Starting racing

Dr S

I'm keen to race the Gorrick spring series next year. It starts in about 12 weeks and I need a training plan!

I reckon I can find time to ride twice a week in the evening + an occasional lunchtime run at work + one long ride each weekend.

I'm 30 years old averagely fit (can run 3 miles pretty easily or ride hard for an hour), bit overweight and pretty keen!

Should I concentrate on distance? Sprints and Speed? All advice gladly recieved! Can anyone suggest a training plan?

What category should I enter?

All suggestions welcome

Cheers Nick

Dilker

I would suggest concentrate on building Aerobic fitness first. If you look at races that are likely to be 1:30 to 2:00hrs in length you need to able to cover that time pretty easily. Building your aerobic side will also encourage weight loss as a result. You'll be breaking down fat.

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Dilker

My brother lives down there... in fact he works for DERA/Qinetic. they ran/run a course through the grounds of where he's based. I'm gonna travel down and make a weekend of at least three of the races.

Looking forward to it, all i need now is a training bike and my Scale to come back from it's warranty claim. Then i can focus on some serious training.

richlong28

if possible i'd try and get as much variation in a route as possible, i have a route thats about 8 miles but it has a very very steep hill, then a rocky descent and then up another long hill, then down a steep twisting hill and then up a hill and through some woods and home

it gives good variation as you might find with XC courses, changes in altitude

so yeh my advise is to mix it up and not just go out for an hours road ride