Bad idea to ride a TT 2 days before the Dragon Ride?

topcattim
topcattim Posts: 766
edited June 2008 in Road beginners
I'm an average cyclist, trying to do a few 10 mile TTs this season. Trouble is, circumstances have conspired against me and I have only managed two so far. There is a local one this coming Thursday but its two days before the Dragon and I don't want to compromise my enjoyment/performance at that.

Should I give the TT a miss?

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  • xover_runner
    xover_runner Posts: 228
    If it's only a 10 you should be OK IMO. More of a risk is injury through coming off, wouldn't do it the pouring rain or anyhing like that. I'm sure you'll get may different answers!
  • shockedsoshocked
    shockedsoshocked Posts: 4,021
    I'd say go for it too. I did a quick 20 mile yesterday just to keep my legs ticking over in preperation for the White Rose Classic.
    "A cyclist has nothing to lose but his chain"

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  • Mettan
    Mettan Posts: 2,103
    topcattim wrote:
    I'm an average cyclist, trying to do a few 10 mile TTs this season. Trouble is, circumstances have conspired against me and I have only managed two so far. There is a local one this coming Thursday but its two days before the Dragon and I don't want to compromise my enjoyment/performance at that.

    Should I give the TT a miss?

    Personally speaking, I give it a miss - if it was a leisurely 10 or 20 2 days before then fine - however, there's a possibility that a hammer and tongs 10 TT will degrade your performance on the Dragon - everybody's different though, and you might manage ok.
  • Old Tuggo
    Old Tuggo Posts: 482
    You will soon recover from a10 mile T.T., I did one yesterday and a road race today. A race Saturday and Sunday is quite common also most cyclist train Thursday evening before an event at weekend.
  • topcattim
    topcattim Posts: 766
    Ok, looks like a reasonably mixed bag of advice on this. I reckon I shall have a look at the weather, and if its nice, I'll go for it! At least that way, I'll have something to blame if I blow up on the Dragon! :(
  • oldwelshman
    oldwelshman Posts: 4,733
    Go for it, you have 3 days after that.
    Last weekend I did 60 miles day before tour of pembroke :D
    This week I am doing 4 hours track day before the dragon :D
    By the way good value, £1 for 4 hours on velodrome !!

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  • bahzob
    bahzob Posts: 2,195
    Dont think theres a universal rule here as depends so much on individual

    So I would say it depends on couple of things:
    - how seriously you are taking the Dragon
    - how well you know how your body reacts/recovers

    If high/it recovers badly: skip the 10TT
    If low/it recovers well: do it
    If high/dont know: play safe and dont do it
    If low/dont know: do it as will be useful to know in the future.
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  • babyshambles
    babyshambles Posts: 149
    whats "the dragon"?
  • topcattim
    topcattim Posts: 766
    babyshambles wrote:
    whats "the dragon"?
    Its a 120k or 180k sportive in South Wales, that is taking place next Sunday.

    At present, I'm intending to do both the tt and the Dragon. Nothing if not optimistic....
  • robbie the roadie
    robbie the roadie Posts: 423
    yeah do it. I did a road race on the thursday before undertaking the middle distance in the WRC at the weekend with no adverse affects.
    Cycling - The pastime of spending large sums of money you don't really have on something you don't really need.
  • babyshambles
    babyshambles Posts: 149
    wow, just looked at that.... i shall aim for that next year i think - keep us informed of how you do on this link.

    Starting in Bridge End tho...

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