Ok, it's been a while and posting lately has been slow.
That's actually a good thing - I've just been really busy. I have lots to update on, so I'll get to it all. Eventually, LOL.
I had a fantastic trip to California to ride the countryside around Santa Rosa, participate in Levi's Granfondo and also deliver a seminar on training with power. So I'll get to those in separate posts later.
I also have been doing lots of training leading up to the UCI World Masters Track championships which were held last week. I had a really good championships, riding a good pursuit time and making the finals of both the scratch and points races. More on that later too.
Here I am am up front and personal during my Individual Pursuit last week:
I rode a 3:54 3km pursuit, which is about 6-7 seconds slower than my all time PB but it's still my 3rd fastest time ever. My average power was 375 watts.
Also, as part of the training I did some aerodynamic field testing, mostly for wheel choices, so I'll report on that too!
And some cool stuff on the coaching front as well..... like I said, I have been busy.
Ahead I have a really solid block of training in front of me as I prepare for the Track nationals in early February in Adelaide.
And more cycling performance experiments to perform.
And to finally finish off the leg - with an aero fairing.....
Also I go to Adelaide in late-November for a week long Cycling Australia coaching development course.
Stay tuned folks!!
Friday, October 30, 2009
WTF is happening??
Labels: Race Results, Training and Racing with a Power Meter
Posted by Alex Simmons at 9:29 am
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3 comments:
Waiting with bated breath!
Hey Alex,
Reading your blog made me wonder if there are any regulations regarding your leg, i.e. unfair advantage due to aerodynamics? Maybe the 2:1 ratio rule or some such.
I know that our own 'Blade Runner' Oscar Pistorius has had to undergo a lot of testing.
Hi Bruce
There are no such regulations that I'm aware of, however because the leg is still relatively wide for much of its length, going to a full 3:1 would make for such a deep section it would be silly. At its widest, the leg is ~ 130mm, so I am hardly going to have a 390mm deep section leg! Even the lower pylon is 30mm wide, meaning 3:1 is a 90mm section. The aero is more a shape thing than a section dimension per se.
Of course there is one important difference with my cycling leg compared to runners' blades - there is definitely no mechanical advantage from a cycling prosthetic. It is a rigid structure.
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