Short Higher Intensity Rides - Beneficial?
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Rides still toooooo short
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Noticed something different today - a flat loop - short (there was 0.5 mile approx before the start and end) 8.62 miles, 18.1 mph avg - pleased with the intensity and result - but for one of the first times this year HEAT was a factor (for me) - not that it was "sunbathing hot", just hot and humid enough to make the workout feel considerably different to what its been like over winter - the air seemed to lack its usual rejuvenating zing
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Hi there.
It'll be cooler now, and there's plenty of daylight left - why not go and do another loop?
Cheers, Andy0 -
Is that just a psychological thing though? Havent cycled much for years :oops: but when i did back in the hot summers of 1995 and 1997 i never really found heat had much effect at all. In fact i used to think a temperature of 20-25C seemed to result in an increased speed if anything. I did take note of the conditions though and didnt cycle beyond 40 miles on a hot day.0
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hot?Cumulonimbus wrote:Is that just a psychological thing though? Havent cycled much for years :oops: but when i did back in the hot summers of 1995 and 1997 i never really found heat had much effect at all. In fact i used to think a temperature of 20-25C seemed to result in an increased speed if anything. I did take note of the conditions though and didnt cycle beyond 40 miles on a hot day.
Actually high temperatures lower air density and you can in fact ride faster as a result since air resistance is lowered.0 -
Alex_Simmons/RST wrote:
hot?Cumulonimbus wrote:Is that just a psychological thing though? Havent cycled much for years :oops: but when i did back in the hot summers of 1995 and 1997 i never really found heat had much effect at all. In fact i used to think a temperature of 20-25C seemed to result in an increased speed if anything. I did take note of the conditions though and didnt cycle beyond 40 miles on a hot day.
Actually high temperatures lower air density and you can in fact ride faster as a result since air resistance is lowered.
Well that was the temperature yesterday that mettan described as hot
I didnt describe it as such. I said that hot weather in the UK didnt really seem to have much effect IMHO below 40 miles (although this wasnt at racing speed) and then said what i thought of temps of 20-25C (highest yesterday was 23C in central London). When i talk about hot weather i think of 25/27-30 Alex_Simmons/RST wrote:
Actually high temperatures lower air density and you can in fact ride faster as a result since air resistance is lowered.
There is also the effect from wearing less clothing than a lower temperature.0 -
Alex_Simmons/RST wrote:
hot?Cumulonimbus wrote:Is that just a psychological thing though? Havent cycled much for years :oops: but when i did back in the hot summers of 1995 and 1997 i never really found heat had much effect at all. In fact i used to think a temperature of 20-25C seemed to result in an increased speed if anything. I did take note of the conditions though and didnt cycle beyond 40 miles on a hot day.
Actually high temperatures lower air density and you can in fact ride faster as a result since air resistance is lowered.
Aaah, but lower density air also means that for each breath, less oxygen is inhaled, therefore reducing your VO2 max. so doesn one cancle the other out? The answer is of course turbo charging...... 0 -
at lower altitudes <1000m, not really.SteveR_100Milers wrote:Aaah, but lower density air also means that for each breath, less oxygen is inhaled, therefore reducing your VO2 max. so doesn one cancle the other out? The answer is of course turbo charging...... 0 -
True dat!Cumulonimbus wrote:There is also the effect from wearing less clothing than a lower temperature. But it's not faster naked 0 -
A slightly flater ride today - still short, but considerably hotter than 2 weeks ago - had a 4 day break, so my legs were stocked up (which helped).
12.3 miles - loop
316 ft - Ascent
Avg - 18.1 mph
High intensity for much of the ride - I'm not enjoying the Heat at all though.0
