Wafflycat in Cycling Weekly.

"Tim Hall" wrote in message
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On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:34:20 -0000, "wafflycat"
wrote:


I did a 32:32. On my normal roadbike (Bianchi Via Nirone, entry-level road
bike) with some clip-on tribars attached.

Chapeau!

(You'll have to drop that "unfit family" nonsense now!)



oooh, ta! Still unfit compared to many... but I have huge amounts of fun :-)

wafflycat wrote:

oooh, ta! Still unfit compared to many...

Sadly it is the case that "compared to many" leaves a lot of headroom...
but even so, practically everyone is unfit compared to quite a few folk.
People who know me generally consider me quite fit, and I don't rate
myself as a blob if I'm being honest, but I do know people who are
/really/ fit, and I just don't register on the same gauge! So you
shouldn't mark yourself down for not being at the tp of the pile.

Pete.
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wafflycat wrote:

I did a 32:32. On my normal roadbike (Bianchi Via Nirone, entry-level road
bike) with some clip-on tribars attached.


That's a respectable time. You should be very pleased with that.

Arthur

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of memory against forgetting - Milan Kundera

Peter Clinch wrote:
wafflycat wrote:

oooh, ta! Still unfit compared to many...

Sadly it is the case that "compared to many" leaves a lot of headroom...
but even so, practically everyone is unfit compared to quite a few folk.

Heh. (world class) athletes being interviewed before Olympics etc
have an amazing habit of saying "I'm not as fit as I'd like to be" !!!!!!

BugBear

wafflycat wrote:

"Jim Harvest" wrote in message
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I'm thinking of having a go, but would be very slow.

Can I ask what your time was (as a guide to what it takes to come
second last) or is that like asking a lady her age?

If it were, I'd be rumbled anyhow, as the result was published in The Comic
:-)

I did a 32:32. On my normal roadbike (Bianchi Via Nirone, entry-level road
bike) with some clip-on tribars attached.

Tribars? You're already taking this seriously.

Cheers,
Luke


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exile in Lancashire http://www.shrimper.org.uk

x-no-archive:On Jan 15, 8:34*pm, "wafflycat" w*a*ff£y£cat*@£btco*nn
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"Jim Harvest" wrote in message

news:ef5c2ad1-c48c-4f92-80ac-

I'm thinking of having a go, but would be very slow.

Can I ask what your time was (as a guide to what it takes to come
second last) or is that like asking a lady her age?

If it were, I'd be rumbled anyhow, as the result was published in The Comic
:-)

I did a 32:32. On my normal roadbike (Bianchi Via Nirone, entry-level road
bike) with some clip-on tribars attached.

Phew, that seems pretty quick to me. I may need to get some audax
under my belt first before I'm up to a TT.

On Jan 16, 12:23 am, Jim Harvest wrote:

I did a 32:32. On my normal roadbike (Bianchi Via Nirone, entry-level road
bike) with some clip-on tribars attached.

Phew, that seems pretty quick to me. I may need to get some audax
under my belt first before I'm up to a TT.

Totally different games. Audax riders are not necessarily good TT
riders as the skill set is different.
Riding flat out for 30 mins is not the same as riding 100 miles at a
relatively leisurely pace.

If you want to do a TT, train for a TT. High intensity building to the
time you expect to do.

If you want to do an Audax, train for an audax. Long medium pace miles
interspersed with cups of tea and bacon rolls.

It is possible to enjoy both, but you can't just train for one and
expect to be good at the other.

...d

Look at it this way:
You go out and try as hard as you can and get a time,the person who
takes fastest time of the day has done exactly that too!

When someone asks you how you did a reply of "20 seconds under (or
over) my best" or whatever is perfectly acceptable. You get the kudos
for the attempt at whatever level you're at. Go for it and don't
worry.

Robert

x-no-archive:On Jan 16, 2:24*am, David Martin martin-
wrote:
On Jan 16, 12:23 am, Jim Harvest wrote:

I did a 32:32. On my normal roadbike (Bianchi Via Nirone, entry-level road
bike) with some clip-on tribars attached.

Phew, that seems pretty quick to me. I may need to get some audax
under my belt first before I'm up to a TT.

Totally different games. Audax riders are not necessarily good TT
riders as the skill set is different.
Riding flat out for 30 mins is not the same as riding 100 miles at a
relatively leisurely pace.

If you want to do a TT, train for a TT. High intensity building to the
time you expect to do.

If you want to do an Audax, train for an audax. Long medium pace miles
interspersed with cups of tea and bacon rolls.

It is possible to enjoy *both, but you can't just train for one and
expect to be good at the other.

..d

I won't be any good at either but I think doing audax first will
give me conditioning to do TTs at a later stage, rather than the other
way round.

Does that make sense?

In article 4ae88df5-f2df-4867-8be9-
, Jim Harvest
says...

I won't be any good at either but I think doing audax first will
give me conditioning to do TTs at a later stage, rather than the other
way round.

Does that make sense?

Not really, it's like saying you need to be comfortable doing a half
marathon before you'll try a 400m sprint.