Argus 2014

[DJR]

And the 'bought for the argus' the week after the race.

 

Don't forget the "this bike has done a sub 3 Argus" ads.

[Music Pirate]

My second..... 22 years after my first.......

[sluiper]

I am very hesitant to ask because I know it "puts you out there" by asking, but here goes: what does it take to do a sub 3? How many training hours per week? Other results that can indicate the possibility of success? Starting bunch? I know weather etc. cannot be predicted.

 

Last year only riders in B and higher managed to break sub 3. In my opinion you have to be in A to stand a decent chance or in B and stay at the front of the pack. Anything lower and you'll be time trialling it by yourself.

 

In terms of training it would differ from person to person, but I can't imagine doing less than 12-15 hours a week and still being able to go sub 3 (but that's just me, I'm sure most people could do it on much less).

 

If the wind is up on the day though, all bets are off.

[bj horn]

Just entered .Hoping to start my 4th ,once again from the last start gr.Can you guys up front please move along swiftly (and keep left!!) to cut down on the congestion. Dare I say that I will be on nobblies and will also be training 12 hours a week before the joyride.

['Dale]

My second..... 22 years after my first.......

 

Whoohoooo

[Bianchisti]

Just entered .Hoping to start my 4th ,once again from the last start gr.Can you guys up front please move along swiftly (and keep left!!) to cut down on the congestion. Dare I say that I will be on nobblies and will also be training 12 hours a week before the joyride.

 

Kiekiekieeee

[Jacques999]

Just did my entry will be my 3rd next year

[TALUS]

 

 

Last year only riders in B and higher managed to break sub 3. In my opinion you have to be in A to stand a decent chance or in B and stay at the front of the pack. Anything lower and you'll be time trialling it by yourself.

 

In terms of training it would differ from person to person, but I can't imagine doing less than 12-15 hours a week and still being able to go sub 3 (but that's just me, I'm sure most people could do it on much less).

 

If the wind is up on the day though, all bets are off.

Jip, I hear you. I think it will stay a fantasy for me. I struggle to get to 9h a week.

[V12man]

Jip, I hear you. I think it will stay a fantasy for me. I struggle to get to 9h a week.

 

Properly trained, with the right genetics - you should be ok for a sub 3 on 9 hours a week - given reasonable weather and a good start group.

 

But you ARE going to hurt in that 9 hours a week...

[Wannabe]

Jip, I hear you. I think it will stay a fantasy for me. I struggle to get to 9h a week.

 

A sub 3 Argus is not easily achieved. Takes natural talent and a lot of hard work.

At one stage I put in 15hr weeks, but never managed to get that elusive sub 3. So obviously I do not have the natural (or enough) talent.

[Cheese]

A sub 3 Argus is not easily achieved. Takes natural talent and a lot of hard work.

At one stage I put in 15hr weeks, but never managed to get that elusive sub 3. So obviously I do not have the natural (or enough) talent.

Another thing not to forget is that you should be able to climb fairly well.

Although not a lot of climbs if you loose the bunch , you loose a lot of time.

Lost my bunch at Smitswinkel last year. The bunch finished in 2:53 and I did 3:02. Was easy to stay in the bunch up to that point so if I got over that hill I would have made it. So work on those hills. I train between between8-10 hours a week. But then again I fell short.

[Jacques999]

Sub 3

[BLACKvoodoo]

I'm loving these "in depth" theories to achieve a sub 3

[Skubarra]

A sub 3 Argus is not easily achieved. Takes natural talent and a lot of hard work.

At one stage I put in 15hr weeks, but never managed to get that elusive sub 3. So obviously I do not have the natural (or enough) talent.

 

I agree, Sub 3 no trivial achievement And even more difficult if you don't have age & talent on your side!

 

To put it in perspective - this year you had to finish in the top 1.5% of the field and within 20 minutes of the winners to achieve a sub 3.

 

I was about 10 minutes out this year. might as well been 1/2 hour given the amount of effort I would need to put in to make up those 10 minutes

[andydude]

For your information, the graph shows my training leading up to the 2011 Argus in which I did a sub 3h. In 2012 I crashed after 5km, but continued and finished just outside 3h. I'll try to also get my 2013 training data.

 

Week 1 is from 3 to 9 January 2011 and the Argus was during week 10. The period included 6 x Wednesday Killarney races, 3 x normal weekend races, 5 x League races and 2 x Tuesday Track leagues.

[TALUS]

I think all this information is going to be helpful to a lot of guys (and gals?) out there. Thx for the replies. Please keep them coming.