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Tuesday, March 27, 2012

 

Η σχέση μου με το ποδήλατο

Με το ποδήλατο ασχολήθηκα από μικρός, απ τη 2α γυμνασίου.
Το πρώτο μου ΜΤΒ ήταν ένα Federal Jaguar αγορασμένο το 1987 από τον Τιμαμόπουλο.
Μ αυτό το ποδήλατο ανέβαινα στο Σέιχ Σου κάνοντας τις πρώτες μου εξορμήσεις-εξερευνήσεις.

Μετά από αποχή διάρκειας περίπου 5 ετών, απέκτησα το 1998 ένα ατσάλινο Ideal prorider.
Το 2000 αγόρασα το επόμενο, ένα αλουμινένιο Ideal boomax.
Μ αυτό το ποδήλατο άρχισα ν ασχολούμαι κάπως πιο συστηματικά, μιας και είχε μπροστινή ανάρτηση και μηχανικό δισκόφρενο εμπρός.

Το 2007 έμελλε να είναι η χρονιά που θα άρχιζα την αγωνιστική ποδηλασία.
Πρώτος μου αγώνας στη Θάσο. Αυτή ήταν και η αρχή. Εκεί μπήκε το μικρόβιο.

 Από τότε, συστηματικές προπονήσεις, αγώνες και σιγά σιγά βάθρα, με αποκορύφωμα την πρώτη θέση στο πρωτάθλημα βορείου Ελλάδος ΜΤΒ masters 2012 και 2013 και πρώτη θέση στο πρωτάθλημα βορείου Ελλάδος ατομικής χρονομέτρησης δρόμου masters 2013. Φυσικά πολλές πρωτιές στην κατηγορία μου, αλλά και στη γενική σε αγώνες open. Το 2013 πήρα για πρώτη φορά μέρος σε αγώνα τριάθλου και συγκεκριμένα στο εκπληκτικό xterra Greece.

Τα ποδήλατα που χρησιμοποιώ αυτή τη στιγμή είναι, 1)Scott scale 900 rc (29) custom 2)Scott scale 10 (26) custom 3)Scott CR1 custom 4)Scott plasma 20 Οι καθημερινές μου προπονήσεις αποθηκεύονται στο garmin connect, ενώ για την καταγραφή χρησιμοποιώ το κορυφαίο garmin 910xt.
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Sunday, February 26, 2012

 

Hortiatis uphill x3 260212

  This morning there was something in the air, in the breakfast I ate, or in the coffee I drank. I'm not quite sure but I understood that today would be the record day. I pumped the tires, put my clothes on and went out. I did a good warm up until Thermi and then started the Hortiatis mountain uphill till the top to the radar. I returned to Thermi via Panorama. And because one equals none and with the second you can not be sure, you do a third one. TRIPLE HORTIATIS MOUNTAIN UPHILL. Something I was thinking about since last summer. After the double I did, and after the fact that mr. Thomas Timamopoulos, one of the best Greek cyclists ever, used to telling me that he had done a triple Hortiatis uphill wen he was young, I decided to give it a try. And succeeded. 2 powerbar gels, a sesame bar and 1 liter of water was all I needed.  Also for the first time in global, I enter the word ''Thassos training'' which is exactly what someone has to do to go well on Thassos ultra marathon. While I was climbing for the third time, an idea came to me. To organise a 24 hour Hortiatis uphill race. The one who do most uphills in 24 hours wins. The bad thing with these uphills is hypothermia on the downhill. Imagine that I did 3 of them. Now it's time for a frappe and watch a movie. Until next time...
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Thursday, February 16, 2012

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Friday, January 27, 2012

 

Oregon 450 vs xperia active pt 3 endomondo

Tuesday was raining and it wasn't suitable for bike training. So I decided to go out for a trail running at Seich Sou forest. This was another chance to test again xperia active and endomondo. Endomondo is the app that I like most, because it supports ANT+, it's easy to use, it doesn't need the use of gps (soit can be used for indoor training) and has a nice and easy to explore website with a lot o information about your workouts. I'm still comparing it with my trustworthy oregon 450. Today I uploaded the 2 gpx archives on both site ridewithgps and endomondo so to compare each other. Until now all fitness apps that I tried on xperia can do multitasking, which means that while you are training and recording your progress, you can also shoot a video/photo, make a phone call ro listen to music. Very useful. Even though these apps are fitness oriented, with multitasking you can also have another apps running in background which can be more geographic such as google maps or my trucks so to watch other info like elevation, altitude or grade. I started with battery level at 95% and after 2 hours of training, shooting video and playing, I ended up with 70%. If you buy endomondo pro you can have the low power mode which use less power and makes battery drain slower. Niiice.




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