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It's all good, the breakfast was good thanks. All in all we did a 160km ride. Good miles in the legs.

Sir Fred, The Cyclelab club is planning a ride tomorrow morning at 07:00am from Cyclelab to Magaliesburg. I think they are planning on having breakfast there and then ride back. I will be joining the club tomorrow morning. Welcome to join. EPoH

It makes sense what you are saying. From the bit of research that I have done lately, many coaches seems to be more focused on their training methods, diets etc. and focusing less on the grey areas such as lactate threshold. Back to the basics. I think the whole lactate threshold thing can be a mental block to your performance. As for me, I am still mostly spinning during the week and only riding over weekends. Busy getting myself organised to train on the road in the mornings. Getting up at 4am in the winter to train till 8 and then go to work for 8hrs is quite a challenge, but I am getting there. I don?t want to use it as an excuse for not training on the road but interestingly enough, I noticed that some of my friends who get up early to train on the road during winter get sick more often than me. So over a long period of time I actually get more training done than them through spinning in the studio. It is my first winter as a cyclist so it might just be this winter that they are all getting the flu etc. not sure if this is the norm for people getting up to train early in the mornings during winter to get sick often? Maybe some hubbers can comment on this. I upped my spinning to work out on quite a high gear, fast pace and spin for a minimum of 2hrs every evening. I adjusted my position on the spinning bike to simulate my position on my real bike as close as I can. So now, I am spinning based on time/power and don?t really follow the spin class as such. It is the best I can do for now. I am keeping it long and intense. Very important, I immediately follow that up with the correct diet. I also made a few changes as to what/how/when I am drinking, eating during a race. All of this seemed to have made a big improvement in my cycling. I recently did the Magoebas 70km race with quite a tough climb at the start. (I hate these races where they put the tough climbs at the start and then make it down to the finish easy.) More uphill finishes please! I outclimbed a lot of the guys and then they chased me down on the descent heheh. Anyhow I finished in 7th place and beat a lot of my friends who have been cycling for years AEAEHhe! Austin, the Japan Tour sounds tough! How long is that hill TT? Do you have the profile for it? I thought the guys were very brave using a 34/23 for TDL, so I can just imagine how tough that TT is going to be. All the best!

Now if this is true, stop taking those supplements to reduce the lactic acid in your body, just train harder and longer! ******************** Everyone who has even thought about exercising has heard the warnings about lactic acid. It builds up in your muscles. It is what makes your muscles burn. Its buildup is what makes your muscles tire and give out. Coaches and personal trainers tell athletes and exercisers that they have to learn to work out at just below their "lactic threshold," that point of diminishing returns when lactic acid starts to accumulate. Some athletes even have blood tests to find their personal lactic thresholds. But that, it turns out, is all wrong. Lactic acid is actually a fuel, not a caustic waste product. Muscles make it deliberately, producing it from glucose, and they burn it to obtain energy. The reason trained athletes can perform so hard and so long is because their intense training causes their muscles to adapt so they more readily and efficiently absorb lactic acid. See Article => http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/16/health/nutrition/16run.htm l?ex=1305432000&en=2778e99d7eab85a6&ei=5090&part ner=rssuserland&emc=rss Now if this is true I wonder how much faith one should have in all these supplement companies making products to reduce lactic acid eh!

im confused, for when is this hub ride now ? This weekend or next weekend ?

Me and my machine climbing the high mountains of Lesotho! http://www.nudle.org/images/tdl_2006/images/me_pedalin_flash_02.jpg

HHmmm... I just phoned the reserve for directions and they told me that cycling is not allowed on the tourist route, which is the tar road... ??!!@#

I might be keen, I need to do some hill training. Just send me directions to where you guys are going to set off. I dont know JHB very well, I am in the sandton area. Maybe you guys are the right people to ask - I've heard a lot about Suikerbos rand. Apparently it is fairly safe to cycle there and also good for hill training. Can someone tell me more about this place and how do I get there ? EPoh

I reckon I am going to do the Cyclelab club ride tomorrow. See how I feel, maybe jump with the A & B bunches and see if I can keep up.

I am single. Got all the time in the world to do whatever I want and when I want. I prefer it this way, for now.

I am new to the sport and although I am fairly fit (mostly from spinning) I lack endurance and strength. I used to run a bit before I started cycling and I am thinking of continuing with the running as I believe it is good for building endurance and strength. I have strong knees and there is no problem as far as that is concerned (Apart from other things it seems like the main reason for why people do not run). My question is, would running be beneficial to my cycling? I want to make cycling my main focus point but would also like to incorporate running as a form of cross training to build endurance and strength. I will do anything to speed up the process of increasing my threshold on the bike. I have heard a lot of people say that the two work against each other but I cannot see how? What do you guys think of building a program that includes a good combination of running and cycling? PS: Does anyone have a decent gym program aimed at cyclists that they would like to share? epoh38778.9357060185