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  • July 18, 2016 at 4:07 pm #26035
    willythepimp

    I have foolishly let myself enter a TTT and with a smidge over three weeks to go, I am acutely aware that I should do some training but I am unsure how to prep for a TTT. I have never even raced a TT! 

    I suppose I am pretty fit anyway, so I’d just like to boost my top end and taper off.

    Any sessions for quick results please? 

     

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  • July 22, 2016 at 10:43 am #875269
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    Matt_S
    Anthony.C wrote:
    Ther is little point in starting training  for anything which is in 3 weeks..

     

    So long as you are already training regularly, 2 weeks of 2×20 (or 3×20 if you’re up to it) over-under sessions every other day will definitely pull up your LTS. Then reduce to 3×10 / 3×8 the week before the event to taper.

    July 21, 2016 at 4:45 pm #875267
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    willythepimp
    Anthony.C wrote:
    Ther is little point in starting training  for anything which is in 3 weeks..

     

    I’m putting in as much effort into watt saving as production, but thanks for the input.

    July 21, 2016 at 2:10 pm #875265
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    Anthony.C

    Ther is little point in

    There is little point in starting training  for anything which is in 3 weeks..

    July 20, 2016 at 10:31 am #875263
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    willythepimp
    Matt_S wrote:
    For a TTT you would be best doing over/under sessions rather than hard/easy intervals.  You want to be aiming to hit the front of the line and hold your speed. This will result in a rise in power as you hit the wind, but you don’t want jump into a sprint and gap the rider behind you. It’s all about being smooth. When you peel off, you don’t drop down to L2 pace or you’ll be ejected off the back of the line, you have to just ease off the gas and drift back down the line. If you let your relative speed to the bunch drop too much you have to sprint to latch on. Do this too often and you’ll explode.

    As such, the over/under workout is where it’s at. You have to be riding above threshold when you’re on the front, and you need to be able to recover while riding close to threshold.

     

    Best way to prepare my body for the effort I suppose.

     

    Thanks for everyone’s responses- let the panic training commence!

    July 19, 2016 at 1:32 pm #875261
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    Matt_S

    For a TTT you would be best

    For a TTT you would be best doing over/under sessions rather than hard/easy intervals.  You want to be aiming to hit the front of the line and hold your speed. This will result in a rise in power as you hit the wind, but you don’t want jump into a sprint and gap the rider behind you. It’s all about being smooth. When you peel off, you don’t drop down to L2 pace or you’ll be ejected off the back of the line, you have to just ease off the gas and drift back down the line. If you let your relative speed to the bunch drop too much you have to sprint to latch on. Do this too often and you’ll explode.

    As such, the over/under workout is where it’s at. You have to be riding above threshold when you’re on the front, and you need to be able to recover while riding close to threshold.

    July 19, 2016 at 7:16 am #875259
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    CXR94Di2

    Ride in a line as close as
    Ride in a line as close as you dare. First rider peels off drops to back. Eventually you do your turn at the front. Don’t go too hard or too long on the front or you won’t last the course.

    Training, do interval sprints of a minute at full power. 1min hard, 1 min recovery Up to 10times, if you can last that long. Do 2 sessions a week and one longer ride to keep endurance. With only 3 weeks this is the only way to build a fitness for such an event. You have said you have a decent base fitness. You never know you might be fitter than your team mates and then it will be easy

    July 19, 2016 at 5:51 am #875257
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    tritecommentbot

    I’d spam Sufferfests for a

    I’d spam Sufferfests for a few weeks. You can get a week free at the moment if you have a Mac and download the app, which gives you access to all vids. 5×5 squat sessions on top of that, maybe twice a week. 

     

    Would be a tough three weeks of training but it would go in fast and you’d be putting out your best effort. Probably ditch the squats if didn’t have weights at home. 

    July 19, 2016 at 5:31 am #875255
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    willythepimp

    Yeah, quite hard to go full

    Yeah, quite hard to go full gas for the specified time/cadence/pain while on the road. 

    We are mostly quite well practiced from chaingang sessions ect but I’m sure we will get together afew times beforehand, if only to sort tactics. Me on the back holding on for dear life!

     

    July 18, 2016 at 9:43 pm #875253
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    Simon E
    Kapelmuur wrote:
    My question is why ride a turbo when summer has finally arrived?

    It’s easier and surely safer to do high intensity intervals properly, which is the sort of session that would help for this event.

    July 18, 2016 at 9:40 pm #875251
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    Kapelmuur

    My question is why ride a

    My question is why ride a turbo when summer has finally arrived?

    July 18, 2016 at 9:32 pm #875249
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    Simon E

    I’d have thought that the

    I’d have thought that the most crucial thing is to practice riding with your teammates.

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