Cellar Posted April 29, 2014 Posted April 29, 2014 Yikes! We've gone from sucking wheels to some new age version of farting Warrior Princess 1
SwissVan Posted April 29, 2014 Posted April 29, 2014 never finished in more than 3 hrs, including twice on the mtb.the last one was damn close tho...2:59 maybe that's why I don't do it anymore, the trend is going the wrong way... the nerd and GrumpyOldGuy 2
GrumpyOldGuy Posted April 29, 2014 Posted April 29, 2014 (edited) never finished in more than 3 hrs, including twice on the mtb.the last one was damn close tho...2:59 maybe that's why I don't do it anymore, the trend is going the wrong way... Ha, Ha, yeah, I know the feeling. ....but I agree and in all seriousness the 94.7 is a fairly simple race, and you can be competitive on about 8 hours a week quite easily. Of course the on the day anything can happen, (and usually does) but its quite achievable. Edited April 29, 2014 by GrumpyOldGuy NeoOne and SwissVan 2
Lone Rider Posted April 29, 2014 Posted April 29, 2014 For the next 3 months start building up your aerobic endurance with some long steady rides (Zone 2). Then add some lactic threshold (zone 4) sessions, to up your FTP. And then, in the 6 weeks leading up to 94.7 you need to up your Vo2Max by doing regular S-H-I-T-S*. *Seriously Hard Interval Training Sessions (Zones 5-7) ...what did you guys think I meant?!? Keithc, RockCoach and NeoOne 3
arendoog Posted April 29, 2014 Posted April 29, 2014 With no wheel sucking it is hard work ,but doable .Wheel sucking is actually hard to do in this event .To average 32km\h you need to be fit ,especially for the last 20km Muggins 1
SwissVan Posted April 29, 2014 Posted April 29, 2014 (edited) Ha, Ha, yeah, I know the feeling. ....but I agree and in all seriousness the 94.7 is a fairly simple race, and you can be competitive on about 8 hours a week quite easily. Of course the on the day anything can happen, (and usually does) but its quite achievable. Just checked my certificate, time on it says 2 hrs 59mins 35.2 sec.... average speed 31.64 kphBliksem that was 7 years ago... Well my excuse is: I rode a borrowed bike (old Trek aluminum 9 speed blue red n white clunker) and coming from switz at 425m asl to joburgs 1500m asl and... only did 2 x 90 km long rides in training, the rest was short hard rides and i started in group PP at like nearly 10am... enuff excuses i think Edited April 29, 2014 by SwissVan NeoOne 1
porqui Posted April 29, 2014 Posted April 29, 2014 It is as do-able as you are able. You are as able as you do.
NeoOne Posted April 30, 2014 Author Posted April 30, 2014 8 hours a week. Will budge the time budget. Do the TITS and base training, suck wheels, share the work up front AND hopefully find a group who rides daily and are marginally stronger than me (oe wont mind riding at 30km/h). Now..... who rides in and around Randburg, Blairgowrie Mon- Friday EVILTWIN 1
Wez-O Posted April 30, 2014 Posted April 30, 2014 Make sure you do some 94.7 seeding races (I think the D2D & Race For Victory are the only ones left for the year). Then make good use of your training time and you should definitely be able to give a sub 3 a good go. While we are discussing the 94.7, does anyone know where the start/finish will be this year as its apparently no longer Waterfall Estate?
Ispeed_V Posted June 24, 2014 Posted June 24, 2014 TITS, HTFU, TITS, HTFU ........ Dexter-morgan and DIPSLICK 2
DIPSLICK Posted June 24, 2014 Posted June 24, 2014 TITS, HTFU, TITS, HTFU ........AND SEEDING madbradd 1
jcza Posted June 24, 2014 Posted June 24, 2014 New route will definitely make a sub 3 tougher The_black_stig 1
Skubarra Posted June 24, 2014 Posted June 24, 2014 Semi hijack - what would be the 94.7 equivalent of an Argus Sub-3? Sub 2h30? Mongoose! 1
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