Recent content by Krebs cycle

Nail on the head regarding O2 delivery. I see this mistake all the time in the LCHF fad.... they conveniently forget that increasing maximal fat oxidation rate isn't going to magically improve your performance during an endurance event if you can't deliver more oxygen to extract an increased...

I think Sagan has two major issues. 1) tactically he has missed the boat on several occasions in small lead groups and allowed a non sprinter to steal a win away from him because he waited for others to chase. Better to try and fail (eg: by dragging others to the line behind him) than not...

^This! Whether or not Boonen did the right thing to go earlier is irrelevant to what came after. He couldn't hang on for the counter, so at that point it should have been clear that Vandenbergh had to get on Stannard's wheel immediately after Terpstra went. Then to top it off, Terpstra manages...

Either you are trolling or you're seriously deluded about the nature of reality. It's not possible to have a rational discussion following this post. There is no difference here than trying to have a conversation about genetic evolution with a literal creationist who believes the earth was...

To be fair, your post depends on an understanding of the time course. Form over an entire season definitely goes up and down (heck anyone who trains knows that form goes up and down with training... its not rocket science), and importantly, the vast array of studies which show low variability...

Have fun with the anti-vaxxers, climate change deniers and creationists in your little anti-science fairyland.

The coefficient of variation of competitive performance of elite athletes in endurance sports is typically around 0.6-1.4%. Sucks when science gets in the way of good story. Variability of competitive performance of elite athletes: a systematic review...

I was wondering if there would be a thread which also includes Nibali and Quintana? Nibali, Froome and Contador are all in the age zone where they should be at the peak of the career, whereas Quintana whilst being a bit younger, remains a serious threat in any race in which climbing outweighs...

We've got permission to ride the race route on friday so I'm planning on winning the local expat bunch sprint. Does that count?

Any chance you could post the full citation for Bassett et al? Pubmed link would be even better :-)

lol I did 95km this morning before heading out to watch the TT and was wishing that sandstorms were a lot MORE rare. I caught up with a mate today who works with one of the teams and word is that yesterday was one of the toughest flat stages they reckon they've ever done. It will be hotter...

Winds tend to come from the north/north west so that entire section to the north where the hard right occurs going onto the island will be mostly exposed. The arching section towards the top right is the most exposed and has a single lane entry coming off a roundabout. So there will likely be...

......however, there is one final, very rare, element that could turn this race into something bizarre and totally unpredictable...... a sandstorm. Sh!t will get brutal if the gods decide to vent their anger at cycling for a day.

^^^This. I live here in Qatar. The heat will weaken everyone, some more than others, but the crosswinds could be decisive. I live in The Pearl which has some narrow roads with sharp changes of direction and is exposed to the wind. If they pass through this area on the final closing circuit...

Whoa hold the fort everyone.... now we've got n=2! Sorry but published science trumps your unpublished cherries any day of the week. Variability and predictability of performance times of elite cross-country skiers. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23799826 Variability and predictability of...