Time Trial / Lactate Threshold test

[cadenceblur]

Hi There

 

Can anybody recommend a good area in Cape Town ( Southern Suburbs) where I can do a 10km time trial / lactate threshold test? Looking for a spot where I can go flat out and not have to worry too much about vehicular traffic. So basically an area with not too many side streets.

[Zac.A]

Indoor trainer

Will be the most constant you can find, and if it's only 10km's you might not even get bored.

[cadenceblur]

Thanks, but don't have one, might have to borrow.

Anybody else with input?

[nuge]

only ones i can think of include some sort of climbing:

 

1) camps bay to top of llandudno - we used this route for the Club100 winter TT series last sunday - starts out flat and then rises evenly to the top of the climb, it's not quite 10km - approx. 8.5km or so.

 

or

 

2) simons town up to top of smits - don't know the precise distance here, but there are no stop streets/traffic lights.

 

or

 

3) scarborough to top of smits (includes the false flat up to the entrance to the nature reserve - in summer you'll be heading straight into the teeth of the south easter) - again, not sure of distance, but must be near 10km.

[cadenceblur]

Thanks, also potentially considering the loop near Ladies Mile road. At least its flatter.