Scron Posted October 30, 2012 Posted October 30, 2012 What is the best training to do for the Attakwas 120K?
Brian Fantana Posted October 30, 2012 Posted October 30, 2012 Hi there, Welcome to the hub. For the Attakwas you need to do quite a bit of training, especially if you want to finish strong. I would recommend the following:You need to train hills, steep ones as well as technical ones.A few long rides of around 5-6 hours to get you accustomed to a long time in the saddle.Condition your core - A weak core will make your ride uncomfortable towards the end.Do not over train.Make sure your bike and tyres are in prime condition.It's an awesome endurance test, I want to ride it next year, just need to sort out a few things at work first before I can make my final decision. alwyncycle 1
Wyatt Earp Posted October 30, 2012 Posted October 30, 2012 Lots and lots of time in the sadle. Absolutely.
Scron Posted October 30, 2012 Author Posted October 30, 2012 (edited) Hi there, Welcome to the hub. For the Attakwas you need to do quite a bit of training, especially if you want to finish strong. I would recommend the following: You need to train hills, steep ones as well as technical ones.A few long rides of around 5-6 hours to get you accustomed to a long time in the saddle.Condition your core - A weak core will make your ride uncomfortable towards the end.Do not over train.Make sure your bike and tyres are in prime condition.It's an awesome endurance test, I want to ride it next year, just need to sort out a few things at work first before I can make my final decision. Perfect, thanx for the feedback.Living in the Garden Route there are no shortage of steep and technical climbs.What about intervals? Edited October 30, 2012 by Scron
Rydogg Posted October 30, 2012 Posted October 30, 2012 What is the best training to do for the Attakwas 120K? Shoot yourself in both legs... and then cycle 120 kms. Lucky Luke. and Help.Me. 2
Pants Boy Posted October 30, 2012 Posted October 30, 2012 Lots and lots of time in the sadle.+1 for TITS
Scron Posted October 31, 2012 Author Posted October 31, 2012 Shoot yourself in both legs... and then cycle 120 kms.Hahahaha ThanxThat does wonders for my confidence!
Wyatt Earp Posted October 31, 2012 Posted October 31, 2012 Hahahaha ThanxThat does wonders for my confidence! To be honest, it's actually not that bad.Train 12-15 hours a week.Day of the event, start very, very slow, it will bite you in the @ss the last 50 k's. Brian Fantana 1
taito Posted October 31, 2012 Posted October 31, 2012 ditto--on the slow start, take 20%off your normal pace for the first 30km once you get to the Spur stop some 70k into event the real vasbyt starts. Great event ,I dont think intervals is as important as km in the seat and a couple of long days in the sun remember the temp can get crazy on race day.
milky4130 Posted October 31, 2012 Posted October 31, 2012 Will be my first too, I can't wait, my plan after dc is to continue with the long rides, but just swap the road bike for the MTB & take it off road, on road on the the MTB is just as good as its sometimes impossible to get the long rides off road unless you do the same trail like x10 which is not a bad idea.
GLuvsMtb Posted October 31, 2012 Posted October 31, 2012 To be honest, it's actually not that bad.Train 12-15 hours a week.Day of the event, start very, very slow, it will bite you in the @ss the last 50 k's.What he said... I would do a bit of cross training as well as you are guaranteed to push your bike at places. That climb out of WP 2 is a real biatch. Even the top guys run that one (faster to trail run it with your bike on your back than ride it, I suspect). On the day don't waste too much time at the water points. All you do is stop, fill up bottles / camelback, eat, take one of the wet towels and put it on your neck, rinse your face and fore arms, re apply sunscreen, clean your sunglasses, empty your pockets if you have energy bar wrappers etc, stretch your back, neck and arms and off you go again. Stopping for too long means its much tougher to get going again. whattingh 1
milky4130 Posted October 31, 2012 Posted October 31, 2012 Tempting....stiek uit!! I'm entered we can car pool??
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now