 2nd!
I think bigger guys do flying 200s better on 333m as opposed to 250m. I set a PB (at the time) on Mavic Ellipse at TTown in training one day. I think climbing in the turns on a 250 affects bigger riders more. I know the dive out of turn 4 is really steep and fun, but I think it doesn't offset the energy burned up to that point.

Also, your coach told me that he never rode 200s on a 250 as well as he did on 333s.
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I agree
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Originally Posted by Quinn8it
Love That Track!!!!

when masters Nats was there a couple years ago i did my first, and still only, 200m on a 333m Track..
i didn't get to do any full practice runs, so i plotted out my line from the rail and then tried to get as many partial efforts in during warm-up to feel it out.

The wind-up and jump went really well... but i was so used to having to muscle it down through the turns at Encino that i got too low in turn 3-4 and smacked a sponge!
i was sure i was going down as i shot up above the blue line. i decided if i was going down id do it with my foot on the gas! so i just powered through it and somehow i stayed up.

ended up being a PR time and i qualified 2nd!
HA!That is awesome! Will we see you in August?
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Well, I'm small and stout at 5'6" and about 165 or 160 depending on the time of year and my best times of the year were within a few hundredths of one another at Rock Hill and Major Taylor. I'm not totally sure but I think Bill Clay, who wasn't massive by sprinter standards, holds the F200 records at Major Taylor. At least I don't recall him as being massive (versus guys like Curt Hartnett and Nothstein). There may be an efficient market hypothesis we could form. I have to think at an elite level, riders will adjust their wind up to accommodate mass and minimize energy expenditure to get to the rail for a given track.

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Originally Posted by SprintzNKiloz
HA!That is awesome! Will we see you in August?
you should... assuming i can piece some form together between now and then
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Originally Posted by Quinn8it
you should... assuming i can piece some form together between now and then
Cool - should be some fast folks there.
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