Warrenlee Posted November 3, 2019 Share Training for Attakwas 2020 lombardwalters@gmail.com, DIPSLICK, Mamil and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warrenlee Posted November 3, 2019 Share Any training advice for a first time attempt at the Attakwas? Will be doing plenty Pain Cave sessions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne pudding Mol Posted November 3, 2019 Share Find a hot steep rocky hill with a few puffadders and ride up and down it a few thousand times openmind, OneLove, Rocky999RSL and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taito Posted November 3, 2019 Share It's hot its long and the hills don't end.Train hills lots of them. Beware the last 40k has lots of painfull hills Andrew_Smith, slickjay007, Blokman and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mamil Posted November 3, 2019 Share I'm scared Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSG Posted November 3, 2019 Share I'm scared Don't be scared, it's all downhill from Oudtshoorn, you're finishing by the sea. [emoji1787] Edited November 3, 2019 by BSG Help.Me. and Mamil 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mamil Posted November 3, 2019 Share I'm not comforted. Hills I don't mind. Hills in heat I do Don't be scared, it's all downhill from Oudtshoorn, you're finishing by the sea. [emoji1787] BSG 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Help.Me. Posted November 3, 2019 Share Don't be scared, it's all downhill from Oudtshoorn, you're finishing by the sea. [emoji1787]Just like the K2C ALL downhill......(disclaimer) BSG 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSG Posted November 3, 2019 Share Just like the K2C ALL downhill......(disclaimer)That's what I've been told with my one and only K2C that I've done. Came stone last, like in stone last. Even the finish arch was down already. Mamil, slickjay007, Help.Me. and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W@nted Posted November 4, 2019 Share The most painful part is paying the R1k entry fee. Then it is downhill from there???? BlinkFan and BSG 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warrenlee Posted November 4, 2019 Share How important is it to put in a few long slow rides early in the training to build a solid base? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skubarra Posted November 4, 2019 Share How important is it to put in a few long slow rides early in the training to build a solid base? I assume that is a rhetorical question? No idea what your goals are and what your current fitness levels are, but for most the Atta is a 7 - 9 hour ride of which the majority is hard on the body. From personal experience 3 - 4 hour long rides (while better than nothing) don't fully prepare you for that. If you can get in a few proper long rides over the December holiday, it's the only way to prepare your body for the long hours in the saddle. Blokman and Mamil 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JanJan Posted November 4, 2019 Share How important is it to put in a few long slow rides early in the training to build a solid base? My experience was that the first climbs are too steep and rocky to allow you to get into a rhythm, so either you walk, or chase up your heart rate quite quickly. There are a few races that is easy to complete, but hard to 'race' such as K2C. Attakwas is hard to 'just' complete and race. My advice for a first timer: During December holidays, do a training ride and quickly burn all your matches, and then ride another 60-80 km. This make sure your legs are ready for the climbs and don't cramp up. Blokman and Mamil 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mamil Posted November 4, 2019 Share I think this is good advice. Multiple max efforts in context of endurance rides. In the heat. Fun? My experience was that the first climbs are too steep and rocky to allow you to get into a rhythm, so either you walk, or chase up your heart rate quite quickly. There are a few races that is easy to complete, but hard to 'race' such as K2C. Attakwas is hard to 'just' complete and race. My advice for a first timer: During December holidays, do a training ride and quickly burn all your matches, and then ride another 60-80 km. This make sure your legs are ready for the climbs and don't cramp up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewbacca Posted November 4, 2019 Share Atta is fun if you go with the right attitude. It's a grind, there is little to no technical descending and the headwind is often heartbreaking. If you roll those into a ball, swallow them and look at the event through different eyes, the breakdown is rad. 1st 45km up, up, up with flat bits and sweeping descents interspersed with amazing scenery. The middle section is just intervals, and the last bit is a gravel ride with some rolling hills. You get a free spur burger, you get to enjoy a swim in the sea afterwards and the middle to back of the field are usually all dying a slow death so as Michael Jackson once said, 'you are not alone'... There is great camaraderie in suffering with strangers. Mads, Blokman, Mamil and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warrenlee Posted November 23, 2019 Share Jewbacca I love your approach mate! Alot of guys talk doom and gloom and try scare the poo out of us. Yes its a hard ride, we know that. But like you say its all about having the right attitude towards it. If you ever in George let me know (081 018 2552), would be awesome to ride with you and learn from you. Much respect bro. Stephen Colton, Milkman, gemmerbal and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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