Very welcome Javaman, anytime and do let me know how those adjustment work if you try them, it will give me good feedback which might help someone else. Thanks for the rep too. As far as bikes and equipment are concerned I can offer you impartial advice if you wish. Been into bike technology since I could ride one!lol That was a long time ago believe me!lol
Ok, tonight I have a 12.5 mile circuit timetrial at 7pm. Goal is to try and beat some of the riders I competed against last week. Here are the times from that last timetrial: P Anderson 30.43 M Mayne S Dunlop 35.40 S Cantley Ed Hodgert 28.49 D Mathers D Gordon 25.50 M Taggart K McAlinden 24.34 M Downey R Massey 29.18 B Curran A Wallace 28.26 J Reid Josh Daly 25.00 E Anderson 28.29 I Cochrane C Magill 32.48 R Chambers S Currie 24.54 G McKee R Aladeff 24.10 L Clarke D Purdy 25.54 S O’Hagan M McGreevy 27.29 G McGreevy John Grant 27.00 R Winters C Burns 29.41 M Larkin My individual time was 27.13, so basicaly anyone who bettered that I'd better beat. I'm not being fair tomyself though as those riders who did this race rode as a pair. I rode alone as my would be partner wanted to train for the wolrd master in October.
Times havent been posted yet, however. I achieved my goal for lastnight. Club mates time 30.15. my time 29. 50. Very happy to break the 30 min barrier for 12.5 miles Notes. slpenty of spinning. it and a little tight my be down to dif pedals. Saddle was now to high, so strained a muscle. however very please on he whole!
I've always been told that its worth taking a day or two break in between exercises to allow your muscles to recover. Also Sauna is supposedly good for injuries, it increases blood flow to outer layers of skin in an attempt to remove heat from your body. this also brings more nutraints to to those areas and aids recovery. The heat also strains your heart and forces you to breath more so your bound to benefit from that too.
Many thanks for the advice. I normaly use R.I.C.E rest ice compression elevation also a bit of hot and cold threapy works well. Must add sauna to the list of thigs to try, so thanks for the tip! In terms of cycling I tend to do better on the second day, just he reason for that is they way I've trained my body to work over the years. Heart and lungs are actualy totaly recovered from the last 2 days, so thats a blessing because you have allot of 3-5 day races and recovery s the key to that. akes a few years training though to get to that, I used to be crippled after a hard bike race. I also had a good diet plan to aid recovery. Many years trial and error though I can tell you!
