Track training

Full Merckx
Full Merckx Posts: 143
edited October 2012 in Training, fitness and health
Got a shiny new velodrome in Glasgow and it is PDB (pure dead brilliant) :D . Anyone got any idea how to use it to improve my road biking (primarily TT) :?:
Thanks

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  • Alex_Simmons/RST
    Alex_Simmons/RST Posts: 4,161
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  • Herbsman
    Herbsman Posts: 2,029
    Do some TT efforts for the same distance as the TT's you will be doing?
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  • Tom Dean
    Tom Dean Posts: 1,723
    It looks great but is it available for public booking or any amateur racing yet?
  • kamil1891
    kamil1891 Posts: 658
    I find training on the velodrome probably the one that bring the most benefits. The conditions are constant and you can develop really good fitness by doing intervals no matter whether these are sprints, 3mins, 10mins or 1hour!! ..and obviously compared to turbo (where the conditions are constant too) you are not so bored and riding with others, at least for me, gives you a lot more motivation. However, you will be working mainly with the RPE as I don't think many can afford a PM for track riding (I do not use HR for training since I think it's misleading too often).
  • mmacavity
    mmacavity Posts: 781
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01njwf3
  • moonshine
    moonshine Posts: 1,021
    Tom Dean wrote:
    It looks great but is it available for public booking or any amateur racing yet?
    Yes. Open for accreditation courses (level 1-4) accredited rider drop in sessions & Wed night track league. It is fab. I've been on it 4 times & was racing last week. :)
  • Full Merckx
    Full Merckx Posts: 143
    Still working through accreditation but track league looks super-awesome (Cav style)

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