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he sleeps on the floor.
i thought i'd post a little bit more about joony's floor bed! it's kind of a funny thing we do, but it works for our family. maybe it wouldn't work for yours, and that's just fine! basically, joony's whole room is his. we've made it as safe as a crib would be, so he's free to be on his own without worrying what he might get into. we have a gate in front of his doorway, so he can't trap himself in there. of course, most of his time in his bedroom is sleeping time.
his bed is simply a crib mattress that we put on the floor. he slept in our bed for his first 7ish months, and then we slowly started transitioning him--not really because i was ready (i cried and cried; i missed having him in our bed!), but because he sleeps so much better in his room! we just never bought him a crib...cribs always looked like little cages to me! i don't think there's anything wrong with parents who use one, they just weren't the right choice for us. by the time joony started sleeping on his floor bed, he was rolling everywhere and aware enough to navigate the little drop from his bed to the floor.
so what does this mean for sleep time? not much. at nap time, i put him down on his bed, and if he's sleepy, he goes right to sleep. some days, though, i find him playing with a toy quietly in his room instead of napping. i'm just fine with that. learning to entertain himself is an awesome skill!
as pictured above, some days it means i find my baby asleep in the middle of the floor. if he's completely out, i'll gently move him back onto his bed and all is fine.
some days, when he's fighting nap time, he crawls over to the gate in front of his door and yells at me. on those days, i either move him back onto his bed and try to calm him down, or i let him come out into the living room and play with me until he's a little more tired. he doesn't have a terribly structured nap schedule; i follow his leads and he naps when he starts showing signs (usually rubbing his eyes) of being tired.
some days, i curl up on the floor next to his bed and take a nap with him. we hold hands, i listen to his quiet breathing, and i'm right there the minute he wakes up. it's the best.
so! that's how/where our baby sleeps. it's all fascinating stuff, huh? we're still figuring out this tricky dance that is parenting, and loving every step of the ride (except teething. teething can suck it).
any other floor bed mommas out there? how's it working for you?
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I've never even thought about doing that because Declan has always been such a great crib sleeper, but I feel like if it works for you guys, more power to ya! I love the idea of taking naps with him. He doesn't sleep well enough in our bed with me, and won't really fall asleep with me anywhere else, so I totally miss that. :( I'm almost tempted to let him sleep in our bed sometimes just because this time is SO fleeting, but I know that neither of us would sleep well and I'd wake up cranky and it might not really be worth it. whomp whomp. ohh well. He's always a happy little guy when he wakes up, so at least I know it's worth it there!ReplyDelete
I read a post about a Montessori bedroom here:http://2pequenostraviesos.blogspot.com/2010/08/montessori-infant-bedroom.htmlReplyDelete
(what you have described) and LOVED the idea! Thanks for giving another insight!Replies
ooh, thanks for the link! i love reading about other mom's experiences with this!!Delete
when parker starts crawling out of his crib (i can see it happening soon!) i would totally be down with a floor mattress type situation.ReplyDeleteReplies
let me know how it goes! i feel like it would make for such a smooth transition into a "big boy" bed.Delete
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Thanks for posting this. This is something I have looked into doing when my little one gets here. Does he sleep well in the night? My only worry is that they might roll off their mattress and wake themselves up. Also can I ask why you don't have a sleeping schedule? Schedules seem to be the thing people always recommend to me to "keep my sanity" and get sleep myself. Is it a montessori style to follow their lead? Do you think it's better? I'd love to hear more about that too.ReplyDeleteReplies
he sleeps fine at night! he does sometimes wake himself up by rolling off his bed, but usually once we put him back on there he's just fine. we have looked into bigger, flatter mattresses for him, which i'm wishing we had done in the first place instead of a bitty crib mattress. he still doesn't sleep through the night, but that has more to do with constant nursing than it has to do with his bed situation. the boy just nurses all. the. time. i'm a pretty big baby led weaning kinda mom, so for now i'm just waiting that out.Delete
as far as schedules go, i'm not sure what montessori says about following their lead! it's just always been what feels right to me. he still naps plenty during the day, and i don't have to make him cry and cry because it's "nap time" and he's not tired yet. i know lots of people who thrive with a very structured schedule, but it just hasn't been something we've felt a need for.
i will say that at bedtime we do a pretty set schedule of bath, jammies, cuddles, nurse, etc. and the same time every night and that has worked wonders for him going right to sleep for the night.
feel free to email me if you want to chat more about baby stuff! i love talking mom talk ;) firstname.lastname@example.com
This is really refreshing! Ever since I had my baby everyone has been telling me she has to be out of my bed and has to be on a strict schedule and I even tried baby wise for about two weeks and it was miserable! Here's to soaking up every second of baby-ness!!ReplyDeleteReplies
ooh please don't let anyone tell you what you "have" to do as a mama! the ONLY expert on your baby is you, and you're such a good mom. co-sleeping was just so right for our family and was the sweetest thing ever. i loved being right next to joony all night long! we all thrived, and we knew exactly when it was time to transition--based on joony's cues and our guts--and it went really smoothly. keep doing your thing!Delete
I've never heard of this idea, but I can definitely see how it would work! At the moment, I'm made aware of how very non-baby friendly our house is every time my little cousins come to visit. We'll definitely have to make a lot of changes and put a lot of stuff away when we start having kids. I can't imagine an entirely baby-proofed room! :P Someday...ReplyDelete
Sweet Joony!ReplyDelete
I never thought I'd be a person who had the baby sleep in our bed, but I loved it. It kind of came more out of laziness than anything though. Something about heaving the baby back into the bassinet when I was so tired seemed... overwhelming? It was just so much easier to nurse laying down and both of us getting some sleep. Georgia slept through the night the first night we tried to put her in her crib and I couldn't help but feel slightly rejected. She was only 3 months!Replies
right?? it is SO much faster & easier to feed them when they're right there. even still, when i'm super tired, i want to just set him back down between us instead of going allllllll the way (read: 10 feet) back to his room.Delete
SO awesome. We've always just used a play pen (cribs get recalled so often it kinda freaks me out) and keep our babies in our room for the first 6 months at least. I have friends who are shocked by this, "6 months?! HOW do you ever sleep!?" It definitely HELPS me sleep to be able to check on them quickly/hear them breathing (& to be able to nurse without having to go over to their room is really nice). Be educated, use the spirit, pray lots, and go with your gut is what I always tell new moms (IF they ask for advice!) ;)ReplyDelete
Eleanora didn't have a nap schedule until about ten months and still woke up in the night to a nurse until about 13 or 14 months. She was well rested though and a great sleeper. Then she just slept with us until morning because it was best for us. Everyone said I was damning myself. They were wrong. At 16 months She is starting to wean and sleeps 13-14 hours a night. It's great! I have a hard time with any baby book that says this is how every single baby should be.... Every baby is different and every mom and dad are different. :) you go glen coco!ReplyDeleteReplies
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What mistakes do most racers make in training?
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What mistakes do most racers make in training?
Aug 13, 2002 6:00 AM
What keeps most racers from being as good as they could be? Aside from genetics, is it time on the bike, insufficient intensity, too much of either, insufficient rest? In other words, from you experienced racers or coaches, what do you commonly observe about what holds people back? I'd be particularly interested in hearing from some who remained mediocre for a while, but then got it together and became significantly faster. I'd prefer to focus on the physical aspects, not so much the tactical. Thanks.
re: What mistakes do most racers make in training?
Aug 13, 2002 6:17 AM
they don't ride enough. during the season, i ride about 200-250 a week but in the winter, i try to put in 350-400.
it's not the intensity that makes you that much faster, it the repetition. do a block of 4 hour days (3-4 in a row) take a day off and do it again. a couple of us did it for a month straight two winters ago and when it came time to go hard for two hours, the body said no problem. after about 4 hours on the bike, the body goes into survival mode.
when the ride is only 2-3 hours, no matter what the intensity, the body doesn't see it as being difficult.
people focus too much on intervals and hill repeats and blah, blah, blah...
if you have the time, 6-8 twenty hour weeks will give you more fitness and speed than any intervals.
once it's time to go fast, screw intervals. find someone with a scooter or someone whom you trust to drive their dreaded SUV and go motorpace. you'll get to do intervals and work on pushing over that big gear at a high cadence.
it's funny to read some of things folks say on here and try to glean any training help from it. people who say "i've been at cat. 4 for two years and this works for me..."
if you've been a 4 for two years, your program isn't working! time for a change!
doug, i'm a uscf coach. if you need any training advice or guidance email me off the board. i'll do my best to get you some advice that may actually work! two of my juniors are racing in europe this summer and doing well and a guy here in town went from a 5 to a 2 in a season and a half under my tutelage.
re: What mistakes do most racers make in training?
Aug 13, 2002 6:27 AM
Unfortunately for alot of us amateurs, 3 or 4, 4 hour days in a row is impossible. Especially in winter. Work is the downfall of every amateur cyclist.
that's why i said "if you have the time"...
Aug 13, 2002 6:47 AM
I know that the vast majority don't but time is really what it takes to break through to the highest levels. a pro 1,2 race isn't fun for anyone, unless you win! you can put together a good week even with work though. if you want to be a cat 1, sacrifices must be made. there aren't many 1's who work full-time! and if the do, the are genetic freaks!
that's why i said "if you have the time"...
Aug 13, 2002 6:55 AM
What can you suggest for those of us who do work?
that's why i said "if you have the time"...
Aug 13, 2002 10:12 AM
when you go hard, go hard! here's a sample schedule:
monday-spin 60 minutes no efforts
tuesday-go hard!!!!!!!! 120 minutes (we do our fast group ride on tuesday)
wednesday-off or another spin
thursday-hills, keeping cadence in mind to try and hold onto legspeed. do some efforts but it shouldn't be nearly as hard as tuesday. this is a good night to sprint a few times to really open things up!
friday-take out your SO!
saturday-2/3 hours at moderate pace
sunday-race or do at least 3 hours/60 miles!
in the winter, i try to do at least 7 hours for the weekend.
2 questions for Merckx56...
Aug 13, 2002 12:05 PM
First of all, I have been training with basically the same schedule as you posted here since February, and it works. This seems to be the standard schedule that most coaches recommend during the race season. It is Friel's "race" period schedule, and is also recommended by Edward Borysewicz and Carl Cantrell during the on-season. And it's very similar to the LeMond schedule for the on-season.
Here's my first question: Eddie B. recommends that you do your hardest day on Thursday instead of Tuesday, assuming you race on Sunday. This gives you 2 days to use for recovery before the race if you need them. You can always cut your race prep on Saturday if you're not recovered yet. Also, sometimes you are not fully recovered from a Sunday race for a Tuesday really hard day. Following his advice, I have switched my hardest day of the week to Thursday (training crit or lots of intervals), and train alone on the Tuesday intensity day so it is easier to go home if I'm not fully recovered from the race yet. Why do you recommend your hardest day on Tuesday instead of Thursday?
Question 2: I will be going to Expert on the Mountain Bike for next year--I am a consistent podium or top-5 finisher for Sport now. What should I work on primarily in the off-season? I feel that endurance is my natural strength, though I know Expert races are ussually twice as long as Sport. I plan on doing back to back very long rides on the weekend. Did you recommend seven hours for the whole weekend of on the bike time? If so, should the longer ride be Saturday or Sunday? Also, do you recommend more on the bike time or weight-room time during the week? Coaches differ most in what they recommend for the off-season. LeMond recommends lots of bike time, Friel recommends more gym-time in the base period. What do you think? I think I'd rather be on the bike...I like to ride at night with a light after work.
2 questions for Merckx56...
Aug 13, 2002 12:31 PM
the only reason i do tuesday as a hard day is that the fact that the training crit is on tuesday night. you can make a training race as easy or as hard as you want to. if you're a little cooked from the weekend, sit in and get the time on the bike. even if you do the race/fast training ride on tuesday, it's easy to sit up or just turn and go home! screw what the rest of the group says!
work on your endurance for expert! we used to go ride in the woods when it was really cold over the winter. first lap of the woods and i was gone...otb baby. but by the third lap i was with the guys with the technical ability and by the 5th and last lap i was alone in the front. it was all endurance. i ride mtb like a bull in a china shop. i have the finesse of a brick!
I really have kind of laid off the gym b/c i hate it so. I have taken to doing plyometrics a couple times a week in the winter. it helps to build explosive power.
I'm with you...i'd rather ride than go to the gym. lifting is fine, but you need to keep some level of base fitness, especially as you get older. i'm 32 and find it increasingly difficult to maintain fitness after a lay-off. I was sick about 6 weeks this summer and has totally dicked my fitness.
riding at night is great fun, as long as i have someone to ride with as i'm a bit scared of the dark! we try to do it twice a week during the winter and usually as the second ride of the day. one ride early, before work, and the night ride. as for the 7 hours on the weekend, the sunday ride should be the longer of the two, at least that's what we do around here.
Thanks! (nm)
Aug 14, 2002 5:33 AM
Gotta agree...
Aug 13, 2002 8:04 AM
I'm just starting to figure out I race the best on lots of volume with relatively little intensity. I think the biggest mistake riders make in training is too much intensity mainly from hard group rides.
I'm interested
Aug 13, 2002 8:54 AM
Do you have experience coaching people using a Computrainer, or would that make any difference? I have one coming Friday, and I desparately need to get back into shape for the 508 this year, which I'm doing as a two man leapfrog relay (did it solo last year). The relay method means you take turns riding, with each rider jumping up ahead by car, taking 30 minute to 1 hour turns, riding much faster than you would solo -- as series of time trials. It's October 12, and I'm starting to panic. If you are interesting in helping with that sort of thing, please let me know. Thanks.
I'm interested
Aug 13, 2002 10:06 AM
we've played with the computrainer at the OTC and found it took the monotony out of the trainer sessions by giving the rider something to focus on other than the fact that the trainer really sucks. i could achieve higher power and vo2 numbers when on the computer simply because i had something to chase!
as for the 508, you need to put your ass on the bike for long periods of time! it's an odd thing in that you really can't "train" for it. you have to be very fit and willing to suffer! i can't begin to tell you how to train for something like that but can offer the advice to eat and drink like you are a somalian during the event. the longest race i've ever done was 137 miles and i ate almost the entire time. when the break went at 90 miles, i was able to go because i was topped off.
I think for the 508, now that i've been sitting here for 30 minutes thinking, the 60-90 minute turns is the way to go. 30 minutes barely gives you enough time to warm up when you start or to stay warm on your next turn. 60-90 will get the blood flowing and when your partner is riding, you can have time to rest and replenish the store. it's still gonna suck and you will be rendered Gumby by the end! until the start of the 508, do long rides at least once a week (6-7 hours on a sunday!) and one day of intensity per week. try to peak around the start, but keep riding and moving the legs around.
doug- you are a sick man! i'll be glad to help you anyway I can, just let me know!
I'm interested
Aug 13, 2002 10:10 AM
I'd say the biggest mistake is the helmet mirrors!! :p
Just kidding!
Seriously, don't let the nerves get to you!! Try reading Terry Orlick's book- "In Pusuit of Excellence". It's a great book with many little tips to help tame that anxiety. Good luck!
Read through the following thread:
Aug 13, 2002 7:05 AM
lonefrontranger "WHAT'S WITH THE TRICK CANDLE SYNDROME???" 7/1/01 11:25pm
This should explain it.
The biggest mistake I see a lot of Cat III/IV guys doing is the following common pattern: Ride/"race" 2-3 fast group rides, and then do one or two training races and a weekend event per week. This will make them strong enough to hang in with their field, which is the initial goal of many. However, it also brings them to a plateau at which they will be consistent mid-pack finishers. Only when they learn to go out and train BY THEMSELVES doing targeted intensity do they improve.
I picked up a couple of these mid-pack finisher types as clients back when I coached. They came to me expressing dissatisfaction with how much they were training, only to be stuck on the "mid-pack" plateau.
I started working with them on a more sensible, periodized type of program, and an interesting thing happened. Their hours per week spent on the bike actually decreased, but their finish placings went up drastically. One guy even started winning races on a regular basis and was selected for a Cat I/II team the following year.
If you just plan to race for fun and to hang in, then by all means, go out and do all the hammer rides you want. My SO does this because he hates interval training and doesn't really care about winning races. He gets what he needs out of the sport and is content, so that's fine with us (except on the days he gets bent out of shape that his girlfriend dropped him, but that's beside the point... :-))
However, if you decide you actually want to do well, you might have to start thinking about quality, not quantity.
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Aug 13, 2002 7:49 AM
The intervals that I do are on Tuesday. Right now I am doing 4 sets of 5x30on/30off. Two sets in a small gear two sets in a large gear. Oh, and the sets in the small gear (which I do first) always seem so much harder than the big gear intervals (why is that?). These intervals are done at 100% effort. Total freewheel practically between efforts and 5 min off between like-geared sets and ~10min off between gear changes. During the interval sets, my HR will not reach max usually until the end of the second interval. I usually get my HR up to around 191-192 for the intervals and comes back to 130-140 for the 30sec rest period (closer to 130 after first intervals, closer to 140 after later ones). No matter how hard I try to go on the intervals, I cannot hit my max HR like I can on a hill during a group ride trying to hold onto the "Alpha" group. I've seen a HR as high as 197. I'm 30yrs-old FWIW.
If I am training to race crits and road races next year (although I am gonna try my first crit tonight - wish me luck and then I'll be changing my handle!) are these good intervals to do? They are in weekly training plan that also incoroporates the following:
Thursday is a group ride/training race and Saturday is usually a 4-5hr ride. Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Friday are recovery days where I ride super-easy for 45min-1hr or so (breath-thru-nose, hr <140). Although ususally, I miss at least one of these days during the week. Does it hurt me to miss one of these recovery days?
Also, in regards to what Merckx56 said about the 4hr+ rides. So true! This weekend it was finally a bit cooler and I tried to keep my HR below 150 or so. I felt great. Kept well-hydrated. But still, after 4.5hrs I was very, very tired.
My experience....
Aug 13, 2002 8:39 AM
I work with the Frel program and my coach just happens lve 3 miles away. For crits the best taining is cruise intervals. These will have te best effect on crits without a doubt. Do 15-30 minutes at your LT!! Not Max! Work up to 30 minutes by starting out with 15 miutes interval and a 10 minute recovery between two intervals. Imperative. I have the time to train and I found in my second year that the hard thing to do is keep my HR low on easy weeks and during the week keep it lower than my LT. All year I have been doing 20hour weeks and 8 hour recovery weeks. Group rides always blow my HR way out of where I want it. But after spending weeks with specific training I feel great/strong and want to go due a group ride but usually try to talk myself out of it. During races...HIDE! Hide in the peloton and do minimal work for as long as possible...sometimes this is impossible. Also, if you dont have alot of flat area where you live, get friendly with your trainer indoors. Its harder than rideing outside since you never stop pedaling. I do one 4hour trainer ride during the week all year just to make sure I can control my HR.
My experience....
Aug 13, 2002 9:42 AM
Carbon10, I too am using the Friel program. Who's your coach?
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Aug 13, 2002 8:52 AM
4 1/2 hour training rides at low intensity are great for building base and endurance during the off-season / winter, and to some degree while you are tapering (which is now since it's the end of the season) if you plan to maintain aerobic fitness. I'd agree with that point. Some of us have the time to do this, some don't. Many beginning racers also think a 4 1/2 hour ride done with the local racing club qualfies as base, when in actuality it doesn't (tends to be Z3 instead of Z1-2).
Just my own experience: I am a crit racer, like many other Americans, because crits are what is offered in this country. I also have limited time to train due to a 40 + hour work week, like many others on this board. I am not ever going to be a pro in Europe riding 5+ hour stages (sorry Merckx56, specificity is my focus, not endless hours in the saddle training for events I'll never do).
Lance Armstrong and Jonathan Vaughters both claim to be pretty lousy at crits. Why? Because they are too short, and that kind of effort is not what they focus on.
I found that I became a much better crit racer and started finishing higher when I stopped doing the 4 1/2 hour rides mid-season and focused on intensity instead. If you are racing a 30-45 minute crit, you need to train for 1-2 hours of endurance, and do blocks of intensity - 45 minute VO2 MAX intervals, 30 minutes of sprint intervals, etc... Unless I'm peaking for a long road race, the longest rides I do during the middle of my build phase are 2-21/2 hour aerobic (Z2) efforts, oftentimes on the mountain bike.
Doing long base rides mid-season is great but not very specific *unless* you are doing them as recovery / rebuild coming off of a peak so that you can build back up to another peak. At this point I'd have to ask - after tonight's crit, what are you are planning to peak for? Cyclocross season? If not, and you don't have a target event in mind, then you should probably back off the intensity and focus on tapering / recovering and going on some recreational rides instead. This is the time of year when cycling should be fun, not work. As I've said before, doing tons of intervals and intensity in the middle of January (when the weather is crappy, you're stuck on the trainer, and intervals are what keeps you focused) is a good way to be absolutely flying in the March spring training series, and absolutely fried by the June State Championships.
Build / high intensity intervals are best done in 4-6 week "blocks" before a target event, with a recovery / taper period afterward.
You're a cross racer as well right?
Aug 13, 2002 10:18 AM
So you might find this interesting. Out of curiosity I e-mailed Erwin Vervecken last year about his training. So basically this guy is training for crits, in a sense. Here's what he said a typical training week looks like for him:
M: 1-2 hour Recovery Ride
T: 4 hour Ride with Hill Sprints
W: AM 30-40M Steady State Run, PM 3 hour Ride
T: 1-2 hour Recovery Ride
F: 2 hour ride with a few threshold efforts
S & S: Cross Race
I was surprised by the lack of intensity and the relatively long rides compared to race length.
Aug 13, 2002 10:27 AM
but I must repeat, I have a 40 hour per week job. Vervecken is a pro. We're talking about the real world here.
If you don't have the TIME to train, you must train QUALITY, not QUANTITY.
End of statement.
Wasn't meant to be a critique...
Aug 13, 2002 10:55 AM
of your training plan. Just thought you might find it interesting that here was a guy (cross racer) training for one hour events that does very little intensity and lots of volume. This seems to fit in with what I've heard referred to as the Belgium way of training, lots of long easy miles and racing to provide the intensity to get into top shape.
Have you read about the "Maffetone Method"?
Aug 13, 2002 11:47 AM
Maffetone basically advocates no training above your
threshold (no LT or VO2Max intervals at all). He feels that you can get genough intensity just from racing.
but racing how often - 3x / week? nm
Aug 13, 2002 11:57 AM
I think that I read that he recommends 2 anaerobic efforts...
Aug 14, 2002 6:28 AM
per week, assuming that a good aerobic base has been extablished (he says in the neighborhood of 3-5 months of base).
I got my feet wet in Triathlon...
Aug 13, 2002 12:09 PM
initially and I remember him from there. But I remember him making some claims that we're a little far out, or at least not supported by any evidence. Depending on how much you're racing I would say I could agree with him especially if racing every Sat/Sun. I find the really hard efforts (VO2max or long LT intervals) are very draining. And I wonder how much "extra" fitness they give you beyond doing your basic aerobic work and racing a couple of times a week. And if that "extra" fitness is worth the risk of showing up on race day flat or worse leading to overtraining.
Limit to 2 or 3 hard days a week...
Aug 14, 2002 6:34 AM
In-season I limit myself to 2 or 3 hard days a week, with at least 36 hours between them. One day is intervals at "TT" pace, one is a hard group ride (usually on Sunday) and one is a race (usually on Friday night). The rest of the week is spend doing *very* easy rides.
If Friday's race was really hard, I might skip the group ride (or just sit-in) on Sunday.
I only keep this schedule for max of 6 weeks (a three week "on", one week "off" cycle), and then I return to riding "base" for a couple of months.
that's what zabel does...
Aug 13, 2002 12:40 PM
he rides tempo all week and races on the weekend. of course, we're talking about a freak of nature!
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Aug 13, 2002 10:21 AM
that's all fine and well, but my races aren't 30-45 minutes long! a crit will go at least 60 minutes and road races are, in fact, 5 to 6 hours on the saddle. ride for 4 hours and then the 60 minute crit doesn't seem so bad. your body doesn't protest nearly as much. any way you slice it, a 100-130 rr sucks balls. i won't lie to you, if a race is more than about 90-100 miles i try to avoid it. and 60 isn't worth driving to! everyone is different and has different goals and aspirations, but it's still fun to kick everyone's ass when you go to a training ride in a strange place or to a race where no one knows you.
I work at night and help run a shop during the day, so i can ride, pretty much, whenever i want to. plus, having a wife who's a corporate exec doesn't hurt either!
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Aug 13, 2002 10:36 AM
When I started riding with a local club this spring and would go on the group rides, I would be absolutely cashed at the end of the 30 miles. As the year has gone on, my one long ride of the week has gone from 45-50miles to 75+ miles. Now, at the end of the 30 mile training rides I don't feel bad at all. I feel the long training rides have helped a great deal in my endurance.
Next year I plan on racing RR where I can, but as LFR pointed out that this is a crit country. Although why can't we call 'em by a cool name like Kermesse? Sounds so much better than crit!
I want to have a coach next year as I'm not young and want to get the most bang for the buck out of my time in the saddle. I've made big gains this year I feel and after tonight, I hopefully will have a good idea on what I need to work on. The course is flat with gentle turns and good surface. So unless the "B" race plans on averaging 27-28mph+ I ought to be able to hang in the pack w/out much difficulty. Then again, I say that now!
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Aug 13, 2002 12:38 PM
the thing i tell my juniors is to ride their bikes! as long as you have some sort of fitness, the rest will come!
the most important thing to remember is the fact that this is supposed to be fun. when you get to europe, it's a job, but for now, it's fun!
I agree with your idea about kermesses. it's way cooler sounding than crit! one of the kids (i say that because he's 18 and i'm not anymore!) i'm working with is racing in belgium this summer and doing a lot of kermesses. he says it's way faster than any crit he's done over here! i knew he was going to be okay when he pulled out of the paceline, at 45kmh, and rode away from the group. one of the cat3 guys commented that he had seen the future, and it didn't include him!
to quote from Friel
Duane Gran
Aug 13, 2002 9:08 AM
To quote from Joe Friel (of Cycling Training Bible) here are a few common mistakes:
* Going too hard on easy days
* Going too light on hard days
* Training without a purpose (junk miles, saddle time)
* Doing group rides when solo rides are more appropriate
* Practicing one's strengths rather than weaknesses
Doug, you are quite experienced and I'm still a grasshopper, so I won't claim to have mastered these tenets, but I think they are good gems. The first two I have especially noticed in myself and others. When I first started training for racing my average speed was very similar day to day, but anymore I'll have a wide swing as far as 10 km/h from one day to the next. I have come to see this as progress.
The latter two are still a challenge for me, I'll confess. ;)
I would say that's about right...
Aug 13, 2002 10:14 AM
My experience has been that people tend to not know how to go slowly on their easy days, and not know really how hard to go with intervals or other hard efforts.
"Junk miles" or saddle time can be worthwhile. Well, everything should have a purpose, but things don't need to be either easy or hard- there's nothing wrong with doing a long ride that's somewhere in between.
re: What mistakes do most racers make in training?
skip work to ride
Aug 13, 2002 9:19 PM
Two mistakes i see in training:
1. Following the current training trends or adding something mid-season from another program. If you are disciplined then that will count for more.
2. Waiting too long to get an experienced coach. Everyone says that once they did, it was the best thing they did.
It seems to me that whether or not you race on this week day or do these many hours or miles, is immaterial if you have a sh*tty diet, don't rest right or don't mentally prepare.
I would say the biggest thing limiting one's performance is not surronding yourself with an experienced support staff... Coaches, teammates, mechanics/shop... Become an expert at racing not coaching, nutrition, bike set-up or other frugal things. RACE.


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This invention relates to a meter for measuring erythrocyte settling rates.
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Measurement of erythrocyte settling rates, usually described as a blood test, is one of the most common medical tests made. When pathogens are present, extra antibodies are secreted and carried in the blood. These are mainly proteins and they cause clumping of red blood cells into rouleaux which are larger than normal and hence settle faster. A blood test shows this, but such test, as presently operated, usually requires two hours for reliable results. In one standard form of blood test, a specific amount of anticoagulant must be used (to prevent clotting during the test) and, to ensure good mixing, a few minutes of shaking of the blood sample is required. Then a sample must be placed in a vertical rack, a timer set and the rate of sedimentation (3 mm/hour for healthy humans) observed for one to two hours. Usually the operation is done in a hospital or clinical laboratory. This generally means that with transportation delays, the results may not be known until the next day.
Other proposals have been made in analogous fields to determine settling rates for solids, or cloud points of liquids. In Canadian Pat. No. 715,290 issued Oct. 10, 1965 to P. G. Holdbourne, a method is provided for continuously monitoring the cloud point or the pour point of hydrocarbon oil, involving the use of a beam of light which is directed through the oil onto a reflecting surface. The temperature of the oil is measured when the intensity of the beam of light reflected from the reflecting surface decreases a predetermined amount.
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U.S. Pat. No. 3,009,352 issued Nov. 21, 1961 to P. M. Neuda provides an improvement in the Neuda triangle of U.S. Pat. No. 2,528,704. The new triangular container is a triangularly shaped flat container, the sides of the triangle being equilateral, with a top aperture, a V-shaped neck outside the triangle, with each side of the V being exactly parallel to the side of the triangle opposite thereof, and a precise scale, on the outside of the triangular container calibrated in desired units.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,411,352 issued Apr. 29, 1969 to L. A. Hughes provides a colorimeter which includes a plurality of photoelectric cells, each having associated with it a light filter which removes all except the particular monochromatic band of light to which the photoelectric cell is primarily responsive and where its peak response is located. Thus, a different cell is used for each colour of light. A receptacle receives a colorimeter cuvette containing a specimen, a spring in the cuvette urging it against one side thereof. At one side of the receptacle is an electric lamp as a light source and on the diametrically opposite side, against which the cuvette is urged, are a plurality of vertically displaced photoelectric cells. Each cell has maximum sensitivity to a different monochromatic light and has associated with it a filter for transmitting to the cell that monochromatic light to which its cell has maximum sensitivity. An electric circuit includes the lamp, switch means for placing each cell in the circuit, only one at any time, a bridge circuit responsive to the current of the cell then in the circuit, and an electrical heater which operates na incubator having a plurality of cuvette receptacles. A plurality of interchangeable meters, each relevant to one particular test and calibrated for direct reading in that test in conjunction with one cell and each insertable into and removable from the electric circuit is supplied, but only one is used at a time across the bridge circuit for measuring light transmissivity of the specimen as expressed by the current passing through the photoelectric cell then in the electric circuit. Some of these meters have an actuator and some do not, the actuator, when present, throwing the switch means to place a different cell in the electric circuit.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,812,966 issued May 28, 1979 to W. A. Beach et al provides a determination of the settling rate of particulate matter by passing a mixture of the fluid and the particulate matter through an inclined tube at a known flow rate within the laminar flow range. Lights are positioned on one side of the inclined tube, and photocells are positioned on the other side. The signals generated thereby may be used to control the operation of a separator.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,027,971 patented June 7, 1977 by P. Kolman et al provides an analytical apparatus for counting the quantity of blood cells, suspended in a predetermined quantity of blood fraction. White light, which is directly transmitted through a predetermined volume of the blood, is filtered through a light filter, and light of the selected optical wavelength is passed through.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,187,462 patented Feb. 5, 1980 by R. Haker et al provides a device for determining the blood sedimentation rate in a substantially vertical test tube. The electrical or magnetic property of a given volume of liquid, which is changed by the settling of the erythrocytes in the test tube is measured as a function of time, by electrical means.
German Offenlegungsschrift No. 2,324,015 published Nov. 28, 1974 provides a system for measuring the settling speed of erythrocytes in blood by resonant frequency measurement.
Finally, German Pat. No. 916,128 dated July 8, 1949 of J. Reppisch provides a blood test machine in which tubes containing blood are held in an inclined position, and in which the settling rate is estimated visually.
(i) Aims of the Invention
In spite of these patents, there is still a need for an improved erythrocyte settling meter. An object, therefore, of this invention is the provision of an improved erythrocyte settling meter in which the test may be determined rapidly.
Another object of this invention is to provide such meter in the form of a simple hand-held stop-watch timed device, a partially automated device suitable to a doctor's office or a fully automated device for hospitals and clinics.
This invention therefore provides an erythrocyte settling meter comprising: (a) a rack adapted to hold an array of tubes at an optimum settling angle; (b) at least one tube adapted to contain blood samples, the tube including a window of predetermined length at the upper end thereof, the window permitting passage of ambient light therethrough; and (c) timing means actuated by the passage of ambient light through the window when the tube contains blood, to determine the erythrocyte settling rate by signalling that a preset period of time has elapsed between when when a minimum amount of light passes through the window, indicative of the presence of erythrocytes in the area of the window, and when a maximum amount of light passes through the window, indicative of the substantial absence of erythrocytes in the area of the window.
By one feature thereof, the angle is from 20� to 70� from the horizontal, preferably 60� from the vertical.
By another feature, the window is 1 cm in length and the remain-of the tube is coloured so that ambient light may not shine therethrough.
By a further feature, a plurality, e.g., more or less than ten such tubes are provided, the tubes having means of clearly differentiating or marking one tube from another, e.g., by making each tube of a different colour.
By a further feature, the means (c) comprises an electrical circuit including a photocell to generate an electric current to commence the timing when such minimum amount of light passes through the window and impinges on the photocell.
By another feature, the meter includes a clamp and pressure switch on the upper portion of the rack, the switch being closed by the clamping of the tube containing blood onto the rack to complete an electrical circuit to the photocell, thereby to commence the timing when the tube containing the blood is clamped into position.
By another feature, the electrical circuit means including an amplifier, a diode, an electrically operated numeric display, and a thermomechanical switch which initially does not complete a circuit to the electrically operated numeric display when the pressure switch is closed but which completes a circuit to the electrically operated numeric display after a lapse of time no longer than the preset period of time, thereby to signal lapse of such time on the electrically powered numeric display.
By a further feature, the meter includes a second thermomechanical switch which initially does not complete a circuit to a second electrically operated numeric display but which after the lapse of a further preset period of time completes a circuit to the second electrically operated numeric display, thereby to signal that such additional preset period of time has elapsed on the second electrically operated numeric display.
By yet another feature, the meter includes a bubble level in the base of the rack to assure that the base is level.
The invention in one of its embodiments consists of an inclined rack on which a blood test sample tube is placed. The rack has in its base a bubble level to allow the base to be levelled. The inclined rack is fixed at 60� from the vertical. Depending on the model, up to ten tubes may be used on the inclined rack at once.
The rack is provided with means to enable the settling rate to be determined. It may be a simple visual means, by the operator or person who carries out the test whereby the time it takes the blood sample to go from a turbid condition at the window to a clear condition at the window can be timed by a stop watch.
It can be by means of a recorder to set up the initial and normal times coupled with an indication of the time at which there is a clear condition at the window, the indication being also determined by the recorder.
Finally, a series of numeric indicators, i.e., LED or other electrically activated lighted numbers, can be lit automatically as the condition at the window clears.
In the accompanying drawings,
FIG. 1 is a side elevational view of a simple erythrocyte settling rate meter;
FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof; and
FIG. 3 is a simple schematic electrical circuit thereof.
The embodiment of the invention shown consists of a rack 10 including a base 11, a rear upright 12 and a forward foot 13. Preferably, the rack is made from polycarbonate or polymethylmethacrylate sheet. The height of rear upright 12 is such that blood sample tubes 14 are inclined at an angle (α) of 60�.
Near the head 15 of the rack is a clamp and pressure switch 16 coupled to a photocell arrangement 17, to pick up ambient light shining through window 18. A plurality of the blood sample tubes 14 are fixed to the rack by means of the like plurality of clamps and pressure switches 16. The base 11 includes a bubble level 19.
The blood sample tubes 14 have a filling mark. It is imperative that the tube be filled to that mark for good results. About 1 cm of the tube below the mark is clear to provide the window 18 and the rest of the tube is coloured. It is preferred that the tubes have ten different colours.
As seen in FIG. 3, which is one embodiment of a circuit arrangement, the photocell 17 has one terminal grounded at 20 and has its other terminal connected to an amplifier 21. The output of the amplifier 21 passes through a diode 22 to a first thermomechanical switch (indicated schematically as block 23) which, when it reaches a predetermined temperature after the passage of a maximum period of time, lights the first LED display 24. The circuit also includes to a second thermomechanical switch (indicated schematically as block 25), which, when it reaches a predetermined higher temperature than switch 23 after the passage of a longer period of time than the maximum period of time for switch 23 lights second LED display 26. This LED 24 lights up after maximum elapsed time of 5 minutes, while LED lights up after a minimum elapsed time of more than 5 minutes.
A third thermomechanical switch/LED display (not shown) may also be provided in the circuit.
In operation, clamping the blood sample tubes 14 into the rack 10 opens the circuit to the LED displays (24, 26) from the photocell. As the erythrocytes settle, the clear plasma allows the ambient light shining through window 18 to activate the photocell voltage. This is amplified at amplifier 21, passes through the diode 22 and begins to warm the first switch 23. Thermomechanical switch 23 is of a conventional construction well-known in the art. It has an internal construction including resistive elements enabling it to complete the circuit to the photocell 17 and thus to be heated. Thermomechanical switch 23, after reaching a preset temperature, dependent on the magnitude of the current originating at the photocell 17, which, in turn is dependent on the amount of light impinging on the photocell 17, completes a circuit to a first LED display 24, thereby lighting display 24. The maximum time required to complete the circuit to the first LED 24 is when the current is at a minimum, which, in one embodiment is five minutes. This is indicative of a minimum amount of light impinging on the photocell when erythrocytes are present at the area of the window. The minimum time required to complete the circuit to the first LED 24 is when the current is at a maximum, which would be less than five minutes. This is indicative of a maximum amount of light impinging on the photocell 17 when substantially no erythrocytes are present at the area of the window. The circuit including photocell 17, amplifier 21, diode 22 and first thermomechanical switch 23 also includes a second thermomechanical switch shown schematically at 25. Thermomechanical switch 25 also has an internal construction, e.g. resistive elements enabling it to complete the circuit to the photocell 17 and thus to be heated. Thermomechanical switch 25 after reaching a preset higher temperature than that of first thermomechanical switch 23, and which is dependent on the magnitude of the current originating at the photocell 17, which, in turn is dependent on the amount of light impinging on the photocell 17, completes a circuit to the second LED display 26, thereby lighting display 26. This circuit supplies insufficient current to warm the thermomechanical switch 23 sufficiently to light the LED display 24 if sedimentation is not fast enough. As described above, whether LED 24 is lit or not, the photocell current passes through the second thermomechanical switch 25, which after the lapse of an additional period of time, as described above heats up sufficiently after the lapse of an addition period of time, lights another LED and so to the third (not shown). If the instrument is started and left for a long time, all three LED's will be lit, but if looked at in five minutes when, as described above, only LED 24 will be lit, the blood can be judged normal or abnormal.
The sedimentation rate of the erythrocytes (blood cells) is very different in the inclined position compared to the ordinary vertical settling position.
In the standard vertical test, it requires 60 minutes to settle 3 mm for normal blood and abnormal-to-normal ratios can be read up to 18 with settled distances of up to 55 mm. In the inclined settler, the normal blood settled 4 mm in ten minutes and ratios of abnormal-to-normal reached 19 and settled distances of 77 mm. In five minutes only, very often useful differentiation is possible (see tables below).
______________________________________Standard E.S.R. test Inclined E.S R. testSettled Ratio, Settled Ratio,distance, abnormal/ distance, abnormal/mm (60 slow mm (10 slowmin) normal min) normal______________________________________ 3 1.0 4 1.0 4 1.3 14 3.5 6 2.0 22 5.510 3.3 26 6.515 5.0 34 8.522 7.3 38 9.523 7.7 39 9.827 9.0 60 15.046 15.3 72 18.055 18.3 77 19.3______________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________Standard E.S.R. test Inclined E.S.R. testSettledRatio, Ratio, Settled Ratio, Settled Ratio,distance,abnormal/ abnormal/ distance, abnormal/ distance, abnormal/mm 4 mm 3 mm mm 4 mm mm 3 mm(60 min)normal normal (5 min) normal (15 min) normal__________________________________________________________________________ 3 -- 1.0 0 -- 24 1.0 4 1.0 1.3 0.5 1 28 1.2 6 1.5 2.0 3 6 38 1.610 2.5 3.3 4 8 42 1.815 3.8 5.0 10 20 59 2.522 5.5 7.3 9 18 56 2.323 5.8 7.7 9 18 55 2.327 6.8 9.0 6 12 88 3.746 11.5 15.3 19 38 95 4.055 13.8 18.3 23 46 98 4.1__________________________________________________________________________
While not shown, other variants of this invention are possible. For a so-called clinical model, a simple recorder is provided to draw a line at the start (tube clipped on, switch closed) on its time base beginning at a predetermined point on chart paper numbered with the numbers of the tube in the rack (say, 1 to 10). When the signal from the appropriate photocell has not increased in one minute, the recorder will draw another line. This time will then be compared against a normal time.
The simplest model will have ten positions on the rack and ten sample tubes. Ten tubes can be filled, kept vertical, then shaken and placed in the rack and timed by stop-watch or wall clock with a second hand.
The present invention will allow a determination to be made in 5 to 15 minutes. A doctor (or probably his nurse) can perform the test while continuing the examination of the patient and have the results in time for diagnosis.
The system would also be of great assistance during natural disasters. For example, during flooding, distressed people will appear who are suffering from no disease, just exposure, hunger, anxiety, etc., but there will be those who have drunk contaminated water and are suffering from water-borne diseases. Those with a disease can, with the aid of the erythrocyte settling meter of aspects of this invention, be quickly separated.
From the foregoing description, one skilled in the art can easily ascertain the essential characteristics of this invention, and without departing from the spirit and scope thereof, can make various changes and modifications of the invention to adapt it to various usages and conditions. Consequently, such changes and modifications are properly, equitably, and "intended" to be, within the full range of equivalence of the following claims.
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International Journal of Nursing Practice
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(1) Grilled Shrimp and Scallops with Red, Gold Beet Salad and Calypso Sauce
(2) Spicy Sriracha Shrimp
|Calypso sauce for grilled shrimp and scallops
|Olive oil
|1 Tablespoon
|Yellow onion
|1/2 Medium , sliced
|To Taste
|Brown sugar
|1 Teaspoon
|Garlic cloves
|4 , thinly sliced
|Apple cider vinegar
|4 Tablespoon
|2 Tablespoon
|Lime juiced
|Ground allspice
|1 Teaspoon
|Habanero pepper
|Grated ginger
|7 Gram
|Other ingredients for grilled shrimp and scallops
|Red beets
|60 Gram , thinly sliced
|Golden beets
|60 Gram , thinly sliced
|Watermelon radish
|40 Gram , thinly sliced
|32 , peeled and deveined (4 per person)
|32 (4 per person)
|Olive oil
|1 Tablespoon (as needed)
|Garnishing for grilled shrimp and scallops
|Baby chard
|15 Gram (as needed)
|15 Gram (as needed)
|15 Gram (as needed)
|For steve's spicy sriracha shrimp
|Sriracha sauce
|7 Teaspoon
|Red wine vinegar
|1/4 Cup (4 tbs)
|Garlic clove
|5 , mince
|Grated ginger
|8 Gram
|Juice of lemon
|1/2 Medium , diced
|Canned roasted red pepper
|100 Gram
|Large shrimp
|350 Gram , peeled and deveined, tail on
|Salt and ground black pepper
|To Taste
|Garnishing for steve's spicy sriracha shrimp
|Fresh parsley
|1 Teaspoon
|Fresh basil
|1 Teaspoon
For Grilled Shrimp and Scallops with Red, Gold Beet Salad and Calypso Sauce
For Calypso Sauce:
1. In a pan, pour olive oil, add onion and a good pinch of salt. Sprinkle sugar and cook until golden brown.
2. Add garlic, cook for 2-3 minutes and transfer it to a blender, followed by vinegar, vodka, lime juice, allspice, habanero, and grated ginger. Blend until smooth. Transfer to a bowl, cover with plastic wrap and pop in refrigerator for an hour.
3. Into a bowl, place shrimp, drizzle olive and season with salt. Mix well.
4. Place a grill pan on flame and cook shrimp in it.
5. Season scallops with salt and cook in a hot pan with oil. Transfer shrimp and scallop to a plate and set aside.
6. In a bowl, place baby chard, Mache, and arugula. Sprinkle salt, drizzle oil and toss lightly.
7. Just before serving season the beets (red and golden) and radish.
8. On a platter lay beets and radish, followed by salad greens, shrimp, and scallops. Spread some sauce and serve immediately.
For Spicy Sriracha Shrimp
1. In a bowl, combine sriracha, red wine vinegar, garlic, ginger, and lemon juice. Whisk well.
2. Place a pan on flame, pour oil and sweat onion for 5 minutes.
3. Add roasted pepper and cook for 1-2 minutes.
4. Stir in shrimp and sauce (prepared earlier). Cook until done.
5. Garnish with parsley, basil and serve hot!
Serving size
Calories 256Calories from Fat 50
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 6 g9.2%
Saturated Fat %
Trans Fat 0 g
Sodium 486 mg20.25%
Total Carbohydrates 10 g3.3%
Dietary Fiber 1 g4%
Sugars 3 g
Protein 37 g74%
Vitamin A % Vitamin C %
Calcium % Iron %
Calories 2560Calories from Fat 500
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 60 g92%
Saturated Fat 0 0%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 0
Sodium 4860 mg202.5%
Total Carbohydrates 100 g33%
Dietary Fiber 10 g40%
Sugars 30 g
Protein 370 g740%
Vitamin A 0% Vitamin C 0%
Calcium 0% Iron 0%
*Based on a 2000 Calorie diet


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Animal Talk has a digital radiograph machine. This means that we are able to get instant results when a radiograph is taken. This can become important during emergency situations in which surgery may be required.
Surgeries that are performed at Animal Talk include, but not limited too:


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MOT Tester / Technician
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- Cridfords
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MOT Tester/Technician Location: Cranleigh Salary: Competitive MOT Tester/Technician wanted for busy independent Porsche Specialist, established for 30 years based in an idyllic village location situated on the Surrey/Sussex border. Cridfords are looking for a technician to join our friendly workshop to work with a team of 6 people plus Sales department. Hours are 8.30 - 5.00 plus 18 Saturday mornings per year. Competitive salary open to negotiation, immediate start available. If you feel that you meet the above criteria of the MOT Tester/Technician then please apply now


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