IM Bike Training
okenny
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Hi guys,
I would like to finally get out of the OD & 70.3 distance and go for a full IM in Roth next year.
My only problem is, I hate training on the Turbo and I don't live in Spain.
Do I HAVE to suck it up and get on the turbo, or is it enough to train on a gym spinning bike until April (or later, depending on weather)?? Roth is on in mid July.
What do ye reckon??
I would like to finally get out of the OD & 70.3 distance and go for a full IM in Roth next year.
My only problem is, I hate training on the Turbo and I don't live in Spain.
Do I HAVE to suck it up and get on the turbo, or is it enough to train on a gym spinning bike until April (or later, depending on weather)?? Roth is on in mid July.
What do ye reckon??
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It's better to be on the turbo than the spinning bike, as it will get you more used to being on your saddle and being in the position you are planning to race in. You've got plenty of time so build up to some longer rides.
You could do the marshman plus in May (3/4 IM distance i think) as a bit of a taster I guess
i'm in the same boat, been out all winter, back when we had the heavy snow...cold-check, wet-check, miserable-check, dark-check...yup,that's winter training in the UK...
also get some overboots and clip on mudguards
I was referring to an IM NEXT year, i.e. 2011.
I live in the east of Germany where is get's a lot colder and slippier then in the UK. Most of the smaller roards are still pretty impossible to cycle over, unless your training on a mountain bike. the snow is still fairly thick.
I also don't have that many roards to train on here, they tend to be bigger roads with lots of traffic.....probably beacuse most of them were built after the unification of Germany, i.e. lots of motorways and dual carriageways but not so many smaller roards, that I know of anyway.
thanks anyway
Good plan.