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Back into the swing of things
Posted: Friday June 16, 2000 09:54 AM
In 1999, British cyclist Jason Queally set two British records at the World Championships, finishing second in the Olympic sprint and fifth in the 1 kilometer time trial. The 29-year-old also won the Olympic sprint at the European Championships and won three World Cup events. While working as a research technician at Lancaster University, Queally began riding at the Manchester velodrome and developed an interest in cycling. In 1996 he decided to ride full-time. Check out Queally's diary every month on CNNSI.com.
June 16, 2000
Hello to all of you once again. This is the seventh installment of my Olympic diary. I hope you are not getting too bored with the story so far. I am currently in the UK having recently returned from Moscow where I competed in a World Cup event. It was good to get back into the swing of things. The last pressurised ride I had was at the World Championships back in October 1999. I competed in two events, the kilometer time trial and the Olympic sprint. I was third in the kilo (1:03.5) which was won by Hervet Thuet (1:03.3) of France and second to the Spanish team in the Olympic sprint. I was pleased with both results, although I did suffer very badly in the kilo. Normally I take some sodium bicarbonate prior to the event (0.3g per kg body weight), as it helps to buffer the vast quantities of lactic acid (the stuff that slows you down) I produce in an event like the kilo. However on this occasion I did not and boy did I suffer the consequences. Normally the last lap of the kilo is my strong point, or should I say was my strong point. On the final lap my legs ceased to function in a coordinated manner, they had turned to jelly, my vision had become distorted and my lungs were on fire. It took me twenty minutes of lying down on the trackside to the amusement of my teammates and some local spectators to recover. I hope that with more specific kilo type training later in the year I will not suffer so badly on the last lap come the Olympics. I have just received one of the bikes I will be using at the Olympic Games. It is the Corima I spoke of some months ago that I should have had some months ago. I suspect with the new UCI legislation in force for this year (see previous installments) Corima will have been inundated with orders. Anyway, better late than never. The second bike I will be using for the kilo will hopefully be ready in about four or five weeks time. On the training front I have moved away from the track to focus on some roadwork for the next couple of weeks. Efforts on the track have been going very well. I am currently faster over a flying and standing lap than I have ever been (flying 100m 5.00 on a 52*14 gear, standing lap 18.36 on a 53*14 gear). To improve on these times would take a considerable amount of time and effort, which at this time of the year would be more effectively utilized improving my aerobic capacity. In the gym the main emphasis is still on squatting (I improved my one repartition maximum again to 180kg) and on exercises to improve my core stability. These exercises have worked wonders on my weak back. My next excursion takes me to Italy, Turin to be more specific, in July. This will be the fourth World Cup in the series of five, and I will be competing in the Olympic sprint. I am off to watch some soccer now on TV as it's the European Championships. England has lost its first game, so I hope they beat Germany on Saturday. Keep your fingers crossed. Regards.
-- Jason
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