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Post by napoleonrags on Jul 14, 2016 11:41:41 GMT -5
Anyone here follow the race? Amazing athletes and amazing spectacle. Can't say I'm a bike racing fan in general, I like riding my bike though.
I coach swimming, and the physical, mental, athletic requirements of swimmers at the highest level is similar to tour riders.
Wonderful and controversial history, too.
Rock and ride on, Colin
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2016 11:46:34 GMT -5
Anyone here follow the race? Amazing athletes and amazing spectacle. Can't say I'm a bike racing fan in general, I like riding my bike though. I coach swimming, and the physical, mental, athletic requirements of swimmers at the highest level is similar to tour riders. Wonderful and controversial history, too. Rock and ride on, Colin How does water polo calculate in that math? Seems pretty intense as well. Defender trying to drown attackers and all.... No not watching the tour. No TV here!!
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Post by napoleonrags on Jul 14, 2016 11:58:11 GMT -5
I don't have a lot of experience with water polo. I think the game is physically demanding, but I don't think the training is as strenous.
The Tour is 20 days of racing.
When Phelps was in his prime he was racing over a 6 day meet.
I don't think water polo demands mind numbing endurance.
I wish we didn't have a TV here, too, except for superlative sporting events.
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Post by vegasjames on Jul 14, 2016 18:44:47 GMT -5
Even though I was heavy in to cycling I never watched the race. It has a bad reputation for a lot of cheating and for the most part it really does not portray the cyclists skills since it tends to be a "team sport" and the team decides ahead of time who in their pack they want to win if given the chance.
The only bike race I likes watching was Paris to Roubaix because the cobblestone streets really makes it more of an individual sport. Hard to draft on cobblestone roads.
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Post by napoleonrags on Jul 14, 2016 23:03:10 GMT -5
Even though I was heavy in to cycling I never watched the race. It has a bad reputation for a lot of cheating and for the most part it really does not portray the cyclists skills since it tends to be a "team sport" and the team decides ahead of time who in their pack they want to win if given the chance. The only bike race I likes watching was Paris to Roubaix because the cobblestone streets really makes it more of an individual sport. Hard to draft on cobblestone roads. I think that you're right. But the event is such a freak show on the world stage. Look at all those (drunken) fans. Today's race was out-of-control. It's like the Olympics or World Cup every year but without the violence (and I pray it stays that way). It's taken me a while to think in terms of team racing; I admire the way domestiques (is that the right term?) sacrifice themselves: all good teams have them and bad teams do not. I agree the cheating is saddening. I try, with little success, to model for my son good character: it's hard. Colin
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2016 23:13:19 GMT -5
Even though I was heavy in to cycling I never watched the race. It has a bad reputation for a lot of cheating and for the most part it really does not portray the cyclists skills since it tends to be a "team sport" and the team decides ahead of time who in their pack they want to win if given the chance. The only bike race I likes watching was Paris to Roubaix because the cobblestone streets really makes it more of an individual sport. Hard to draft on cobblestone roads. I think that you're right. But the event is such a freak show on the world stage. Look at all those (drunken) fans. Today's race was out-of-control. It's like the Olympics or World Cup every year but without the violence (and I pray it stays that way). It's taken me a while to think in terms of team racing; I admire the way domestiques (is that the right term?) sacrifice themselves: all good teams have them and bad teams do not. I agree the cheating is saddening. I try, with little success, to model for my son good character: it's hard. Colin Cheaters? Stupid rules need breaking. Performance enhancing drugs? Still a level playing field. They are available to all elite athletes. What I want to know is, why do we destroy our heroes? Armstrong did it on one nut. If he had chemical help, so did his competition. Stupid rules, beg to be broken. Please, let's stop destroying our heroes.
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Post by vegasjames on Jul 15, 2016 3:38:30 GMT -5
I think that you're right. But the event is such a freak show on the world stage. Look at all those (drunken) fans. Today's race was out-of-control. It's like the Olympics or World Cup every year but without the violence (and I pray it stays that way). It's taken me a while to think in terms of team racing; I admire the way domestiques (is that the right term?) sacrifice themselves: all good teams have them and bad teams do not. I agree the cheating is saddening. I try, with little success, to model for my son good character: it's hard. Colin Cheaters? Stupid rules need breaking. Performance enhancing drugs? Still a level playing field. They are available to all elite athletes. What I want to know is, why do we destroy our heroes? Armstrong did it on one nut. If he had chemical help, so did his competition. Stupid rules, beg to be broken. Please, let's stop destroying our heroes. Cheating as in things like cyclists being towed by motorcycles, fans of one team running out and pushing over cyclists of other teams, etc.
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