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9/05/2010 1:35:15 PM
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arkle
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Hello,
If I'm timing myself cycling around a circuit or up a hill, should I include the time spent when I stop to have a rest and a drink or do I only time myself when I'm moving?
arkle
edited by arkle on 9/05/2010
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9/05/2010 10:12:47 PM
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Jarad Wilkinson
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Time yourself how long it takes to do the circut or up the hill. They don't stop the clock in a race if you stop moving, so if you stop, and you yet to complete the circut or climb, then the clock still ticks over, otherwise you will have no idea if you improve etc.
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10/05/2010 6:25:28 AM
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arkle
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Thank you.
I'll try not to take a rest break next time.
arkle
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10/05/2010 8:53:23 PM
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Nick Muir
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On long climbs & occasions where chasing the clock is not my PRIMARY objective ( touring in the Alps for instance ) i stop the clock while taking a photo / filling a water bottle / taking off a jacket/ mending a puncture etc. Unless i stop the clock then the time / power i get compared with other attempts would be false - in other words a 10 minute stop for a puncture with the clock running would give me a time that would suggest i had lost a heap of fitness & power by comparison to my previous attempts without a puncture. Some people would rightly suggest that i shouldn't enter a time unless time WAS my primary objective perhaps, but i find that the record of climb times over the years is a very usefull & interesting thing to have even if they not strictly 'time trials' . I realise that this is very controversial & using a power meter has shown me how much my power jumps up for a minute or two after a short stop ! so realise it's 'cheating' a little to some extent . I don't stop the clock ( or stop at all if i can help it ! ) if my time is going to be anywhere near the top 10 in the rankings , but that doesn't occur very often unless i'm the only one who's done the climb !
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