sports science tests, for info

[Alan M]

Dear Club Secretary/Team Manager

Please can you bring the following request to the attention of your members who may be interested.

Best regards

Geoff

--- On Wed, 9/2/11, Geoff Hodgson <secretary.bcse@btinternet.com> wrote:


From: Geoff Hodgson <secretary.bcse@btinternet.com>
Subject: Fw: University of Kent - Cycling Research
To: "radrenner2000@yahoo.com" <radrenner2000@yahoo.com>
Date: Wednesday, 9 February, 2011, 18:31



----- Forwarded Message -----
From: H.Gregson <hg70@kent.ac.uk>
To: "secretary.bcse@btinternet.com" <secretary.bcse@btinternet.com>
Cc:
Sent: Wednesday, 9 February 2011, 12:28:06
Subject: University of Kent - Cycling Research

Hi Geoff,

I'm a PhD student at the University of Kent, currently doing research in cycling performance.

I was wondering if you'd mind letting your cycling groups (and anyone else you think might be interested) know about the cycling research we currently have going on at the University of Kent - which would enable participants to have a number of cycling performance tests done completely free of charge!

We're currently looking at the impact of ageing on cycling performance, and are looking to recruit trained male cyclists aged 18-30 to take part in the study. It would require 4 visits to our sports science labs (either in Canterbury or Gillingham) to undergo a series of tests including VO2max, Wingate, cycling efficiency and performance time trial tests.

We are, however, also looking for physically active non-cyclists aged 50-75 to take part - so if any cyclists' dads/uncles/colleagues/friends want to compete against their sons/friends/colleagues..etc and see how they do compared to a trained cyclist we'd love to hear from anyone interested! It's a brilliant opportunity to experience a sports science laboratory environment first hand!

For more information on the study, the research, and tests involved, my contact details are hg70@kent.ac.uk or mobile number is 07826519399.

Many thanks for your help.

Kind regards,

Hannah

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Hannah Gregson
PhD Student

Centre for Sports Studies
University of Kent
Chatham Maritime
Chatham
Kent
ME4 4AG

[EdO]

Dan K is up for this if he's in the recruitment age. I'm just out

[Dan_K]

IF??!!! 29 years young thank you very much...... [size=85]30 in March...[/size]

I got offered a VO2 test already at Brunel university but decided it's probably not worth it for my low level ability and the fact that i'm not racing this year (but will be coming back with a vengeance in 2012 )
In all honesty I didn't fancy wasting the best part of a day travelling to a far off land to be told how mediocre I really am!
I'd sooner spend the day out riding pretending not to be mediocre.