2010 Herne Hill Sunday Training

Yeah, I videod myself on the rollers, it's a reasonable way to keep check provided you know what to look for!

you trying to say I didn't look well-fit, like?!

I have only just got back from the track, and don't expect to be warm until someone sets fire to me or I have a shower, whichever comes first.

50% gutted I couldn't ride, 50% relieved I didn't have to because it was so f***ing cold. 100% pissed off with being ill.

you trying to say I didn't look well-fit, like?!

Whaaay eyee, whaddaya sayin like!?

Apart from someone moving up into the path of the fast pursuit group (despite half a lap of people yelling 'STAY DOWN!!!')

Yes, WTF was that??

I could hear Symon shouting on the other side of the track so it's not like he didn't hear. Odd behaviour.

did you manage to get those bits sorted for me Dav… sorry, Rob

passed it on, Wayne.

cheers gaffer…

goes off to try and contact Doris Stokes type creature as phone and emails don't seem to work with JC

:^]

Yes, WTF was that??

I could hear Symon shouting on the other side of the track so it's not like he didn't hear. Odd behaviour.

I dunno. Maybe it was the wind making it hard to hear? I shouted – loudly – a couple of times from near the back of the train. I only heard one person 'pass the message forward', but it should've been audible from the back.

Oh well, no harm done. And it was possibly interpreted as 'don't change by swinging all the way up the track', as the rider concerned only moved up near the blue, or thereabouts.

In for next week. Would have come along today but was ill prepared!

Actually I'm not. I'm going camping.

No excuse in a couple weeks time then.

You have to be on time, you know Max?

hahaha repped you cheeky cunt.

Actually I'm not. I'm going camping.

You know, you are allowed to run Shimano.

No excuse in a couple weeks time then.

Don't be so lazy, just get creative! ;P

You know, you are allowed to run Shimano.

Ha!

My bike's actually got a lot more Campag than I realised.

Im still cold, good session through reckon I must have done at least 15k ;-)

Careful, Lee. You'll soon pick up overuse injuries doing so much so early in the year.

Pity in the team pursuit practice some people decide to go as fast as they can on the front , then the team falls apart. Some people were doing that then dropping out and then missing a lap and then joining in and doing it again.

What s that all about. Ruins the whole thing.

Seemed to work better with Rob pacing us but should be some rules about swapping groups and missing laps.

^yes. I went in the slower group the second time, but it still looked like the fast group exploded soon after lapping the slow one.

Probably the exuberance of youth or something. I'm sure it'll get more controlled in weeks to come.

I liked the backward-rotation-with-sprint exercise myself. It was good to do something different: I'm not adverse to endless rotation but I think Jason and Rob have got it right with a bit of a shake-up of excercises. Damn it was cold though; couldn't feel my feet. Wish I'd had Lee's balaclava.

It felt weird because my scale of perceived effort suddenly needs recalibrating. Which is a nice problem to have but I think/hope it explains a couple of erratic moments on my part.

It was an excellent session, I thought, in terms of different exercises. The amount of time on each exercise was about right. No endless rotation, just about right team pursuit (although, yes those bloody youngsters with their speed and strength..) was a really good work out, and the whistle training, enough to hurt but no boring, etc.
Was a shock to the legs after a winters indoor 'rest'. Its gonna be a hard slog to get last years fitness back.
ANd sorry for the impromptu sprint after the warm up, Rob. Was a bit over excited to be back on the track.

I liked the backward-rotation-with-sprint exercise myself.

I liked that too, although I kept just missing out on being at the front at the right time, so Jason kindly gave me a 2/3 of a lap sprint rather than a 1/3. Bit knackered after that :D

Can I get some feedback on my position from the coaches or whoever? It sort of felt okay, and I felt like both wheels were more planted (having shifted myself a centimetre forward via seatpost/stem), but I suspected my saddle could come up a little (which might mean raising the bars 5-10mm for the sake of my back, and the need to peer through spectacles).

Just wondering if anyone noticed anything 'wrong-looking'

You didn't look like anything was out of place, I saw you during one of the sprints and you seemed happy with that low gear, a slight Hoy-esque movement to the glutes on the latter part of the effort.

By all means next time I'll have a more direct look, to check a rider's position that closely I have to make sure the other coach is watching the bunch (or I'm not coaching at all) or I get riders on a turbo in the office/marquee for bike fittings.

^thanks. For the sake of my sanity (don't ask) I've got a 140mm stem on order. It should bring the reach more in line with my other bikes, or if that doesn't work for me, I've got room to bring the saddle forward another cm to see if it feels okay bringing my rear forward too. If not, back to the 130mm. It was nice not to lift the front wheel off the ground for a change.

81" sounds pretty low, but I never even reached 150rpm on Sunday. Definitely happy to stick with it till my 'loaded' legspeed gets up to, er, speed.

81" sounds pretty low, but I never even reached 150rpm on Sunday.

You would have if you'd followed the sprint group ;)

he wouldnt cause we would have dropped him like...