Simulating the Red Bull X-Alps: Honza hikes and flies
In order to train for actual conditions that he will likely encounter during the Red Bull X-Alps, Honza Rejmanek (USA) has been hiking up mountains with a paraglider and flying back down again.
Take-off. Honza doing some hike-and-fly training in the USA
From the readings on the logfile, it's possible to determine that Honza climbed and glided down two mountains over a period of 2hr 6min 4sec.
Coach Eddie Fletcher explains more:
"This log shows the benefit the Red Bull X-Alps athletes will get whilst flying. They reduce heart rate (HR) and conserve energy. The more flying they do the better. Of course coach Fletcher suspects that in the race conditions HR will be elevated somewhat, but flying will always be better than hiking!
"Over the two hours, Honza's log show significant reduction in kcal need compared to Christian’s equivalent run (see previous blog entry) and has a Training Effect of 2.8 compared to 3.4."
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Honza in flight mode during the 2007 Red Bull X-Alps
From the readings on the logfile, it's possible to determine that Honza climbed and glided down two mountains over a period of 2hr 6min 4sec.
Coach Eddie Fletcher explains more:
"This log shows the benefit the Red Bull X-Alps athletes will get whilst flying. They reduce heart rate (HR) and conserve energy. The more flying they do the better. Of course coach Fletcher suspects that in the race conditions HR will be elevated somewhat, but flying will always be better than hiking!
"Over the two hours, Honza's log show significant reduction in kcal need compared to Christian’s equivalent run (see previous blog entry) and has a Training Effect of 2.8 compared to 3.4."
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