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I thought I had prepared myself for what to expect, and while I had from a competition perspective I was in no way prepared for the party atmosphere that surrounds the event. Not that that was a bad thing. Ergomania is held at Seattle Center's Center House on the main floor, which puts the event alm...

I plan to enter my first erg competition in a couple of weeks at Seattle's Ergomania and have a few simple questions about what to expect. TIA for any answers. In no particular order:<br /><br />What's the bathroom situation? (Having entered road races in the past, where the lines for the port-a-pot...

Hi all,<br /><br />I've recently dumped my soft drink habit and started drinking sports drinks instead. Is there a rule of thumb for when to consume sports drinks in relation to your daily workout?<br /><br />Thanks,<br /><br />Bob Miller<br />ramiller@blarg.net<br /><br />Erging since mid July 2005...

I want to thank those of you that took the time to reply to my question.<br /><br />Too be honest, I don't know what I was thinking other than that I hadn't done an interval workout in a couple of weeks. I did read the entire strapless thread and really did understand that strapless was for techniqu...

The (probably-not-so) simple question:<br /><br />How much should a relative novice expect the average pace to fall-off for a strapless versus a "strapped" interval workout?<br /><br />The long, drawn-out background:<br /><br />At age 48, after almost two decades at a desk job, over 100 pounds of we...

I think I have anecdotal evidence to support this now that I have a heart rate monitor:<br /><br />I could tell I started out my last timed 2K way too fast by the hypoxic headache I developed around 800 meters, and I'm sure the dry heaves at the finish indicated something approaching a maximum effor...

While late workouts may not be ideal they are not an automatic barrier to top flight performance. 1952 Olympic Steeplechase Champion Horace Ashenfelter, an FBI agent, was noted for training at night.<br /><br /><a href='http://www.hickoksports.com/biograph/ashenfel.shtml' target='_blank'>http://www....

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<!--QuoteBegin-Sleepy_Floyd+Sep 11 2005, 05:48 PM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(Sleepy_Floyd @ Sep 11 2005, 05:48 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Is it better to do continuous set dis...

<!--QuoteBegin-bmoore+Aug 26 2005, 11:55 AM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(bmoore @ Aug 26 2005, 11:55 AM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin--><br />Finally, if I can see where I rank across e...