The 2008 Team Moto Madmen and Women

kpc744 · Post by **kpc744** » January 7th, 2008, 7:03 pm

As for Eva, there's no doubt that she is seriously athletic (and hot!) but I guarantee that her Olympic success was not the result of Crossfit.

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Eva T states:
"CrossFit is by far the best conditioning program out there, I wish I had this program when I was training for the Olympic Games."

Steve,
You are correct.

Kris

RadioFlyer · Post by **RadioFlyer** » January 8th, 2008, 12:21 am

C3H6O3 wrote:Just did another half and shaved nearly 3-minutes off my previous time finishing in 1:35:50.2. That's two in four days.

Read 'em and weep Steverino! Check my log buddy!

That's a full monty this morning/afternoon and a halfer tonight. For some reason I thought your time was 1:33:50 so I was gunning for that. Imagine my surprise when I saw that it was really 1:35:50!

I got rowing OCD, somebody stop me!

Sean

C3H6O3 · Post by **C3H6O3** » January 8th, 2008, 7:44 am

That is just flat out ridiculous!

Post your watts.

ancho · Post by **ancho** » January 8th, 2008, 8:36 am

Hi, guys & gals!
Just had a look at your thread.
I've been riding everything from a Husky400 to an Africa Twin, passing a Kawa 1977 KZ400, but I'm commited to Sub7 for the challenge...

Nice thread, though

LiteTruckRider has made it directly to the "Great avatars" thread! http://www.c2forum.com/viewtopic.php?p=92124#92124

RadioFlyer · Post by **RadioFlyer** » January 8th, 2008, 9:48 am

C3H6O3 wrote:

That is just flat out ridiculous!

Post your watts.

Average power output was 148 Watts and average stroke rate was 22 SPM. Burned 809 Cal/hr. I tried to keep my splits to about 2:05 but with breaks it averaged out to 2:13.2/500m.

It was a true test of perseverance for me and my PB in the half marathon.

Sean

LiteTruckRider · Post by **LiteTruckRider** » January 8th, 2008, 10:56 am

RadioFlyer wrote: Sofar so good. I found out about this stuff when I had some ingrown toenails removed. The surgeon had me put this stuff on the now-exposed nailbed and bandage it up. It healed fast and within a week it was just a band-aid to keep the sock from sticking.

The blister came from rowing in the wrong shoes. My Nike Air Impax were just not nice to me. (runners) I switched to my Nike cross trainers and it was better but the damage had already been done. I just finished rowing my first complete marathon in my socks with my cross-trainers strapped into the foot rests. I plan on being back in shoes by the end of the week.

Sean

That's pretty impressive. I ordered some last night from their website.

Yeah, changing shoes will do it for sure. A couple of weeks ago, I made the mistake of taking one of our dogs for a walk in my riding boots. Never walked very far in them before. Noticed a large blister on top of my foot, it's still healing.

LiteTruckRider · Post by **LiteTruckRider** » January 8th, 2008, 11:21 am

ancho wrote:Hi, guys & gals!
Just had a look at your thread.
I've been riding everything from a Husky400 to an Africa Twin, passing a Kawa 1977 KZ400, but I'm commited to Sub7 for the challenge...
Nice thread, though

LiteTruckRider has made it directly to the "Great avatars" thread! http://www.c2forum.com/viewtopic.php?p=92124#92124

Hey, thanks Ancho. I see Ducatista got in as well!

I Wish I could take credit for the stunt. That is Jean Pierre Goy. If you ever get a chance to see him ride do not miss it. I've heard of him having spectators lay down & doing stoppies within inches of their heads. He is also the guy who jumped the helicopter in "Tomorrow Never Dies"
http://bmwmoto.free.fr/k1200lt/stunt2.mpg
http://bmwmoto.free.fr/jpgoy_short.mov

ancho · Post by **ancho** » January 8th, 2008, 12:55 pm

Hehee, that was going to be my next question, if it was you doing that wheelie on the 'Rubber Cow'

And thanks for the vids, incredible!

C3H6O3 · Post by **C3H6O3** » January 8th, 2008, 7:08 pm

RadioFlyer wrote:Average power output was 148 Watts and average stroke rate was 22 SPM.

By comparison, my average power output was 140W with an average stroke rate of 29 s/m. I wonder how your 148W compares to your maximum power output. I came across this and decided to try the tests for myself. I found the entire article interesting but here was what I found to be most applicable to my training (my numbers are in red) ...

Training to Perform

Rowing is an expression of power and endurance. To simplify matters you can consider four areas that determine rowing condition: maximum power, anaerobic capacity, specific aerobic capacity and endurance.

Maximum Power – can be determined by a seven-stroke standing start on the Concept 2 rowing ergometer. With the monitor set to display watts, record the average watts over the seven strokes (369W)

Anaerobic Capacity – set the monitor on the Concept 2 to one minute and record the average power in watts rowed flat out (361W, 34 s/m)

Specific Aerobic Capacity – record the time taken to row 2,000m on the Concept 2 and the average power in watts (7:44.2, 224W, 33 s/m)

Endurance – as above, but over 5000m (21,097m, 1:35:50.2, 140W, 29 s/m)

The average maximum power of the seven-stroke test can be expressed as two values: the actual power and used as a ‘100% reference’, against which the other values are measured. As a rough guide in a rowing crew:

The average anaerobic power measured over one minute should be between 90% and 100% of average maximum power (pass - 98%)

Specific aerobic capacity measured over 2,000m should be between 55-65% of average maximum power (pass - 61%)

Endurance measured over 5000m should be between 45-55% of average maximum power (fail - 38%)

I would be interested in seeing everyone's results.

michelle · Post by **michelle** » January 8th, 2008, 7:17 pm

C3H6O3 wrote:
[*]Specific Aerobic Capacity – record the time taken to row 2,000m on the Concept 2 and the average power in watts (7:44.2, 224W, 33 s/m)

[*]Endurance – as above, but over 5000m (21,097m, 1:35:50.2, 140W, 29 s/m)[/list]

Are you supposed to do the 2km and 5km as hard as possible? Sounds like pain to me.

C3H6O3 · Post by **C3H6O3** » January 8th, 2008, 7:23 pm

michelle wrote:Are you supposed to do the 2km and 5km as hard as possible? Sounds like pain to me.

All training should be as hard as possible, my friend. No pain, no gain.

C3H6O3 · Post by **C3H6O3** » January 8th, 2008, 7:24 pm

In all seriousness, yes, these test rows should be done "all-out".

michelle · Post by **michelle** » January 8th, 2008, 7:38 pm

And are you supposed to do all four activities in one sitting? The thought of a 2k erg test followed by a 5k test... yuk.
Also, I don't want to screw up my training for a 2km race coming up on Feb.3. Do you think pulling a hard 5km 3weeks from a 2km race is okay?

C3H6O3 · Post by **C3H6O3** » January 8th, 2008, 7:46 pm

No. I did the 7-stroke and the 1-minute tests back to back but the other numbers were taken from different workouts. As for your current training, I don't see how a 5k this far out could hurt anything but I'm not your trainer so do as you feel comfortable. Do you have any 2k training rows scheduled? You could use that data. Do you typically use watts as a training guide, Michelle?

LiteTruckRider · Post by **LiteTruckRider** » January 8th, 2008, 7:56 pm

ancho wrote:Hehee, that was going to be my next question, if it was you doing that wheelie on the 'Rubber Cow'
And thanks for the vids, incredible!

"Rubber Cow" ha-ha! Haven't heard that one before but it certainly fits!

Did another 25k today, but I'm going to have to take a day or so off, having some minor surgery tomorrow & don't think the Dr. will want me to get the stitches wet.