The test
I only realized now that yesterday that I haven't written anything on my test, it happened about a wekk and a half ago, so here it is.
Dr. Dag is the Discovery team doctor and fortunately he is our doctor too. He is a young and incredibly friendly person. I was up first on the list to do my lactate test, and when I entered the room where the tests were held, a Dr. Dag appraoched me and said "Goeie more Wesley, dis lekker in Suid Afrika?" I replied and grinned, he then went on to give the inscruction for the test in english. We ride on a machine that he had custom made for himself, at an average cadence of 100, every 3 minutes the load increases and so does your power. He pricks your ear and takes a blood sample on every load increase. I was stroling through the test in the beggining dreaming of breaking the machine, but I knew it wasn't going to happen. I got to 400 watts on the verge of tears from the pain, he then told me to stop.
"You need more power, to ride here competitively in Belgium"
Weighing 57kg, I had a good power to weight ratio at the end of the test, so I was happy. The other guys in the house produced an average of 450 watts, some going into the 500 watt range.
Dr. Dag will write me a program and hopefully it will increase my power a bit more.
Anyway, I'm doing my first UCI this weekend in Aanzegem, a 1.12b, I'll let you know how that goes. And please comment, it gives me something else to read other than Micheal Crichton and Dan Brown.
Dr. Dag is the Discovery team doctor and fortunately he is our doctor too. He is a young and incredibly friendly person. I was up first on the list to do my lactate test, and when I entered the room where the tests were held, a Dr. Dag appraoched me and said "Goeie more Wesley, dis lekker in Suid Afrika?" I replied and grinned, he then went on to give the inscruction for the test in english. We ride on a machine that he had custom made for himself, at an average cadence of 100, every 3 minutes the load increases and so does your power. He pricks your ear and takes a blood sample on every load increase. I was stroling through the test in the beggining dreaming of breaking the machine, but I knew it wasn't going to happen. I got to 400 watts on the verge of tears from the pain, he then told me to stop.
"You need more power, to ride here competitively in Belgium"
Weighing 57kg, I had a good power to weight ratio at the end of the test, so I was happy. The other guys in the house produced an average of 450 watts, some going into the 500 watt range.
Dr. Dag will write me a program and hopefully it will increase my power a bit more.
Anyway, I'm doing my first UCI this weekend in Aanzegem, a 1.12b, I'll let you know how that goes. And please comment, it gives me something else to read other than Micheal Crichton and Dan Brown.
posted by Wesley at 7:50 AM
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