. 9 Sanders et al 10 recently showed the usefulness of the anaerobic power reserve construct for predicting sustainable power performance across 4 professional road cyclists with largely diverse peak power profiles (range = 1036–1525 W). Therefore, the anaerobic speed reserve (ASR), defined as the
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complete several races within a short period of time during their competitions (eg, stage races, heats), possibly leading to increased fatigue sensations due to the repetitive high-intensity efforts that are conducted before the finals take place. For example, road cyclists compete on 90 to 100 competition
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-state tasks at or around lactate threshold. 2 , 4 – 6 Paradoxically, elite endurance athletes typically spend very little time at these intensities during training. 8 This is especially the case for elite/professional road cyclists. 9 Indeed, such athletes typically spend the large majority of training at
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endurance athlete (e.g., road cyclist, marathon runner or triathlete), whose energy expenditure during training is likely to be high, with a training schedule that limits the amount of time available for fueling. This target may also be difficult to achieve in youth athletes who have limited time to fuel
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—the mountains and the urban skateparks—are defined in gendered terms. Risk occupies a key location in the imaginary of many action sports. Road cyclists, for instance, tell stories of their crashes, tying risk to their identity ( Albert, 1999 ). And when risk is a central part of a subculture, members who avoid
