Last night I caught this show on comcast sports, apparently it is from fox sports net originally called sports science. The episode was "to the max!"
In part of it they took an "average" guy, the head scientist on the show and he trained for and did IM Hawaii. It was pretty good in general but had some weak spots in it.
The guy was 5 10 or so and 160 pounds, pretty fit looking. They showed many shots of him running in his trisports.com jersey.
- At the beginning they tested his VO2max on the bike and found he had a 57, based on this they declared he had a 0% chance of finishing an Ironman. And don't we all know that Ironman performance can be predicted by VO2max?
- He trained for 12 weeks, backing out from the numbers they gave, he ran 50 miles per week and rode 120 per week. 50 miles per week is a pretty big number for an "average" guy. I don't recall how much swimming he did but his performance seems to indicate he knew how to swim already.
- After 12 weeks they tested him on the bike again and found he had a VO2max of 63, once again this is on the bike, so lower than his VO2max for the run would be. Based on his 63, they said he had a 13% chance of finishing the race, clearly a rectal extraction.
- He swam 1:03, pretty good swimmer.
- He "tore his iliopsoas" at mile 26 and soldiered on, by the end of the ride he seemed to be doing OK, and did the ride in 7 hours.
- At mile 2 on the run, he couldn't catch his breath and felt lightheaded. The show said that the torn muscle was making his kidneys shut down, very possible but doesn't seem to jive with his complaints.
- Later on, we see him doing alright, no mention that the guy was running low on calories and that's why he was light headed. Walking and then eating allowed him to catch up and off he went.
Final time was 14 hours, pretty solid time all around.
Ended
In part of it they took an "average" guy, the head scientist on the show and he trained for and did IM Hawaii. It was pretty good in general but had some weak spots in it.
The guy was 5 10 or so and 160 pounds, pretty fit looking. They showed many shots of him running in his trisports.com jersey.
- At the beginning they tested his VO2max on the bike and found he had a 57, based on this they declared he had a 0% chance of finishing an Ironman. And don't we all know that Ironman performance can be predicted by VO2max?
- He trained for 12 weeks, backing out from the numbers they gave, he ran 50 miles per week and rode 120 per week. 50 miles per week is a pretty big number for an "average" guy. I don't recall how much swimming he did but his performance seems to indicate he knew how to swim already.
- After 12 weeks they tested him on the bike again and found he had a VO2max of 63, once again this is on the bike, so lower than his VO2max for the run would be. Based on his 63, they said he had a 13% chance of finishing the race, clearly a rectal extraction.
- He swam 1:03, pretty good swimmer.
- He "tore his iliopsoas" at mile 26 and soldiered on, by the end of the ride he seemed to be doing OK, and did the ride in 7 hours.
- At mile 2 on the run, he couldn't catch his breath and felt lightheaded. The show said that the torn muscle was making his kidneys shut down, very possible but doesn't seem to jive with his complaints.
- Later on, we see him doing alright, no mention that the guy was running low on calories and that's why he was light headed. Walking and then eating allowed him to catch up and off he went.
Final time was 14 hours, pretty solid time all around.
Ended