CleatsnCleavage Posted May 30, 2015 Share Damn....that was a fast one!I couldn't keep up in the first 30km, averaging only 26km/h, with what feels like everyone passing me! Made up a few places with the climbs though and a couple on the tech sections, but I seriously need to find out how to increase my "flat" speed! Any suggestions?Sufferfest videos and the indoor trainer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CleatsnCleavage Posted May 30, 2015 Share Awesome race, though they did the seedings before my new fast Sani times appeared on SAS. 67km on my Garmin, only 669m climbing so a fast, flat race with some nice rocky technical bits. Did 3h30. Had a puncture about 10km in and had to plug it myself...first time! Felt super proud, girl power Annoying trying to catch the rest of D that had now passed me tho People really shouldnt get so aggro when you ask to try pass them on the single track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surprize Posted May 30, 2015 Share Did a 3h45 from batch F. Personally I am very happy with my time. Think I had a good ride with the little training time I get. Only problem, I suffered a bit on the uphills after the 50km mark. Can anyone enlighten me how I can improve my climbing using an indoor trainer. I do not have one of the new fancy indoor trainers. Only a makro special - Trojan 510. I have very limited time riding outdoors for training, so the majority of training is done indoor. Any suggestions/guidance will be very much appreciated!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimpleDom Posted May 30, 2015 Share Did a 3h45 from batch F. Personally I am very happy with my time. Think I had a good ride with the little training time I get. Only problem, I suffered a bit on the uphills after the 50km mark. Can anyone enlighten me how I can improve my climbing using an indoor trainer. I do not have one the the new fancy indoor trainers. Only a makro special - Trojan 510. I have very limited time riding outdoors for training, so the majority of training is done indoor. Any suggestions/guidance will be very much appreciated!!Warm up, the 2 mins as hard as you can on max resistance. 3 mins easy. Repeat. See if you can get to 10. I can't. Twice a week for 3 weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surprize Posted May 30, 2015 Share Warm up, the 2 mins as hard as you can on max resistance. 3 mins easy. Repeat. See if you can get to 10. I can't. Twice a week for 3 weeks.Thanks a lot SimpleDom! I have started doing similar intervals for the last 2 weeks, although I could probably push a little more. I guess I'll just have to keep at it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoiZoNouZ Posted May 30, 2015 Share Really good event, wow the dust! Saw some big crashes hope everyone is good! Bring on RD 2! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingalton Posted May 30, 2015 Share Man I loved that race.. Super fun trails, loved the rocks and challenge.. Managed a 2:52 from B batch, legs are toast now though.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circuit Breaker Posted May 30, 2015 Share I really enjoyed the 40k today. Except for the bottle-neck at that one downhill, everything else was just perfectly organise.. The family came with for the first time; the day was just perfect. I wish fast recovery for those that got injured. For everyone else, see you at the next Nissan event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACM Posted May 30, 2015 Share Damn....that was a fast one!I couldn't keep up in the first 30km, averaging only 26km/h, with what feels like everyone passing me! Made up a few places with the climbs though and a couple on the tech sections, but I seriously need to find out how to increase my "flat" speed! Any suggestions?I have the same problem; cannot stick with the bunch on these long flat gravel roads... They kill me!!! But on the tech sections I get stuck behind them. Not complaining!!! Just need to find a way to stick with the bunch on fast flat dirt roads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACM Posted May 30, 2015 Share Did a 3h45 from batch F. Personally I am very happy with my time. Think I had a good ride with the little training time I get. Only problem, I suffered a bit on the uphills after the 50km mark. Can anyone enlighten me how I can improve my climbing using an indoor trainer. I do not have one of the new fancy indoor trainers. Only a makro special - Trojan 510. I have very limited time riding outdoors for training, so the majority of training is done indoor. Any suggestions/guidance will be very much appreciated!!In also have the same IDT.Warm-up 10 minProgram 12 - 20min (stand on the 16 resistance zones)10 minute easy ridingProgram 12 - 10min (again stand on the 16 resistance zones)10 min cool down Seam to work for me for the hills :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surprize Posted May 30, 2015 Share In also have the same IDT.Warm-up 10 minProgram 12 - 20min (stand on the 16 resistance zones)10 minute easy ridingProgram 12 - 10min (again stand on the 16 resistance zones)10 min cool down Seam to work for me for the hills :-)Thank you ACM!! Will definitely give that a try as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_black_stig Posted May 30, 2015 Share It was a good event as a whole, the only thing that ruined my day out was one of the marshal (after the pitstop outside the buffelsdrift cafe) points the incorrect direction to me using his flag... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACM Posted May 30, 2015 Share Thank you ACM!! Will definitely give that a try as well. Set to max resistance where you can still do 70+ rpmFor me that's max reistance on this IDT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surprize Posted May 30, 2015 Share Set to max resistance where you can still do 70+ rpmFor me that's max reistance on this IDT.I was actually wondering if this IDT's resistance is sufficient for "proper" interval training. But for my current fitness levels I'm sure it is more than sufficient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACM Posted May 30, 2015 Share I was actually wondering if this IDT's resistance is sufficient for "proper" interval training. But for my current fitness levels I'm sure it is more than sufficient.I found it good enough if cadence is about 75 - higher it doesn't have enough resistance. So not ideal IDT for strenght training, but for intervals still ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimpleDom Posted May 30, 2015 Share They used to sms your time to you pretty soon after the race. Anyone got an sms yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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