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is membership a hassle to do?
[url= http://www.edinburghrc.co.uk/about/club-membership ]Info about ERC club membership[/url]
The event used to be open to non members, but unfortunately, because of changes in insurance rules, only first claim club members can participate now.
Did another one tonight. 26:39, so that's almost 3 minutes off my starter time. Pretty please with that.
Tonight I gave up on the warming up and pacing ideas as they werent really working for me. Just decided to give it laldy from the start and hold on.
What did i say at te start ?
Its only 20 minutes balls to the wall
Btw 3 minutes - that was me bike that did that fer ya
I'd say half of it was down to the bike and half of it down to getting to know the course.
Aye, but did you vom on the bars George ??
Not yet, had to keep riding for a wee bit before my heart rate came down and have a cracking testers cough today.
I've done these with a power meter. I knew that my average power was 330W, so I aimed for that. It was really really easy at first.
So I'd echo the above - don't go off too hard or you'll flood your legs with lactic acid too early and peform worse I reckon.
Don't listen to all these Pseudo-Science Guys. It's a 10, there is no pacing, as hard as you can all the way, then a little bit harder for the last mile. And try not to get hit by cars.
Warm up properly. Arrive on the start-line sweating.
Don't go off *too* hard. Go easier than you think for the fist half-mile or so. Aim to build to a 'plateau of effort' for the next nine miles and then go balls-out for the last half-mile.
If you've got anything left in the tank by the end, you've done it wrong. Liken it to pouring out a jug of water evenly and constantly and having nothing left at the end.
Position is everything. Keep your knees and elbows in and your head and shoulders low (kinda shrug your shoulders) but l[b]ook where you're going at all times[/b].
CONCENTRATE on your pedalling and effort. It's very easy for your mind to wander.
Don't get bogged-down with HR monitors and 'science' at this stage. If you start taking it seriously then maybe get a basic HR monitor for training. If you're using one during a TT it's just something else to get distracted by. After a while you will know and feel when you're doing it right.
Enjoy 🙂
Just all IMHO, of course.
*re-reads thread with interest ahead of saturday*
i'd forgotten about the cough post silly hard efforts until i read your comment George - I'd better warn Druidh he'll be riding with me and an awful cough on sunday then 😕 I'm planning on a warm up then hard as i can all the way rather than pacing, and i'll also be trying not to drown if its as wet as the last forecast i saw!
Claire - I've tried pacing. It doesnt work for me. Gunning it from the start gave me a substantial gain though.
I've been doing our club evening '10's for a few weeks now.
1st week was quite conservative. built it up over 5 miles and then nailed it for last mile: 25:45
2nd time. Went harder and seemed to pace it better (course is pretty lumpy so you have to watch u don't blow on the small climbs)
25: 16
3rd time I decided to try out some tri bars (after hearing that we get club points for where we come) trounced my time and everyone else's with a great time of 23:44!! well chuffed
Best tip for 10 tt. Do some 25's as well. It makes you appreciate a 10 so much more!
Any tips for making a standard road bike faster. Don't want to spend any money as it's a one off club TT but I'd like to win 😉
Short of making sure everything works, removing saddle bag and bottle I can't think of much. There's potential to drop the front end about an inch by removing some spacers. Uncomfortable for an all day ride but tolerable for 25 minutes I'm sure.
Did a quick practice at the end of a ride last weekend and got 25.5min so I'm confident I can knock a minute off that without the 65 mile warmup.
well i knocked nearly a 1min30 by slamming the stem and putting clip on bars
To get your power up it has to be steep hills as there is no hiding. Power intervals on the flat are too easy to back off on. Steep hills on MTB you can granny or may get too technical so it is more about skill than power
I'm with aracer on this - that's not necessarily true. Climbing hills makes you a good climber. Doing intervals on the flat (assuming you're not lazy as in your example) will make you better on the flat. If you want to be a good tester than crazy steep hill reps aren't the way to go IMO!
In fact, I don't think crazy steep hill reps are that good full stop. Based on your name I assume you know Barhatch Lane? I ride that every couple of months, but don't actually find it that good, I prefer doing the adjacent Alderbrook climb, you can attack it better!
Thurman Merman +1
This man knows what he's talking about.. He introduced me to the pain of TT's and appetite for racing
Pacing is the best way but I doubt you'd really be able to get the pacing right without having at least used a power meter. It's remarkable how easy your target wattage is at the beginning and how hard it is at the end.
Q:
Any tips for making a standard road bike faster.
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Position is everything. Keep your knees and elbows in and your head and shoulders low (kinda shrug your shoulders) ...
🙂
That and pump your tyres up REALLY hard (to reduce rolling resistance).
And remove all surplus 'stuff' from your bike (bottle cages, reflectors, pumps, saddlebags, mudguards etc.)
got my club 10 tonight. The course make sa big difference. my PB overall is 23.26, but on this course its 25.52. its lumpy, with quite a few tricky corners in the first 5 miles.
If you go flat out on this course at the start you are dead by mile 7, due to the climbs. If you go flat out from the start on the course I hold my PB on you can get to the finish line without fading.
molgrips - Member
Pacing is the best way but I doubt you'd really be able to get the pacing right without having at least used a power meter. It's remarkable how easy your target wattage is at the beginning and how hard it is at the end.
Absolutely. Some people seem to have an innate ability to do this but a PM makes it much easier.
I understand the sentiment behind the 'ride until you puke' levels of effort but that doesn't float my boat. I much rather prefer to go at a decent level but not blow my brains out, which probably accounts for why I've never been faster than 21:29/54:52/1:56:52/4:09:35.
I recommend getting to know the course and the prevailing wind and adjusting your efforts accordingly. If you utterly cane it for the wrong section, you can run the risk of blowing up horribly and watch everything go pete tong.
Defo have a warm up and if allowed, 2 - 5 miles of the course will give you a gauge of what's going to be required.
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