This past week started out with a special delivery fromPlanet X . Gordo , Alan , and myself each recieved a road and time trial bike that we will be using for 2008. Stay tuned, once I've finished my fit, I'll post a pic.
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Speaking of bike fitting. We had Dan Empfield over to the Endurance Corner lab for a personal workshop with the team. For me, the bike fit part was easy to pick up on. If you have a good eye, you can usually tell if something is off or not. Dan has done so many bike fits that he was able to eyeball us during our fits and guess the angle within a few degrees (we measured to check).
The most useful peice of information that I walked away with was being able to advise an athlete which bike will fit him based on our fit session. Before the workshop, all I could do was put someone in an aero and powerful position, but unless I went to several bike shops to check out each brand with a tape measure, all you had was a nice position on our Positioncycle
Here at EC, we can now take measurements from your fit session and in a matter of minutes tell you what bikes will work for you, using Dan's database.
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This week was a recovery/testing week for me. I'm still battling the plantar fasciitis, but my PT says that we have a handle on it. I had planned on performing a series of bike and run test, but since my foot is still sore, I just tested on the bike.
I didn't see a shift in my power output, but my heart rate has decreased for a given workload. I also saw an increase in my substrate utilization and was able to make it further into the test before I tapped out.
As I've noted in previous posts, I'm very interested in substrate utilization during exercise. I'm attempting to test at the same time and eat the same thing (oatmeal, peanut butter, coffee, and soy milk) to try and control what variables I can.
Overall, training is going great and I am very motivated and have everything in order to start working towards my goals. Having looked at my calendar, I'm breaking my season into two phases.
Phase One
The first phase revolves around staying consistent with training and work. We have a bunch of cleints signing up for personal testing and training weekends here in Boulder. My goal is to give these athletes an experience where they can walk away feeling fully satisfied. The same goes with our Spring Tucson camps. We want to provide the best camps possible not only with the training but with the support as well.
On the training front, I want to stay consistent and get in good enough shape where I can win Wildflower (kidding) and perform well at the Triple T.
Phase Two
We have the first half of the season booked for personal weekends and tests, but still have a few weekends open in phase two (June-December). Phase two is primarily centered around building up for Ironman Louisville and Ironman Arizona in November. I will work my training program around work obligations while I try and give Ironman another shot to see if I can improve upon my 2007 result.
If you have any questions feel free to contact me at...
mat "at" endurance corner "dot" com
Keep it rollin,
Mat
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Speaking of bike fitting. We had Dan Empfield over to the Endurance Corner lab for a personal workshop with the team. For me, the bike fit part was easy to pick up on. If you have a good eye, you can usually tell if something is off or not. Dan has done so many bike fits that he was able to eyeball us during our fits and guess the angle within a few degrees (we measured to check).
The most useful peice of information that I walked away with was being able to advise an athlete which bike will fit him based on our fit session. Before the workshop, all I could do was put someone in an aero and powerful position, but unless I went to several bike shops to check out each brand with a tape measure, all you had was a nice position on our Positioncycle
Here at EC, we can now take measurements from your fit session and in a matter of minutes tell you what bikes will work for you, using Dan's database.
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This week was a recovery/testing week for me. I'm still battling the plantar fasciitis, but my PT says that we have a handle on it. I had planned on performing a series of bike and run test, but since my foot is still sore, I just tested on the bike.
I didn't see a shift in my power output, but my heart rate has decreased for a given workload. I also saw an increase in my substrate utilization and was able to make it further into the test before I tapped out.
As I've noted in previous posts, I'm very interested in substrate utilization during exercise. I'm attempting to test at the same time and eat the same thing (oatmeal, peanut butter, coffee, and soy milk) to try and control what variables I can.
Overall, training is going great and I am very motivated and have everything in order to start working towards my goals. Having looked at my calendar, I'm breaking my season into two phases.
Phase One
The first phase revolves around staying consistent with training and work. We have a bunch of cleints signing up for personal testing and training weekends here in Boulder. My goal is to give these athletes an experience where they can walk away feeling fully satisfied. The same goes with our Spring Tucson camps. We want to provide the best camps possible not only with the training but with the support as well.
On the training front, I want to stay consistent and get in good enough shape where I can win Wildflower (kidding) and perform well at the Triple T.
Phase Two
We have the first half of the season booked for personal weekends and tests, but still have a few weekends open in phase two (June-December). Phase two is primarily centered around building up for Ironman Louisville and Ironman Arizona in November. I will work my training program around work obligations while I try and give Ironman another shot to see if I can improve upon my 2007 result.
If you have any questions feel free to contact me at...
mat "at" endurance corner "dot" com
Keep it rollin,
Mat
