by Glenys Taylor | Nov 15, 2011 | Archive(News)
We are doing a study on caffeine metabolism and how the possession of a particular gene variant may affect it’s metabolism and also exercise performance. We’d like to recruit healthy male cyclists Below is the basic details of what is required for the study.
We are looking for healthy, endurance-trained male cyclists between the ages of 18 and 40 , who exercise at least 3 days per week.
Participants will be required to come in on four separate occasions as follows:
Session 1: 1.5 hours for maximal aerobic testing and blood sample collection
Session 2: 1 hour initially for blood sample collections, supplementation and breakfast then a blood sample collection 2.5 hours later
Session 3-4: base-line blood sample collection, supplementation and breakfast then 1 hour rest followed by 2.5 hours of exercise.
All participants who successfully complete this study will be given $80 in vouchers to reimburse them for travel and time.
If you are interested in taking part please contact:
Michelle McGrath
M.McGrath@massey.ac.nz
027 6817557
by Glenys Taylor | Nov 15, 2011 | Archive(News)
Sunday the 6th November. What a day. What a ride. 80 kms and 3 boys hoping to come in first.
The day started off as a typical Palmy day- wet, cold, windy, so I knew it was going to be tough. Lining up at the start line I looked around and recognised a few familiar faces, and was thankful I wasn’t the only one who felt the way I did.
The countdown.. 5..4..3…
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by Glenys Taylor | Nov 12, 2011 | Event Reports
Whilst there wasn’t much wind there was a few light scattered showers that passed over during the running of the event. The course started at Hiwinui School and headed north along Watershed Rd, turning left on to the Colyton Rd. Once the riders were at Colyton they turned left again and made their way back to Hiwinui along Reids Line. First to leave the start was the under 19, under 23, senior, master 1 and 2 men. They were to complete 4 laps. Five minutes after them the under 17 men who were to complete 3 laps headed away along with the under 15 boys who were completing 2 laps. They were followed a further 5 minutes back by the rest of the masters men who had 3 laps to complete.
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by Glenys Taylor | Nov 11, 2011 | Event Reports
A grey sky threatening rain and a light to moderate Norwest wind greeted the riders to Johnston Park on Tuesday night for the first competitive track night of the season. While Mother Nature had her glum face on the outstanding turnout of 45 riders plus supporters decked out in vibrant lycra representing every colour in the spectrum helped to fire up the energy levels as potential and speculation was about to give way to reality.
The programme was adjusted as the threat of rain could not be ignored and the longer handicap races moved ahead of the scheduled one lap scratch races. The race of the night was provided by the ladies in the 6 lap handicap event. The skills of the handicapper were tested as he had riders ranging from World and National champions to absolute first timers in a bike race of any kind. Scratch riders Megan Blatchford and Kate Stewart gave limit riders Renee Wadsworth and Toni Loveridge 300 metres in the 2400 metre race. The scratch riders started aggressively as they tried to reel in the other 5 riders as quickly as possible. The other riders calmly got into their work and Renee was able to maintain her margin into lap 4 of the 6 lap race. The scratch riders joined the middle grouping with two laps to go and joined the train to gather in Renee, which they did with a little over a lap to go. Sharon Hollenstein and Tegan Rolfe kicked on with scratch rider Megan to finish 1,2,3 and a gallant Renee holding on for fourth, Kate’s early work caught up with her as she took up the fifth position.
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by Glenys Taylor | Nov 11, 2011 | Event Reports
Below are the results for week 5. We had a couple of issues on the night with our timing equipment so we were unable to recall the times of 4 riders. They have been awarded the full 2 points however no time is recorded next to their names.
click here for full results
