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The first sentence of today's entry reads, "I am getting better and I hope
to improve more today and tommorrow." Can someone please explain to me how you can "get better" after 16 stages of a Grand Tour? He says he "can definately feel my body responding well". Who would have thought a meal and massage could work such wonders? |
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"matabala" wrote in message ... The first sentence of today's entry reads, "I am getting better and I hope to improve more today and tommorrow." Can someone please explain to me how you can "get better" after 16 stages of a Grand Tour? He says he "can definately feel my body responding well". Who would have thought a meal and massage could work such wonders? What happened in the last Grand Tour after 16 stages? |
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Carl Sundquist wrote: "matabala" wrote in message ... The first sentence of today's entry reads, "I am getting better and I hope to improve more today and tommorrow." Can someone please explain to me how you can "get better" after 16 stages of a Grand Tour? He says he "can definately feel my body responding well". Who would have thought a meal and massage could work such wonders? What happened in the last Grand Tour after 16 stages? Are you suggesting that TD copied FL's "acclimatization" techniques? |
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"gds" wrote in message ups.com... Carl Sundquist wrote: "matabala" wrote in message ... The first sentence of today's entry reads, "I am getting better and I hope to improve more today and tommorrow." Can someone please explain to me how you can "get better" after 16 stages of a Grand Tour? He says he "can definately feel my body responding well". Who would have thought a meal and massage could work such wonders? What happened in the last Grand Tour after 16 stages? Are you suggesting that TD copied FL's "acclimatization" techniques? No, although I can understand how you could interpret it that way. Actually I was just noting the irony of improvement on stage 17. FWIW, some riders are recognized for getting stronger/fitter toward the end of a long stage race, Ullrich being the most recent and noteworthy example. |
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"Carl Sundquist" wrote in message news:dOXNg.10454$Zm1.1768@dukeread02... "gds" wrote in message ups.com... Carl Sundquist wrote: "matabala" wrote in message ... The first sentence of today's entry reads, "I am getting better and I hope to improve more today and tommorrow." Can someone please explain to me how you can "get better" after 16 stages of a Grand Tour? He says he "can definately feel my body responding well". Who would have thought a meal and massage could work such wonders? What happened in the last Grand Tour after 16 stages? Are you suggesting that TD copied FL's "acclimatization" techniques? No, although I can understand how you could interpret it that way. Actually I was just noting the irony of improvement on stage 17. FWIW, some riders are recognized for getting stronger/fitter toward the end of a long stage race, Ullrich being the most recent and noteworthy example. More irony perhaps given Mr. Jan's current problems? |
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matabala wrote: The first sentence of today's entry reads, "I am getting better and I hope to improve more today and tommorrow." Can someone please explain to me how you can "get better" after 16 stages of a Grand Tour? He says he "can definately feel my body responding well". Who would have thought a meal and massage could work such wonders? Greg Demgen? Dougboy? |
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Carl Sundquist wrote: "gds" wrote in message ups.com... Carl Sundquist wrote: "matabala" wrote in message ... The first sentence of today's entry reads, "I am getting better and I hope to improve more today and tommorrow." Can someone please explain to me how you can "get better" after 16 stages of a Grand Tour? He says he "can definately feel my body responding well". Who would have thought a meal and massage could work such wonders? What happened in the last Grand Tour after 16 stages? Are you suggesting that TD copied FL's "acclimatization" techniques? No, although I can understand how you could interpret it that way. Actually I was just noting the irony of improvement on stage 17. FWIW, some riders are recognized for getting stronger/fitter toward the end of a long stage race, Ullrich being the most recent and noteworthy example. There only needs to be an improvement relative to the others for it to feel like he's getting better. That's not the same as getting better absolutely. Bret |
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On 13 Sep 2006 11:49:53 -0700, "Bret" wrote:
Carl Sundquist wrote: "gds" wrote in message ups.com... Carl Sundquist wrote: "matabala" wrote in message ... The first sentence of today's entry reads, "I am getting better and I hope to improve more today and tommorrow." Can someone please explain to me how you can "get better" after 16 stages of a Grand Tour? He says he "can definately feel my body responding well". Who would have thought a meal and massage could work such wonders? What happened in the last Grand Tour after 16 stages? Are you suggesting that TD copied FL's "acclimatization" techniques? No, although I can understand how you could interpret it that way. Actually I was just noting the irony of improvement on stage 17. FWIW, some riders are recognized for getting stronger/fitter toward the end of a long stage race, Ullrich being the most recent and noteworthy example. There only needs to be an improvement relative to the others for it to feel like he's getting better. That's not the same as getting better absolutely. Besides, telling yourself crap like that sometimes helps. Ron |
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wrote: matabala wrote: The first sentence of today's entry reads, "I am getting better and I hope to improve more today and tommorrow." Can someone please explain to me how you can "get better" after 16 stages of a Grand Tour? He says he "can definately feel my body responding well". Who would have thought a meal and massage could work such wonders? Greg Demgen? Dougboy? http://www.worldwar1.com/dbc/origindb.htm A. The Coinage of Doughboy For us today, and maybe for all Americans who will follow, the Doughboys were the men America sent to France in the Great War, who licked Kaiser Bill and fought to make the world safe for Democracy. The expression doughboy, though, was in wide circulation a century before the First World War in both Britain and America, albeit with some very different meanings. Horatio Nelson's sailors and Wellington's soldiers in Spain were both familiar with fried flour dumplings called doughboys, the predecessor of the modern doughnut that both we and the Doughboys of World War I came to love. Because of the occasional contact of the two nation's armed force and transatlantic migration, it seems likely that this usage was known to the members of the U.S. Army by the early 19th century. That might cover Jan but I can't think of any other racer it includes. Bill C |
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