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AJA 26: Sunglasses, Nitrogen, Tire Temperature, and Cyclocross

Marginal Gains Cycling Podcast, Presented by Silca

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Do You Think You're Using More Kilojoules in an Hour Record?

Dan Bigum's negative split strategy is great from a psychological perspective. The problem is though that the effort that you put into going faster than your average speed will be more than the effort you save in the time you're going below your average speed. If we were to take, say, integrate the area under the curve, I think we're probably looking at more kilojoules used here because of the time spent above.

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