TCR2004 - Page 3 - Triathlon

Tepster

06/01/2004 at 16:38

Saturday AM is OK with me too, so we just need a confimation from Triathlon Boy and I'll send our entry off...

Spans

06/01/2004 at 17:16

excellent!

... what have I done!??!

triathlon boy

06/01/2004 at 17:42

Anytime is ok, I only live 2 miles away.
If pos. request a time that doesn't clash with a talk being held , and do you really want me in your team !

Tepster

06/01/2004 at 17:48

Why wouldn't we, TB? Is there something we should know about you? And Spans, are you going to run to the event? It might be a touch over 17 miles, though...

Spans

07/01/2004 at 09:11

actually I think that it is probably only about 5miles, but no to answer that question!!

Does anyone know when the talks are going to be, the only listed ones I can see are for the Sunday...?

Spans

07/01/2004 at 09:11

oh and Triathlon Boy, of course we want you in our team.

triathlon boy

07/01/2004 at 19:00

why ? 'cause I've got the winter blues at the moment. I feel unfit and have a stinking cold and I'm suppose to be meeting up with Steve Trew for his training weekend this weekend which should sort me out.

Daz

09/01/2004 at 10:50

i think a few of us on tt have switched from sun to sat now to make sure we fill up a heat - good old maisey flop!

salford rower(and other rowers), have a q:

what damper should i put on the rower for the 500m sprint, before getting on the bike??

ive always had it on 5 as, but for a 500m sprint maybe I should knock it up a couple to speed things up. im going to obv be using the arms more than legs, to save them for bike, run.

I weigh 12st/75.5kg, just under 6ft/182cm, slim build......if that makes difference?

fat buddha

09/01/2004 at 11:42

daz - leave it on 5 - best combination for arms/legs and is roughly what all rowers do. I have a best 500 of 1:24 at that setting.

Tepster

09/01/2004 at 14:16

FB,

1.24? Want may place in the team?

fat buddha

09/01/2004 at 14:38

was a goodly few years ago tep. so no thanks - I'd probably kill myself trying to do that now

triathlon boy

11/01/2004 at 17:33

On top form now, having survived Steve Trews training weekend and looking forward to thedry tri. BTW as regards to rowing, 3-4 on the damping at a split of 1:50. Have a go at various splits before the event eg 1:40, 1:50, and 2:00. and various damping settings with a heart rate monitor on if pos. To row at a 1:40 takes a lot more effort but the time saved is 30 secs on a 750 metre row. The amount of energy saved at rowing at 1:50 can be used to knock off several minutes on the bike and run. This advice was also mentioned on the Smilebuster web site when they did the race last year and Roscoe Nash ( www.netfit.co.uk ) one of Britains bestcross trainers has said the same.

Daz

11/01/2004 at 17:55

Cheers. Yes I've done a few x-zones (like smilebuster but with step-ups and press-ups at the end) in the past in my old gym, and noticed the energy savings in bike+run just by dropping the pace on the rower.

This one in TCR is a real sprint event though so I don't think I'll hold back too much on the rower, just enough to get me through the bike. The 800m treadmill is so short!

Will try out damper 5 and 7 over following weeks to see which is better.

Good luck with training guys ;o)

triathlon boy

11/01/2004 at 18:20

any idea what the bike setup will be. Last year it was on life fitness bikes which had a max, not sure if the machine not the athlete can max out on a turbo trainer though. I'm very new to turbo trainers, having only used one for the first time today :-O !

Daz

11/01/2004 at 18:27

hmmmm im going to try these bikes out before i race.
did an indoor civil service tri recently and the bikes were calibrated by revolutions rather than revolutions by resistance. was gutted!

triathlon boy

11/01/2004 at 18:34

if it's on Life Fitness equipment, put it on race on mode ( not many people know this) and if you cadance is 90 rpm at leval 20 you're maxing out with a speed of around 85 kph. ( may have the numbers slighty wrong but it gives you an idea ).

Daz

11/01/2004 at 18:38

hope i can remember that ;O>

i think we all have our own marshall though (like last year) so I'm sure they'll be watching the screen....

triathlon boy

11/01/2004 at 18:44

hope we have the marshall I had last year, Roscoe Nash ( www.netfit.co.uk ) He does a x training class down the gym I'm a member of. Very experianced athlete, didn't cheat but encouraged me to push it to the max.

Daz

11/01/2004 at 18:46

you better not be same time as me you cheat!?
if you aren't then fair play! :O>

incidentely, what day,time you on?

SalfordRower

11/01/2004 at 20:11

it all depends on the machine for what damper setting to use. If you know how to test the drag then use that.

I use 135 for everything but some people knock it up to about 140/145 from the shorter stuff.

It equates to some where between 4 and 5 on the new machines.

I'd stick with what you know, less likely to cause you a problem on the day then