Cycling thread

State of that - van Aert, van der Poel, and Alaphilippe off the front at Flanders, Ala then clips the back of a moto and goes down hard - looks like he's done his collarbone and / or wrist. vdP had to swerve round it and JA was right behind with no vision of it.

on Eurosport now split coverage with the giro - 28km to go with vA and vdP on 40 secs with chase group yet to throw it down in anger.
 

Epic. They both laid it down head to head from 150 out, so close but vdP took it in a photo by a few cms.

Actually thought van Aert had it coming strong but was hard to tell from the front on view.
Magnificent ride from both, just a shame that Alaphilippe wasnt there with them.
 
Black Belt Jones said:
I think it's better to start with them back and see how it feels, go from there, then to start with them forward. The range of adjustment on a cycling shoe is not massive, so it's not like you're going to be wildly off with whatever you choose. Hard core adherents of cleats back dremel the slots in the sole down to mid-foot (don't do this).
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Been reading up after your comment and pushed them back a little--thanks for the tip. Counterintuitive from the running perspective, but seems best to keep them aft and keep the ankle less mobile. Now I have to rediscover the correct seat post height and saddle position, but I guess that's part of the process.
 

SerenityNigh said:
Been reading up after your comment and pushed them back a little--thanks for the tip. Counterintuitive from the running perspective, but seems best to keep them aft and keep the ankle less mobile. Now I have to rediscover the correct seat post height and saddle position, but I guess that's part of the process.
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Yes good point mate - cleats back usually means lowering the seat a little.

I'm going the other way atm and trying to get some running under the belt, from a pretty modest starting position it has to be said. I can never be arsed working my way through the initial niggles, but there's no cyclocross racing this winter so I'm just going to ride my mountain bike and try and go for a jog twice a week.
 
Black Belt Jones said:
Yes good point mate - cleats back usually means lowering the seat a little.

I'm going the other way atm and trying to get some running under the belt, from a pretty modest starting position it has to be said. I can never be arsed working my way through the initial niggles, but there's no cyclocross racing this winter so I'm just going to ride my mountain bike and try and go for a jog twice a week.
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Best advice I can give on running is take it easy; higher volume and lower intensity, and go slower than you think you should. Running requires specific musculoskeletal development alongside the cardio and neuromuscular, and you can feel ready to go before you're ready to increase the intensity. Have fun, a nice run on a cool day can be delightful.
 
SerenityNigh said:
Best advice I can give on running is take it easy; higher volume and lower intensity, and go slower than you think you should. Running requires specific musculoskeletal development alongside the cardio and neuromuscular, and you can feel ready to go before you're ready to increase the intensity. Have fun, a nice run on a cool day can be delightful.
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Yeah I'm taking it easy - fit cyclist taking to running is an injury in the post because the lungs are ten miles ahead of the running legs.

We have something called park run here which is good - done a few sporadically over the years. Just a 5K race on a Sat morning in a park, but you get an accurate time and you might get 100s showing up to one in a city. So it's a free, casual sort of race without it being a big deal. Obv all cancelled at the mo but fun thing to do when they start up.
 
Black Belt Jones said:
Yeah I'm taking it easy - fit cyclist taking to running is an injury in the post because the lungs are ten miles ahead of the running legs.

We have something called park run here which is good - done a few sporadically over the years. Just a 5K race on a Sat morning in a park, but you get an accurate time and you might get 100s showing up to one in a city. So it's a free, casual sort of race without it being a big deal. Obv all cancelled at the mo but fun thing to do when they start up.
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You probably already know this, but most running injuries are overuse/overtraining injuries. So unless you're trying to bust out a 10-mile run on little volume, 2-3 medium effort runs a week shouldn't hurt. But don't go in blasting out intervals or anything high intensity.

That said, I will plug my favorite workout, which you can surely translate to non-Yank soils. Do a 5k or longer easy run and finish* near a level field with good grass (I always did this on an American football field, but a soccer pitch should suffice, as well as most parks) and put in 5 or more barefoot strides (aka striders, pickups, buildups) in which you run ~75-100 yards and start at a jog slowly increasing speed until around 1/2 to 2/3 through you should be near 90% top speed and keep that until you have about 10 yards left and slow it down. Rest 45-60s and do it again the opposite direction. This builds turnover and coordination and is great for the muscles (especially in your feet which rarely get a workout), but isn't intense enough to hurt (unless you already have an underlying niggle). And it feels great and is a great way to cap off an easy run with something to trick you into thinking you did a lot of work.

*You can do this mid-run too, but I always liked this at the end of an easy run.
 


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