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21-08.-2003, 05:58 AM
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Hours or Kms??
What do you go by?
Hours ??? OR Km's ??? I train in hours. |
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21-08.-2003, 06:45 AM
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Re: Hours or Kms??
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ZAKEEN, im SORRY i replied to you the the way i did, my IGNORANCE ! calling another guy here (mate) where i live means somthing else. again sorry to you and who ever read that and im glad it got erased! anyways i go bye hours, and i ride 2-3 hours a ride but all thats gonna change i gotta get on a schedule. |
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21-08.-2003, 04:17 PM
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I record Hours @ levels or HR zones.
Like bikes, not all hours are equal.
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22-08.-2003, 08:07 AM
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Location: Sydney Australia
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I go by km's that way if your riding slower you can still get the same kms done.
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22-08.-2003, 08:46 AM
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I go by hours and like 2Lap I record time in HR zones, Actually the Polar does it automagically for me :-)
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22-08.-2003, 08:50 PM
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Location: Arizona, USA
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Hours, time in HR zones and perceived effort. Love that Polar!
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23-08.-2003, 12:14 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Metung, Victoria, Australia
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As a coach, I ask all athletes under my care to record, time, distance, cadence (average), and HR. because not all can afford the HR monitor that records time spent in zones I ask each rider to training within certain zones for specific time periods. So a concise diary should have all of the above info. However, ALL EXTRANEOUS CRAP ASIDE, Time is more essential than distance . I even go to the extent of telling my athletes that I don't care if their speedometer doesn't work, as long as the cadence and timer are working on the computer I'm happy.
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23-08.-2003, 04:29 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2003
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well i like kms because i like doing a set distance
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23-08.-2003, 05:10 AM
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Location: New Hampshire, USA
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I use the same course 3 days a week...27.5 miles (44.26 km) and check my time against the historical time. One day a week I go by time (about 3 hours total) and one day a week I go by distance (no specific course).
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23-08.-2003, 07:01 AM
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@zaskar - Thats OK, where I come from(Australia) that is one of the nicest things to say to someone!
I go by hours, But I do record kms,HR,Cad,Alt,Temp |
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24-08.-2003, 11:37 AM
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Jtfleming,
I think I do the same. Typically if you have a training routine then you are doing the same miles (kms) and unless your improvement is dramatic, that will end up being close to the same hours. |
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06-09.-2003, 10:51 PM
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Location: Toronto, Canada
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A hrs dude here.....
Memph
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12-09.-2003, 02:01 AM
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Location: Lewiston, Idaho, USA
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I used to train by hours, but now I train by miles and speed. When you are training for a 45 mile road race that takes under 2 hours to complete, training for 2-3 hours make not increase my fitness enough to finish. Races are measure by distance not time. Over the winter I work to increase my endurance to 150% of the distance I intend to race at the next year. If you can ride 60 miles in training, you can finish a 40 mi road race. After I have increased my endurance, I start working on speed early in the spring. I use intervals for speed work.
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12-09.-2003, 05:23 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2003
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Re: Hours or Kms??
It's nice to keep track of Kms, but I train by hours. (10 km in a head wind is much different than 10 km in a tail wind), but an hour is an hour.
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15-09.-2003, 01:32 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Fourways
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By hours, but it's always nice to see how far you went and how fast you went. I have a specific route and like to see if I'm improving on my Avg. If I get close to home and see I'm going to improve on my previous time, I just take a detour.
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