MTBc Posted June 21, 2013 Share we're all gonna die. welcome to humanity. rather on a bike than in a bed. varkie and Nofearnofun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayleyearth Posted June 21, 2013 Share and here I thought you realise quite some time ago that going downhill is much more fun apparently the XCO course at Modders is 120m elev per 5km lap so if you 10x that you will be sorted. I would still like to ride trails with you some times in the future, so I kinda dont think it is a good idea if you go do Suikerbos Rand....okay okay...it is GOOD climbing training (just pack a lot of water and snacks) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nofearnofun Posted June 21, 2013 Share and here I thought you realise quite some time ago that going downhill is much more fun apparently the XCO course at Modders is 120m elev per 5km lap so if you 10x that you will be sorted. I would still like to ride trails with you some times in the future, so I kinda dont think it is a good idea if you go do Suikerbos Rand....okay okay...it is GOOD climbing training (just pack a lot of water and snacks) Its just my mouth that opens and gets me into things besides with Enduro looking like its starting to take off with all these events happening I could do with the training. This event is the day after the Giba enduro so you should be doing both events with me! You have my digits so just shout when you want to ride trails, I jump on the bike every chance I get and I'm short on friends to ride with at the moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwissVan Posted June 21, 2013 Share Thanks for all the advice and well wishes guys! So far my action plan is to train like I would for a triathlon as I loose weight fast when I do. I have three weekends left to put in time on the bike so I plan to do three hard rides (as hard as I can).Monday to thursday will be running and swimming every day with a spinning class thrown in (is spinning going to help with what I am training for?) Saturdays - a hard 50km (maybe 60km if I can).Fridays and sundays - rest days. Does this sound cool or what should I change? Turf the swims for now and increase your cycling time instead Don't loose to much weight in to short a time, it might leave you feeling weaker during the event. Train at the right intensity i.e. the same as what you will be riding at in the event Spinning will help (more than the swimming) only problem is the spinning class may be at to high an intensity, you probably need to train the aerobic system and not anaerobic. Enjoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nofearnofun Posted June 21, 2013 Share Turf the swims for now and increase your cycling time instead Don't loose to much weight in to short a time, it might leave you feeling weaker during the event. Train at the right intensity i.e. the same as what you will be riding at in the event Spinning will help (more than the swimming) only problem is the spinning class may be at to high an intensity, you probably need to train the aerobic system and not anaerobic. Enjoy Sjo Does that mean I should skip the classes and do my own thing on the gym bike? Lower cadence but harder setting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hennie VR Posted June 21, 2013 Share These work great and you can do them at home as well. Nofearnofun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hennie VR Posted June 21, 2013 Share These work great and you can do them at home as well.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcwUK8lk0MI Ps. You should stop doing these two days before your big training rides.I do 3-5 sets of 20-30 reps (nice and slow) on Mon, Tue, and Wednesday after my spinning exercise.Hamstring curls and some calf raises also help. but I do many reps on low weight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hennie VR Posted June 21, 2013 Share Core exercise also important for climbing ability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plentipotential Posted June 21, 2013 Share Bud, which hill do you use? 100m in 1km sounds like a good hill for repeats. I do a hill like that in Linksfield, called Bedford street and goes past King David's school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwissVan Posted June 21, 2013 Share Sjo Does that mean I should skip the classes and do my own thing on the gym bike? Lower cadence but harder setting? You can still do the spin class but sit at the back and do your own thing, if the instructor notices and asks why tell them you are doing base training and don't want to do to much high intensity. A little bit of high intensity will be fine but the majority should be at your endurance pace, unless of course you are planning on racing hard. If the above is a problem then do your own thing. Ideally you need to simulate the cadence / intensity that you will do in the event... some lower cadence work will help improve strength but be careful to not do to much if you are not used to it (to low a cadence at high resistance might cause an injury)Mix it up with some low cadence, lots of normal (your normal) and some higher cadence and the resistance should be low enough so that you don't exceed your endurance HR zone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garrethk Posted June 24, 2013 Share I see they've postponed the Umko classic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arendoog Posted June 24, 2013 Share Waterkloof ,klapperkop and groenkloof .Lots of steep and not so steep climbs Nofearnofun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zappa Posted June 24, 2013 Share https://community.bikehub.co.za/topic/125843-lchf-low-carb-high-fat-diet-ver-2/ For those 5kg's! Nofearnofun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nofearnofun Posted June 24, 2013 Share I see they've postponed the Umko classic. I believe so, quite disappointed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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