NEW TEAM DEAL

If you have 2 or more of you planning an assault on an AR event, a multi-sport race, 24 hour MTB event or an expedition then we have a decent offer for you.

Buy 2,3, or 4 of any of our new race combos and get yourself your choice of a FREE TAUPO merino lycra cross training T or free

legendary inVEST each.

TORO and MOTUS or SUPER MOTUS

JUNO and RANTS

PRIMO and THREDBOS

Want to personalise your shorts and shirts with team or sponsor logo? Talk to us at sales@irule.co.nz for details.

Deal ends March 31st, 2009.

Trained for 12 months, overcome injuries and illnesses fronted for the big race and fallen well short of your ambitions?

It feels anywhere from disappointing to devastating doesn’t it? Failure can be due to a poor judgment call whether it be a technique breakdown under pressure, poor choice of nutrition on the day or a tactical misread of pace; there are many nuances of implementing your race plan that may bring you undone. Failure may also simply be due to falling short, despite every preparation and every effort on race day; you simply do not get the time or place you had worked for; this hurts, yet this type of failure should scream to you that you are just a step away from succeeding.

Deciding what effect failure has on you is entirely in your hands. So, what do you do to bounce back?

Keeping a perspective

As corny and cliche as it may sound, the path you took to the start line is what should allow you to draw strength; it is the preparation, the application, the problem solving and persistence that you have acquired in getting ready to race that will have underpinned your physical and mental reserves you can now draw upon.

You have experienced a setback; not a failure, so get it through your head and repeat it in front of the mirror. You have been knocked back, not knocked down. Has anybody died as a result of you not landing a PB or a medal? Probably not; so keep it in perspective.

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Anaerobic Threshold Workout

Pyramids.

Here you will aim for rate increases at smaller intervals to a tipping point, then reduce again.

o 3 x 29 minutes (rate change at 5′, 4′, 3′, 2′, 1′, 2′, 3′, 4, 5′), 5 minutes rest.
o 4 x 11 minutes (rate change at 3′, 2′, 1′, 2′, 3′), 3 minutes rest.
o 5 x 2000 meters (change rate every 500 meters), 3 minutes rest.
o 4 x 2500 meters (change rate every 500 meters), 3 minutes rest.
o 3′ on/3′ off, 4′on/4′off, 5′on/5′off, 4′on/4′off, 3′on/3′off

Staircasing. Here your rate increases with regular gradations

o 4 x 10 minutes (rate increases every 2 minutes), 3 minutes rest.
o 2 x 24 minutes (18, 20, 22, 24, 20, 22, 24, 26 with rate changing every 3 minutes), 4 minutes rest.
o 5 x 2000 meters (rate increases every 500 meters), 3 minutes rest.
o 4 x 2500 meters (rate increases every 500 meters), 4 minutes rest.

Castles. These mix it up a little for you with both rate increases and decreases at regular intervals.

o 3 x 20 minutes (rate alternates between a high rate and low rate every 2 minutes), 3 minutes rest.
o 3 x 18 minutes (rate alternates between a high rate and low rate every 2 minutes), 3 minutes rest.
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It’s been a while since I have reviewed a shirt that as soon as I slipped it on had me a bit lost for words. i-RULE’s new PRIMO is DIFFERENT in that way. I did not know what to make of a shirt made of merino, recycled wood pulp and coconut fibre; it seemed more like a mix of natural product best used to make hippy dwellings. Once I put it on and the speechlessness set in I started to understand this natural fibre cocktail was tailor made for rednecked mountain bikers and hippies. Simply put the shirt feels like silk on and performs incredibly well in variable weather conditions hour after hour on the trail and at altitude.

The fabric itself provides that energy conserving thermo-regulation we all associate with merino but dries a hell of a lot quicker; it doesn’t smell after extended use and the coconut fibre panels not only wick like a synthetic but also provide better than UPF 50+ sun protection.

The smarts in this shirt don’t end with the new age fabric, the i-RULE design elements really come out to play here for the long distance rider with the DELTZ pockets a godsend for gels and bars; the trademark Quadstowe 4 pocket rear storage system with sloping side pockets holds enough stash with the centre zipped a useful adjunct for valuables and battery packs. The T vent system does a great job underneath your pack wicking moisture away and sans pack maximises airflow and sun protection.

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