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Also, not saying that Nordic skiing is easy by any stretch. I sure struggle with it. More that, for example, in Nordic skiing and road cycling, the races are decided by fitness differences more than skill differences, where in moto skill gets a much bigger portion of the blame pie.
A points system is defined by how many positions in any given race it takes to regain the series lead.
When you increase the gap for 1st, 2nd and 3rd you make it more difficult for anyone to reel them back in. If you can keep the positions needed still possible down to the last race, there is at least a chance.
http://www.promotocross.com/mx/series-points/2018
Let's take Roczen for example as a dark horse with a chance. In the current system he has more to overcome to get back in the hunt as he is 47 points (or a win and a 2nd) if no one else scored any points. He's F'd.
In an Olympic system, with a 6/16/3/8 he would have 33 points to ET3's 4. 29 positions apart with 20 point paying spots (there should be more). Still a long way, but if he won, and ET3 had 1 moto worse than 20th and another worse than 9th KR94's tied for the lead.
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I haven't followed it in awhile, so not certain though. I grew up at 9,000' and thought going down to Denver was great. So easy to breathe!
Cheers...
I remember RV2 in 2011 started the first few rounds way behind Dungey and Reed. I think Marv will improve his new machine and Anderson will become more fit as the weeks go on.
If it were up to me, I'd say put strict rules on the machine, and let the riders take whatever they want.
If someone is willing to shine a laser in a rider's eyes at the starting gate. Then isn't it plausible that the same type person would be willing to slip a banned substance into a competitors food/drink i.e."tamper with." Admittedly, this borders on conspiracy theory and is quite a stretch. However when championships are worth serious money these days, I believe that almost anything is possible and it would be prudent for riders/teams to consider such a scenario.
ET is a very high level athlete.Excellent genetics. We feel the force of nature in him, something bestial, rough, like anyone else except Herlings. It's like Rocky training in Russia... It's consistent with his lifestyle. His style is very worked. He optimizes everything, thinks about everything.He wants to be effective no tralala he doesn't care about whip. He has evolved on the last two years. More in the zone on the Kawi, he found the right balance between man and machine and his shape is back. He become more matures,he's like good wine as I said a long time ago. He seem's good with Jessica, that's important for a pro. This guy is one of the best riders in the history of motocross. A pure product of what the cross us does best. Of course he has weaknesses but he works on.
https://youtu.be/8cJWbsbWwxg?t=14 Corner genocide.
I would never go that far, I mean that is dirty dirty. I absolutely go no further than spinning their suspension clickers.
Pit Row
Tomac pinned it and never let off, Anderson didnt.
Tomac is one of the rare handful of guys over the years for sure.
On aerobic exercises oxygen helps break down several types of sugar (which ones depend on a lot of factors) into ATP. That process tops out at a certain rate, no matter how much oxygen you blood can carry. As I mentioned I did not state "it never works". I said it has only been proven to work in one direction (athletes trained in height and at sea level competing in height).
I will now proceed to get the fuck out of here with this bullshit.
JS7 I've never been a fan because being so lazy when you have so much talent it's a shame but technically, he was the best.
RC was the most impressive for me. I was in Zolder, I was a huge Everts fan but I always knew who was the master. I was sure RC was going to destroy Everts. RC had already won the mental game before the start because Everts knew who was the best. The Everts arm pump proves it. I m a farmer, i like farmers.
The top of the American motocross has always been a bit better than the top of the European motocross and the European's wants to punch me when I say that. They are chauvinists but facts are the facts. Now, it's balancing i think.
No matter the style when you win...Roger Decoster's sentence about the riding style of Yves Demaria at the USMXGP 94. It was at Budds creek if I remember correctly.
If you re-read I've stated "there is no conclusive Scientific evidence". I did not say:
- Training on Altitude never works
- Everything is bullshit.
- No new evidence ever is going to prove otherwise
I can cite cases of individual athletes who have not benefited from training high or living high.
The most cited paper on the mater reads:
"Whilst it is clear that adequate acclimatisation, or better still, being born and raised at altitude, is necessary to achieve optimal physical performance at altitude, scientific evidence to support the potentiating effects after return to sea level is at present equivocal. Despite this, elite athletes continue to spend considerable time and resources training at altitude, misled by subjective coaching opinion and the inconclusive findings of a large number of uncontrolled studies."
In case you want the full paper (it is free):
Physiological Implications of altitude
On a personal note: I was born and raised in the mountains, but have lived at sea level for the past 17 years. I have hopped into airplanes, spent a couple of weeks in both Bogotá (3000 meters / 9000 feet above sea level) and Mexico DF (2200 meters / 7200 feet above sea level), hopped on a mountain bike or run a half marathon and was unaffected by it all, while better trained guys that traveled with me were panting after only a few kilometers.
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