Re: Factors affecting speed?

Badger South <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: On 03 Dec 2003 16:40:26 GMT, David Reuteler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:>i would *guess* it would be more than nill.  it's not like throwing on a 10
:>pound weight.  your body now has to support it, pump blood through it,
:>whatever.  more than nill.
: 
: Uh, every lb of fat requires a mile of tiny capillaries! ;-}

uh .. then .. why .. are .. you .. disagreeing .. with .. me?

Badger South <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: As I said, I'm not sure I recalled it correctly, and it prob. only
: works one way, i.e., you gain weight, you slow a lot, you lose weight
: you only speed a very little.

i'm more than a "very little" bit faster than i was when i weighed more (i
have weighed as much as 225, i am 175).  roughly the same fitness level since
195 (i was doing fast centuries then, too) and i am quite a bit faster at 175
even on the flats.  but holy buckets in the hills.  wow.

anecdotal evidence.  har.  but i strongly disagree with the statement that
losing weight won't help you much on the flats.  besides your statement 
makes no sense.  if i start at 175 and go to 185 i slow a lot, but if i 
lose the weight back down to 175 do i not gain the speed what i lost?  why
is there significiant hysteresis in this problem?  do you ever get it back?
-- 
david reuteler
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