Hi,
peetee wrote: ↑8 Apr 2021, 10:50am
I’ve always considered myself a maverick and I’ve never had a role model. I deal with life and it’s situations my own way by just muddling along learning (usually but not always) by my own little successes and bigger mistakes.
Learning by your mistakes (hopefully) vs Copying others (sometimes a vain idea to get better).
Deep respect maybe but no role models, Already said in the beginning of these posts (well I hope that's the way I remember it?)
Made many mistakes and try to learn by them, falling asleep on a motorbike is something I don't want to repeat, certainly don't want to end up on the wrong side of the road in the dark 20 yards from a single decker bus again!
I brought a book many years ago on Dave Scott, early 80s "Dave Scotts triathlon training"
I perhaps should have another look at it as it's got quite good detail on swimming cycling and running.
IIRC, something up on one of the disciplines I'm sure he said something like if you've tried everything and you still can't keep up try copying the person in front.
I have actually done that once, in a swimming pool trying to keep up with a ultra long distance swimmer who had a really unusual style, It worked!
Wiggo Frustrated in not being able to beat Tony Martin, so he lowered and copied his cadence, then he beat him.
There is much to be said for low cadence especially when you're not in a time trial or sprinting In my experience, and I have always had a very low cadence, if I'm not wishing to put out 350 W for an hour then it won't be 95 rpm.
Wiggo was of course in a TT at the time.
There you go..........
No surprise then that high cadence is something that is sometimes completely unnecessary, it's been proved to be somewhat wasteful.
Two years ago it was 350 W now I struggle on 250. Bloody medication!