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From: Benjamin.Dobson@newcastle.ac.uk (Ben Dobson)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.triathlon
Subject: Help - SWANS misting up !!!
Date: 19 Nov 92 09:35:44 GMT
Organization: Computing Laboratory, U of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK NE1 7RU.



A few months ago I bought a pair of SWANS goggles of a triathlete, who
was sponsored by them.  All was going well until a couple of weeks or so ago when one of the lenses started to mist up in the middle of a race.
Now, I know that SWANS are NOT supposed to mist up, especially after such a short time, so my questions are these.
  
	a) has this happened to anyone else ?
	b) if so, what did you do to rectify the matter?

Unfortunately, I haven't seen the guy lately to return the goggles to 
him, so does anyone know of an address for SWANS where I can write to 
for advise/ new pair - preferably in UK/Europe.

Thanks in advance

Ben
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From: euahac@eua.ericsson.se (Hakan Carlson)
Subject: Ironman on Eurosport
Organization: Ellemtel Telecom Systems Labs, Stockholm, Sweden
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 11:20:40 GMT

Hi there

This is for Europe only.
According to my TV guide the satellte channel Eurosport will be airing
Ironman on Wednesday November 25th 18.00-19.30 CET with a rerun on the
next morning, Thursday, 10.00-11.30.

The accuracy in TV guide is questionable, but I will keep an eye on my
TV on Wednesday.


Hakan Carlson
ELLEMTEL Telecommunication Systems Laboratories
Stockholm
SWEDEN
MAIL: Hakan.Carlson@eua.ericsson.se


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From: js2011 (Jon Sirkin)
Subject: Oxygen Cocktail and O2 blast
Followup-To: rec.sport.triathlon
Organization: andy.bgsu.edu
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 04:18:29 GMT

 I saw an article in a triathlete mag for a recovery drink and A O2 blast
where you such in oxygen for recovery, it's called "the oxygen cocktail"
does this do what they say or is it all bull. any helpfull hints and
suggestions would be nice. thanks

                                       "What good is a used up world and
what           
                                          is it worth having"
                                                    -STING
From: redmondd@unix1.tcd.ie (Judge Raz)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.triathlon
Subject: Re: VO2 MAX - Can it be used in planning training?
Date: 17 Nov 92 11:39:42 GMT
Organization: Trinity College, Dublin

Hi,
Can anyone give me an outline of the process used to determine your VO2 max.?

Thanks,

Donncha
From: shon@f2ahp1.jhuapl.edu (Shon Shampain)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.triathlon
Subject: Rides in Central Park (NYC)?
Date: 18 Nov 1992 15:48:08 -0600
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu

Greetings,

I was wondering if anyone could e-mail me any info on group rides in
NYC (Central Park) on weekends in December (is there such a thing?).

Thanks,
shon@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu
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From: javier@cs.toronto.edu (Javier Pinto)
Subject: Re: The Ironman on T.V.
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto
Distribution: usa
Date: 23 Nov 92 16:04:16 GMT

jpringle@den.mmc.com (James E. Pringle) writes:

>I wish I could share my thoughts on the way the Hawaii Ironman was
>covered.  The only problem is that my local NBC station chose not
>to air it so I haven't seen it!  Rather than showing THE!! triathlon
>event of the year, my local NBC station chose to broadcast more college 
>football.

It was not broadcasted by Buffalo's NBC station either, so here in Toronto
we missed it too (unless my tv schedule was wrong). I was not that
surprised since the same happened last year (I don't recall if it was NBC,
but it does not seem to matter). It is obvious that the reason is that the
guys at the local station seem to believe that not enough people care about
ironmans, and that the average population prefer to watch college football
or some lousy movie.  Unfortunately, they are right.

Javier.

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From: tlt38517@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Terry Thiel)
Subject: Re: the ironman on t.v.
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 15:36:31 GMT

I thought it was pretty good.  Much better and less tacky than in previous
years.  I didn't like that dingbat who did the bike "review" but that's
about it.  I was looking for fair coverage of the female athletes, it was kind
of hard to do as much on them as the males since Paula Newby-Fraser was the
obvious winner whereas there was some real contention between the males.
The bike portion was really exciting with the jockeying for positon etc.
They even did a halfway decent job in their depictions of Hawaii and it's
culture.  Since my wife is hawaiian she was watching that and thought it wasn't
bad.
-Terry
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From: kpr02460@ucbeh.san.uc.edu
Newsgroups: rec.sport.triathlon
Subject: Cincinnati
Date: 17 Nov 92 20:43:51 EST
Distribution: world
Organization: Univ. of Cincinnati

      If anyone knows when or where there will be a Cincinnati area 
triatholon please give me the details.
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From: praetzel@marconi.uwaterloo.ca (Eric Praetzel)
Subject: Re: VO2 MAX - Can it be used in planning training?
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 18:01:42 GMT

In article <redmondd.722000382@unix1.tcd.ie> redmondd@unix1.tcd.ie (Judge Raz) writes:
>Can anyone give me an outline of the process used to determine your VO2 max.?

Get on a ergometer.  Start at a 50W load.  Take 5 min to warmup.
Then the power gets cranked up 15W/min until you choke.

I have done several of these tests (in January, June ...) and found no
difference between winter and after 5,000 km of road work.  The value is
suspect and is generally not of much worth.  If you are interested I have
the test data from myself and a few other people.  The data normally has
measurements of O2 used, CO2 exhaled, Air inhaled, pulse, power, time, breath
frequency, tidal volume ...
  VO2 max can be increased slightly and it may increase for the first 4 or 5
years of steady training.  What is more important is how much O2 you can use
over say 1 hour.  That is what they call the anaerobic threshold.  It too is
very highly suspect and has fallen out of favour in kineasology circles.
  Then there is the efficiency that people can use O2 at.  I am about average
at about 21% while some other people I know are at 27%.  For the same amount
of O2 as I use they can crank out 30% more power!   That means I use 30% more
energy, air, water ... to keep up with them.  
  Back to the point of VO2 max.  Some people have been able to run at 95% of
it for one hour.  Generally olympic calibre people can hold 85 to 90% of their
max for one hour+.  Average people can only sustain about 50 to 60% and I am
at about 75%.  It is highly variable, trainable to some degree but seems to
be limited genetically.
  The Kin. dept. at this school has been doing studies which look at the bodies
adaptation to high workrates (2 hour maximal sessions * 4 days).  They have
some interesting results on untrained people.  Myself and a few other cyclists
will be getting tested this winter to see if trained people show the same
physiological responses.  Either way I will have the VO2 tests from two people
who are a lot stronger than I am.  It will be interesting.
  - Eric 

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From: jpringle@den.mmc.com (James E. Pringle)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.triathlon
Subject: The Ironman on T.V.
Date: 23 Nov 92 14:13:15 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Martin Marietta Astronautics, Denver
Originator: jpringle@everest

I wish I could share my thoughts on the way the Hawaii Ironman was
covered.  The only problem is that my local NBC station chose not
to air it so I haven't seen it!  Rather than showing THE!! triathlon
event of the year, my local NBC station chose to broadcast more college 
football.

Don't get me wrong.  I enjoy watching a good college football game. It
just seems to me that the station could have easily shown the Ironman 
in another time slot.  I tried phoning the station's program office 
(KCNC, channel 4 in Denver), but I only got a recorded message stating 
that the Ironman would not be carried by their station, period.

It is hard for me to understand the stations motives.  Many top 
triathletes live in the Denver/Boulder metro area and the community 
is proud of that fact.  But, when the opportunity arises for local 
television to showcase these athletes and their physically and mentally
demanding profession, they choose instead to broadcast a college football
game followed by yet another installment of "This is the NFL" and a half
hour program dedicated to convincing some poor suckers that their lives 
are not complete unless they own a food dehydrator and have experienced 
the thrill of making their own beef jerky.

Well, I've complained enough.  I just had to get that off my chest.
After all, I have had the date and time marked on my calendar for the 
last month and was looking forward to some first class triathlon 
coverage.  Maybe next year ... unless there's another football game ...
-- 
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From: arands@gandalf.rutgers.edu (Rolf Arands)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.triathlon
Subject: Re: Drafting
Date: 17 Nov 92 18:33:41 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

warriors@eb5ts4.EBay.Sun.COM (Dave Maycon) writes:

>Yesterday while I was bike riding this guy just came out of no where and
>immediately started to draft.  I think he drafted me about 15 mi.  Personally
>I don't mind when people draft, I don't like taking turns either because it's
>not good practice for people who do triathlons.  But after about 16 mi when
>the wind picked up and the hills started to roll, this S.O.B just flew by
>me like I wasn't even there.  And to top it off, he didn't even call out he
>was passing.  That is not cool.  I think if your going to draft, draft.  If 
>you want to pass, pass.  But don't do both.  Anybody have any other stories
>or comments about people drafting.

>Dave


There was a stink in rec.bicycles on something like this.  I hope another 
one doesn't start here.  

Rolf

arands@gandalf.rutgers.edu
From: kpr02460@ucbeh.san.uc.edu
Newsgroups: rec.sport.triathlon
Subject: Cincinnati area triatholons
Date: 17 Nov 92 20:41:20 EST
Distribution: world
Organization: Univ. of Cincinnati

info for Cincinnati triathlons please
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From: abucher@ringer.cs.utsa.edu (Anthony Bucher)
Subject: Re: the ironman on t.v.
Organization: University of Texas at San Antonio
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 17:37:26 GMT

In article <js2011-231192015400@m248-105.bgsu.edu> js2011 (Jon Sirkin) writes:
> So what was your thoughts on the way they broadcasted the ironman on t.v..

	It was great to watch it here in Texas.  With winter in our clutches,
the warm climate of Hawaii was especially nice to view.


		Tony
From: dyao@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (Disciple o' Tinley )
Newsgroups: rec.sport.triathlon
Subject: 26" wheeled bicycles...
Keywords: small wheels
Date: 21 Nov 92 03:36:18 GMT

I'm interested in what people think about the 26" wheeled bikes.
A little while ago, I posted news in rec.bicycles.tech posing some
facts and asking what people thought...

I got a lot of opinion, and not a lot of hard (read: proven)
evidence.

I'll list some of the pros & cons...

PROS
-lighter and stronger wheel (with fewer spokes needed for
durability)
-aerodynamic  [I'm not too clear on this one -Dave]
-faster acceleration (ang. momentum is smaller)
-smaller/lighter frame built around these wheels

CONS
-low availibility (compared to... 700C)
-more prone to flats
-is a fad [That's what somebody told me -Dave]
-harsher ride

I might have left a few things out, but what are YOUR opinions?

Dave Yao

"Dave, you know nuthin',"---snarling, backwater roommate

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From: passier@bmerh9a1.BNR.CA (Chris Passier)
Subject: Re: the ironman on t.v.
Reply-To: passier@bmerh9a1.BNR.CA (Chris Passier)
Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd.
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 92 15:54:50 GMT

Doesn't the Zack-man know?, " ...ya don't pull on the mask of the
ol' Lone Ranger an' ya don't mess around with Mark.."!

(appologies to J. Croce)

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From: mjenkins@alfred.carleton.ca (Michael Jenkinson)
Subject: Re: WWF Complete Roster (Was Re: News Flash)
Organization: Carleton University
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 00:23:18 GMT

In <BxsM2x.9KD@acsu.buffalo.edu> v070qg5d@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Eric M Chmiel) writes:


>It gets worse after Survivor Series, when Big Bossman and Randy Savage take
>vacations that will last well into 1993 to allow nagging injuries to heal.

One more thing...

Bossman is also scheduled for either Ottawa or Kitchener on the 26th,
against Kamala (honest!)

I think the original post on this said that Savage and Bossman were
going to take vacations in *January*, which led me to believe it was
after the Royal Rumble, not now, after the Survivor Series.

>Still, 1993 looks bright, as proven big draws Rick Steiner, Scott Steiner,
>and Lex Luger are set to debut.  


>greatly.  Imagine: if Bret Hart makes it to WM9 as champion, Vince has almost
>no heels who can draw enough heat to oppose him.  Luger will be only one month
>in the WWF, Flair vs. Hart is a "used" match (something Vince doesn't like to
>do for WMs), and Michaels is wrestling Hart at Survivor Series.  Only 
>possiblities are Nailz (if he can sustain his push for that long), Razor 
>Ramon (ditto), or Bigelow (if he really gets over).  Of course, there's 
>always Hogan, or a heel turn for a prominent face (Bossman? Undertaker?)

There's so many possibilities for WM9 the mind boggles.

And as far as no one drawing heat against Hart...look back to WM2.
Everyone expected a Hogan-Savage match until the "sneak-attack" by
King Kong Bundy and Don Muraco that set up the cage match. Vince
created the heat with a set-up.

I think Vince could do something similar here. If Hart is still champ,
Vince could set up some kind of injury or handicap for Hart that would
make him a huge underdog. Then its all the bigger when he wins.

Michael
From: v069qryr@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Aaron T. Breen)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: Re: Perfect turns!
Date: 18 Nov 92 05:48:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

In article <mjenkins.722042849@cunews>, mjenkins@alfred.carleton.ca (Michael Jenkinson) writes...
>In <BxvGIL.Ixr@acsu.buffalo.edu> v069qryr@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Aaron T. Breen) writes:
> 
>>In article <mjenkins.722010543@cunews>, mjenkins@alfred.carleton.ca (Michael Jenkinson) writes...
>>>In <1992Nov16.224900.2742@bvc.edu> szemkusmarkw@bvc.edu writes:
>>> 
>>> 
>>>>	How about that!!  Never in my life did I think perfect would ever 
>>>>become a "good guy."  That was probably the best primetime that has been 
>>>>out in a long time.  
>>> 
>>>Can someone PLEASE post *what happened*!?!?
>>> 
>>>Not all of us get Primetime, and the only posts so far have been along
>>>this line of "Gee, I never thought it would happen, wasn't that great,
>>>etc."
>>> 
>>>Michael
> 
>> From what I remember, Curt Hennig was a face early on in his career. Back in
>> the old AWA days, good old Curt was involved in quite a few feuds, but then
>> turned heal to face Greg Gagne, and eventually grab the AWA title away. He's
>> been a heal ever since, but he was exceptional as a face early on. I say that
>> he should go face, I never did like his heal angle.
> 
>Well thanks for the history lesson (but I knew that), but that wasn't
>what I was asking! (It's also wrong, Hennig didn't win the AWA title
>from Gagne, which is what you implied...he won it from Bockwinkel)
> 
>I wanted to know what happened on Prime Time! Not the history of Curt
>Hennig as a face/heel.
> 
>Michael

 I stand corrected...it was Bockwinkle. Sorry about the history...my $.02,
 that's all...


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From: 900667c@ace.acadiau.ca (GERALD RICHARD CAMERON)
Subject: Re: ... not that the Survivor Series is much better
Organization: Acadia University
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 18:47:07 GMT

In article <1992Nov19.162924.2442@cnsvax.uwec.edu> falknemj@cnsvax.uwec.edu writes:


>I see Perfect staying on the apron until necessary, and then coming in,
>storming the ring, and winning the match.  Savage will be injured, physically
>or mentally, during the match.  Perhaps Flair will use Liz and the divorce as
>an angle??

I wouldn't say that McMahon is above this sort of thing, but since it would 
likely cost him his top draw, I seriously doubt he'll stoop this low.  After 
all, Savage probably really is hurting about this.

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From: cs921037@ariel.yorku.ca (RON E BARNETT)
Subject: Re: Questions
Originator: cs921037@m01.ariel.yorku.ca
Organization: York University, Toronto, Canada
Distribution: york
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 23:14:12 GMT


In article <1992Nov15.175141.1939@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>, ashall@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Andrew S Hall) writes:
>> 1.  Trivia question:   Bret Hart has held the WWF tag, intercontinetal,
>>                         and World belts. Who else has done this?
>> 
>> 2.  How can I get Wrestling Torch. (I know some one else asked, but
>>                     wanted a E-Mail response.) Please post.

    Answers:

       1>Pedro Morales

       2>I would like to know the answer to this one too.
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
From: schmata@camelot.bradley.edu (Peter Stein)
Subject: Re: The most attractive woman in wrestling
Keywords: Best looking woman
Organization: Bradley University
Date: 21 Nov 92 23:26:24 GMT

In <l660s*000@Birdland.UUCP> Andy@Birdland.UUCP (Andy Patrizio) writes:

>In article <9211191932.AA08733@pserv.CFSMO.Honeywell.COM>, Otto Heuer #3 writes:

>> 1. Nancy Fallen Robin Woman Green Angel Sullivan (no contest)
>> 2. Missy Hyatt
>> 3. Sensational Sherri
>> 4. Elizabeth Poffo
>> 5. Madusa Micelli
>> 6. Lady Blossom
>>    ^^^^^^^^^^^^

>What? That broad is FUGLY! And Liz belongs well above Sherri. She gets 
>any fatter and people will confuse her with Tentaquake.

>Also, I take it you aren't counting some of the women from smaller ladies
>federations? There were some knockouts in POWW, LPWA, and WOW.

To say nothing of the All Japan ladies. Minami Toyota, rowr rowr! =P

tv's wisecracking peter

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From: gjh2j@faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU (Im a Joker Im a Smoker Im a Midnight Toker)
Subject: New wrestler
Organization: University of Virginia
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 19:42:28 GMT


Yes ladies and gentlemen, he is the newest addition to WCW, dressed in a mask
and a dark suit, he goes around stealing other people's well deserved pushes,
and had people that know a hell of a lot more about wrestling job for him..
he is Eric Watts.....


              NEPO MAN!!!!!!!


Sorry, I couldn't resist the parallels
Jeff Hawkins gjh2j@virginia.edu
Prodigy Hmvd66a
From: mike_steiner@qm.claris.com (Mike Steiner)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: Re: PERFECT TEAMS w/ SAVAGE
Date: 18 Nov 92 00:04:03 GMT
Followup-To: rec.sport.pro-wrestling

In article <1992Nov17.051307.2213@news.nd.edu>,
ckennedy@grousy.helios.nd.edu (chris kennedy) wrote:
> 
> In article <Nov.16.22.56.28.1992.4332@pilot.njin.net> langbein@pilot.njin.net (John Langbein) writes:
> >It was announced 5 minutes ago, Perfect is replacing the Warrior as
> >the Macho Man's partner in Survivor Series. I was told that the
> >Warrior asked for too much money and was fired [again].
> >-- 
> Since I missed all but the last 2-3 minutes of the Macho-Henning-Flair/Ramone
> interview, does anyone have any guesses as to which of the two most likely
> scenarios they will play.
> 
> 1) Face turn by Henning, Flair called him by his real name and this could lead
> to a Henning-Flair or Henning-Ramone fued.
> 
> 2) Fake turn by Henning which ends up with a triple team on Savage and a 
> save by 	a) Hogan
> 		b) Backlund
> 		c) Hart
> or some other face that needs a big push.
> 
> If anyone saw the whole interview will they post their opinion as to the mark
> believability of this turn? 

Flair and, especially, Ramone rode on Hennig hard--after all, Savage went
to Hennig, not the other way around.  So, technically, they couldn't have
arranged it ahead of time.  However,  shortly after Savage made his offer,
Hennig received a long-distance phone call.  We never did find out who
called him, and heard only his side of the conversation which included
stuff such as "I'll keep that in mind."  So, the call *could* have been
from Flair, and arranging a fake turn.

Vince can play this either way with equal believability for the marks. 
Flip a coin.  Personally, I think that they will play it as a legit turn,
but I've been wrong before.

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From: ventura@camelot.bradley.edu (Brian Wawczak)
Subject: SLAM JAM: WWF or WCW?
Organization: Bradley University
Date: 20 Nov 92 18:37:30 GMT

On Prime Time Wrestling for the past few weeks, the WWF has been promoting
something for January 9th called SLAM JAM.

On this Wednesday's Clash of the Champions, WCW promoted the SLAM JAM 1 album.

As strange as it may seem, is it entirely out of the question that this could
be a collaborative effort from both leagues? I mean, with all of the legal
mumbo-jumbo in wrestking nowadays, what are the chances that both federations
could come out with a wrestling album/video of the same exact name at the same
exact time?

Just something to think about... 

 
--

ventura@camelot.bradley.edu  

"I'm a 60 minute man, and I'm ALL night long! WOOOOOO!!!"
        - "The Real World's Heavyweight Champion"(tm)  Ric Flair