Warming up for 40k without getting on the bike...

pauln99
pauln99 Posts: 76
edited August 2008 in Training, fitness and health
hi there

i'm doing the 40km cycle leg of an olympic team relay triathlon in london this weekend.

it looks as though i won't be able to take my turbo trainer to warm up as the bike needs to be racked, etc.

is there anything i can do to help me warm up if i don't have access to a bike? i'm not excited about gunning it from the start with cold legs...

thanks in advance

cheers

paul

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  • BeaconRuth
    BeaconRuth Posts: 2,086
    Take a different bike to use on the turbo? If you haven't got another bike yourself maybe one of your team-mates has one - you could use virtually anything as long as the saddle was set at the right height.

    Ruth
    http://www.rutheyles.co.uk/
  • Parsnip49
    Parsnip49 Posts: 205
    Take the turbo and borrow a bike to use with it.

    HTH
  • pauln99
    pauln99 Posts: 76
    hmm

    thanks for the tips. i have got other bikes that i could take but that would be quite an armada of kit to lug around. i'm afraid the cost/benefit doesn't stack up for me.

    i was hoping someone was going to say - just do a couple of squats and you'll be fine ;-).

    thanks anyway

    paul
  • richa
    richa Posts: 1,632
    Howabout a 1,500m swim to warm up and a 10k run to cool down?
    Rich
  • pauln99
    pauln99 Posts: 76
    :D
  • Alex_Simmons/RST
    Alex_Simmons/RST Posts: 4,161
    Just use the first few kilometres to warm up, it might actually help your pacing by preventing you from overcooking the start like most people do.
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  • pauln99
    pauln99 Posts: 76
    alex

    nice idea and thinking.

    paul
  • Cougar
    Cougar Posts: 100
    pauln99 wrote:
    hi there

    i'm doing the 40km cycle leg of an olympic team relay triathlon in london this weekend.

    it looks as though i won't be able to take my turbo trainer to warm up as the bike needs to be racked, etc.

    is there anything i can do to help me warm up if i don't have access to a bike? i'm not excited about gunning it from the start with cold legs...

    thanks in advance

    cheers

    paul

    Jogging
  • Gavin Gilbert
    Gavin Gilbert Posts: 4,019
    Other tips – make sure your bike has end plugs on it’s handlebars as they were hot on this last year. And rack your bike as close as you can to the bike ENTRANCE in transition. It’s easy to run to the exit when you’re fresh but it’s agony when you’ve just raced 40k.

    It’s not an easy course. Narrow, twisty with a few technical roundabouts. The double climb over the Lee Valley Crossing and a pair of dead-turns. I found it impossible to get a rhythm as I got caught behind much slower riders and the constant accelerate-brake-accelerate cycle knackered me out. It’s going to be wet and slippery tomorrow, expect a few riders to come off.

    Other than that, good luck and have fun
  • pauln99
    pauln99 Posts: 76
    gavin

    thanks for the tips

    i've done one lap of the course a couple of weekends ago. not sure i like the double climb much.

    should be fun though ;-)

    thanks again

    paul

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