losing excess weight and time saved!
benny
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Well, dear fellow triathletes, here's a tip that can save you minutes on olympic distance tri's.
No red, carbon, shaving or mumbo jumbo involved. No shameless commerce or doping.
Just a simple link that let's you see how much time you can save during the bike leg of the tri.
It involves weight loss (sorry, there are numerous threads about 'How to lose weight', so nothing about that here). This calculator is for biking, but the benefits continue during the run leg.
Did the test for a person of 90kg(rider+bike weight); If he/she loses 2.8kg, that would shave off 2 whole minutes over the bike leg alone already.
Have fun watching the minutes fly of the scales!![:D]
http://www.analyticcycling.com/ForcesLessWeight_Page.html
No red, carbon, shaving or mumbo jumbo involved. No shameless commerce or doping.
Just a simple link that let's you see how much time you can save during the bike leg of the tri.
It involves weight loss (sorry, there are numerous threads about 'How to lose weight', so nothing about that here). This calculator is for biking, but the benefits continue during the run leg.
Did the test for a person of 90kg(rider+bike weight); If he/she loses 2.8kg, that would shave off 2 whole minutes over the bike leg alone already.
Have fun watching the minutes fly of the scales!![:D]
http://www.analyticcycling.com/ForcesLessWeight_Page.html
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Didn't really want to lose any weight but might drop a couple of kilos and see what impact it has.
It's going to be difficult though because I LOVE food.
So, the tool has told me that if I drop from 86kg to 80kg I will be nearly 4mins faster over 40km and that 'thin-me' will be about 1.5km ahead of 'fat-me'.
Of course, the tool makes assumptions about wind and gradient, but the point is well taken. I'll start losing weight after this donut.
http://completerunning.com/archives/2007/06/08/lose-weight-get-faster/
as I'm looking to lose 10-15kg - I should get about 40-60secs a mile quicker....
Anyway Benny 90kgs including bike!!!! Never gonna happen.. (even with 15kg loss!!)
Presumably thin Bopo would be even quicker. Unlike just riding a lighter bike, you would be both lighter and able to output more power from your body.
You'll be OK with the donut though, so long as it has red jam in it...
mmmmm... nom nom nom nom nom....
My scales this morning tell me I've lost 10lb this year. Yay [:D] Hopefully I will be faster as a result. Not changing the signature line yet though.
..and as benny has pointed out, will you be quicker or slower with the same bag strapped to your backside on the run?