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Observer Sports Monthly - British track team

oobydooby · 2008-06-30 11:25:30

The online article is here - might be a bit long for computer screen but for anyone who didn't get the paper yesterday: http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/jun/29/cycling.olympicgames2008 It's amazing how rigourous and scientific their training schedule is. I felt sick, tired and guilty reading this after my Sunday…

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The online article is here - might be a bit long for computer screen but for anyone who didn't get the paper yesterday:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/jun/29/cycling.olympicgames2008

It's amazing how rigourous and scientific their training schedule is. I felt sick, tired and guilty reading this after my Sunday dinner. Great example of how to use lottery funds in elite sport. I wish them well in Beijing. Does Ireland have a similar programme in any discipline?

'With the power we produce, you do a lot of muscle damage, people can't understand that, because they can't put themselves in that situation,' Staff says. And who, indeed, can empathise with a body that produces 2,000 watts of power, with rotational torque on the start line that is briefly almost twice that of a Formula One car, not to mention legs that can spin the pedals at four revolutions a second?

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