Momentum 94.7 Cycle Challenge 2014

[ScottCM]

I have enter in September before, just keep an eye on their website as of now,

Entries to date: 12478

 

with a cut off at 30k there is still 17522 entries available but i recon near the end they will go quickly

[Sven137]

Are those numbers with the corporate added or does that get added later.

[ScottCM]

I speak under correction here, but as far as i am aware that's a total number, including corporate, charities the works.

[Bianchisti]

I doubt they ever get 30k. Entry deadline has almost always been extended in recent years as far as I know.

[Marijan]

I have but a few months to train for a sub 3 94.7.

 

Anybody have a training regimen that can help me attain this?

[TALUS]

Go to Fittrack. Buy a program tailored for you OR race every weekend and you will soon get the right mix.

[Marijan]

Well I have every weekend open between now and 94.7. Sat and Sun on the open roads of Cradle of Mankind.

 

But what about those days? What proportion of it is sprint training, what distances should I build up, what pace should I keep at and how do I make progression of the pace?

 

These are the questions in my mind.

[TALUS]

I really dont think sprinting comes into a 3h 94.7. I would do a mix of long rides - building up to longer than 3.5h and really intense tempo rides (race pace). Try to latch onto groups for as long as possible at races and learn to ride in a bunch. Bunch riding is a skill. Do some really hard rides on the long drags and learn how to hold your pace.

[Blue Monster]

I have but a few months to train for a sub 3 94.7.

 

Anybody have a training regimen that can help me attain this?

A sub 3 94.7 or anything for that matter is as much seeding as training. For a good seeding you need to race. As you race you improve, and so does your training/fitness.

I did a sub 3 last year after riding for only a year since I was a teenager.

Do every 100km race in your area.

My seeding last year cam from a good Rand Water Race for Victory. Same event used to seed me for Argus.

[Marijan]

Are these the only events recognized for seeding purposes for the 94.7?

 

http://www.cycletour.co.za/index.php/information/seeding-events/

[ScottCM]

simple rule of thumb, and and all RaceTec and Championchip timed(I Remembered this time Gerald) races are seeding events.

[scotty]

Are these the only events recognized for seeding purposes for the 94.7?

 

http://www.cycletour...seeding-events/

Those are for Argus all which are Ractec timed, 94.7 also includes Carnival which is Champion chip timed.

[GaryvdM]

simple rule of thumb, and and all RaceTec and Championchip timed(I Remembered this time Gerald) races are seeding events.

 

More a case of :

* all RaceTec,

* Championchip races that manage to strike up a deal with the 94.7 organizers. As far as I know, the only one is Carnival city

[tombeej]

A surprising number of people not picking up on all the leg pulling going on.

[Guest notmyname]

Hope I can have my new retro road stick sorted by then. I'm not keen on the mtb again.

[TK-Sp3cialiSt]

Any news on the mtb race, nothing on the site or the web about it, and was planning to do both this year