Any tips for 1st 10mile TT please?

[MacB]

[quote name='Blott's Mate']Did my 1st 10mile TT last night. target was sub 30mins(48yo female).did 29 57 so Yehhh! BUT - crap ride paced it badly & chose too higher gears for level of fitness. Also first go on tri-bars & tried too higher gear.

I drove the course 1st to visualise/learn it before the event. Will do this for every event.[/quote]

wow, that's amazing, good on you, I'm jealous of that achievement

 

[Dave5N]

[quote name='Blott's Mate']Did my 1st 10mile TT last night. target was sub 30mins(48yo female).did 29 57 so Yehhh! BUT - crap ride paced it badly & chose too higher gears for level of fitness. Also first go on tri-bars & tried too higher gear.

I drove the course 1st to visualise/learn it before the event. Will do this for every event.[/quote]

Why?

 

[Dave5N]

Yes, I'm sure you thought it would.

Personally, I would have ridden it.

 

[montage]

Yes, I'm sure you thought it would.

Personally, I would have ridden it.

I thought you didn't do TTs!

My first TT (10km/6.2miles) was.....a steep learning curve.

5...4...3...2...1.....BANG I'm off at a 33mph pace...2 miles in and I am feeling very sick ..... then a collision with some poultry, then a puncture. woo..... just under 19 minutes....(but I guess that includes one skid/brake to a halt and one puncture fix)

 

[aran20]

I thought you didn't do TTs!




Yeah thats what I thought?!? Dave5n seems very negative sometimes. Ok he does not like TTing, but a lot of riders do. I am sure you're a decent fellah and a decent rider in your own right, but some of your opinions could ignite thread arguments... Unless thats what you're after.

 

[aran20]

Massive well done Dan... First one under your belt.

As Dave5N says riding an unfamiluar course beforehand is a great idea. One to remember perhaps.

 

[Blott's Mate]

Personally, I would have ridden it.

Time pressures. Work 10hr+ days & course nowhere near home

 

[Dave5N]

I don't do testing. My point was, if you want to know how a course/road/circuit rides, ride it. Going round in the car doesn't really help except with general geography.


Sorry if that too was negative.

 

[Dave5N]

[quote name='Blott's Mate']Personally, I would have ridden it.

Time pressures. Work 10hr+ days & course nowhere near home[/quote]

Fair enough. Not easy to fit everything in.

 

[Will1985]

I thought you didn't do TTs!

My first TT (10km/6.2miles) was.....a steep learning curve.

5...4...3...2...1.....BANG I'm off at a 33mph pace...2 miles in and I am feeling very sick ..... then a collision with some poultry, then a puncture. woo..... just under 19 minutes....(but I guess that includes one skid/brake to a halt and one puncture fix)

If you were doing 53km/h, it was all anaerobic which is why you killed yourself. You need to learn your body and how to pace time trials; it is best to start off at a controlled pace and then keep upping the tempo (a computer is the most basic guide here, while some will favour HR or power over speed). A good warm up should also help, then you'll be easily doing that course sub 15min.

 

[Dave5N]

If you were doing 53km/h, it was all anaerobic which is why you killed yourself. You need to learn your body and how to pace time trials; it is best to start off at a controlled pace and then keep upping the tempo (a computer is the most basic guide here, while some will favour HR or power over speed). A good warm up should also help, then you'll be easily doing that course sub 15min.

Good stuff Will.

 

[Blott's Mate]

Learning the general geography is quite useful when you have a poor sense of direction & have to follow someone or bring a map or do the same routes over & over again or you'll be lost forever. Taking the right route on the TT is helpful

 

[mondobongo]

No Marshalls on the turns??

 

[Blott's Mate]

Rarely. 4 major turns Thurs night. 1 marshal on the last one.

 

[mudplugger]

10 mile TT

a few useful tips here
http://www.abcc.co.uk/Articles/tenpace1.html