On 20 Sep 2004 at 10:22, Gary J. MacDonald wrote: > Terrain I could allow for in my > time/distance relation, but not the state of my body. This is the key and is what really stood out to me when I examined my diary data. There was an obvious variability in my performance that wasn't noted in the diary entries - no matter how I _thought_ I did, the actual time vs distance said something else. John W. has commented in the past about the unreliability of using humans to evaluate kayaks/paddles/etc. If I know that I couldn't be consistent on the same bike over the same route when I was highly trained, how could I possibly be objective in evaluating the performance of different kayaks in different conditions today? Clearly, any testing method for this stuff has to be designed to remove the human element or at least reduce the influence of human subjectivity or inconsistency. Mike *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Sep 20 2004 - 10:15:17 PDT
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