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Date Posted: 19:13:12 12/08/04 Wed
Author: Jimmy
Subject: Newbie needs advice

Hi guys,
A little background...I'm a 51 yr old retired Marine. I still work "on base" (Camp Lejune NC) which affords me the company of enough hungry Marine cyclists to keep me on my toes. After getting into sprint tri's a couple of years ago, I found myself gravitating more and more towards bettering my time on the local 10mi (actually 9.8) TT's, at the expense of my swim and run training, and that's fine with me because I somehow have fallen in love with the pain of training for TT's It's hard to explain the lure, but if anyone can understand the obsession, I figure you guys can. Last year my best time was 25:14. This year I can do that on a hard training day, and I've cut my "all out" effort down to 24:07. I have a lot of questions, and I figure this is the place to ask, so here it goes.... First, everyone says I ride to big of a gear. I know their right, because my saddle is set high enough to make my hips rock...but it feels comfortable to me? I've read tons of stuff advocating higher cadence, but I just don't "feel" the power. Is there a compromise available here? Secondly, You'd figure that "mashin' the big gears would produce a plum line that was rear of my center pedal (at horizontal); however my knee line is an inch or so forward?...Also if there is such a thing, what would a "ballpark" HR percentage be for interval traing and/or actual TT? Thanks, Jimmy

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Re: Newbie needs advice -- Rick Pfeiffer, 14:47:54 12/30/04 Thu