Comments on: Race Week in Kona – Day Nine – Registration, Retul and Relaxation http://www.trainstravels.co.uk/2009/10/08/race-week-in-kona-day-nine-registration-retul-and-relaxation/ Endurance and triathlon training through the eyes of full-time athlete and coach Russell Cox Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:07:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: russ http://www.trainstravels.co.uk/2009/10/08/race-week-in-kona-day-nine-registration-retul-and-relaxation/comment-page-1/#comment-625 russ Thu, 08 Oct 2009 07:31:26 +0000 http://www.trainstravels.co.uk/?p=1179#comment-625 It's a fair point and certainly they tell clients to work in a position for a month before racing normally. It's not actually as extreme a shift as they might have made and to be honest it was only a couple of months ago within weeks of a race that I moved the saddle back further than it was and down a little. A centimetre up is certainly higher than when I last lowered it though. In fact checking one week before Roth I went from a 120cm stem to an 80cm stem, lowered the seat and bars slightly and moved the saddle back! I was inspired to try the John Cobb Slam position. Have ridden that position until these changes. I have another longer ride to try out and see how I feel yet and can easily restore it before race day. It’s a fair point and certainly they tell clients to work in a position for a month before racing normally.

It’s not actually as extreme a shift as they might have made and to be honest it was only a couple of months ago within weeks of a race that I moved the saddle back further than it was and down a little. A centimetre up is certainly higher than when I last lowered it though.

In fact checking one week before Roth I went from a 120cm stem to an 80cm stem, lowered the seat and bars slightly and moved the saddle back! I was inspired to try the John Cobb Slam position. Have ridden that position until these changes.

I have another longer ride to try out and see how I feel yet and can easily restore it before race day.

]]> By: gabriel http://www.trainstravels.co.uk/2009/10/08/race-week-in-kona-day-nine-registration-retul-and-relaxation/comment-page-1/#comment-624 gabriel Thu, 08 Oct 2009 07:18:06 +0000 http://www.trainstravels.co.uk/?p=1179#comment-624 "They recommended I move it up one centimetre and forward the same for an ITU style position." That is a huge change to make just days before your race. You run a serious risk of causing some structural problem as the race goes on as your body is used to your current set up and not this one. The science may be right but it will take your body some time to adapt to the position! “They recommended I move it up one centimetre and forward the same for an ITU style position.”

That is a huge change to make just days before your race. You run a serious risk of causing some structural problem as the race goes on as your body is used to your current set up and not this one. The science may be right but it will take your body some time to adapt to the position!

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