Unlike most new computers and/or printers these days, there was no colorful "Quick Start Guide" with pictures.
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And there were no less than 4 manuals to go with the thing. When I opened the box, I have to admit to being mildly overwhelmed at all the pieces. It was delivered to my home by the Tuesday after the race. So I ordered the CompuTrainer at the Seattle Marathon Expo on a Saturday, the day before the race.
Computrainer review 2015 tv#
I can use it for up to two hours so long as I have something to watch on TV to distract myself. The treadmill would likely have the same effect. But stick me in a stationary position for hours on end and I want to go out of my mind. I have no problem getting on my bike and riding for hours as long as I'm out-of-doors. Riding the trainer isn't particularly difficult from a physical standpoint, but I find it mind-numbingly boring from the mental standpoint. Going longer than an hour.uh.not gonna happen?īut, if I want to succeed at IMC in 2006 and not do a repeat of 2005, then I was going to have to get on my bike over the winter. Staying on for 45 minutes is incrementally harder. Getting on a trainer for 30 minutes is pretty tough. If I didn't have something else besides football (while riding in front of the big screen in my living room where hubby controls the viewing) to keep me entertained, I was afraid I may not do what was required of me. I bit the bullet this year, though, because I knew I was going to have to do some really long rides this winter and, since it was winter, many of those long rides were going to be indoor. Of course, I could never justify buying one for several reasons, not the least of which was I didn't have the money. Okay, so I've had my eye on a CompuTrainer since I started doing triathlon. Heavens, the word "trainer" is even in the name of the product, so what should one expect? Well, in this case, a trainer, by any other name, is still just a trainer. Unfortunately today I have a quad strain and depending on how that goes Junes numbers may look less consistent due to missing data and the rest of this weeks training perhaps not happening.A rose, by any other name, would smell just as sweet. CRCA bike races, 10ks and half-marathons) and then in May I started doing longer distance races and took out a little intensity of my speed sessions to make sure I’m not overloaded. March and April were characterised with some more intense races (e.g. The reason for this gradual change is that I am gradually getting ready for Ironman Mont Tremblant.