Richmond laps

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Re: Richmond laps

Postby Robh » Mon May 04, 2009 5:14 pm

Sean,

Seeing you can sit in a bunch doing 19mph av for 1hr-1hr30mins can you ride @ 21mph + for an hour on your own?

Do you know what the wind conditions are going to be like on the day you attempt your ride?

What equipment will you be riding? Aero wheels? Time trial helmet? Time trial bike?

Are you you going to be riding on the drops or tops?

Lastly how long is a piece of string?

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Re: Richmond laps

Postby Toks » Mon May 04, 2009 7:08 pm

[quote="Sean Hogan - 何祥"]Given my recent relatively sustained riding in the 19s what sort of times should I expect to post for lasp of RP, the number of laps is 3 right?
Who knows? I reckon there's only one way to find out. :D
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Re: Richmond laps

Postby Will » Tue May 05, 2009 1:49 pm

You'll do 2 laps in 48:47 :wink:
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Re: Richmond laps

Postby George » Tue May 05, 2009 2:29 pm

If you can break the hour I'll buy you a drink Sean :D
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Re: Richmond laps

Postby Toks » Tue May 05, 2009 3:09 pm

I'll buy you two drinks if you beat 70 minutes :D :D
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Re: Richmond laps

Postby Will » Tue May 05, 2009 7:22 pm

that's good going :)

riding home (to putney) there was a very strong and gusty wind so it must have been hard work in the park
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Re: Richmond laps

Postby Grahame » Wed May 06, 2009 9:28 am

And shorter - by 30 metres or so (assuming a 10 metre wide road)
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Re: Richmond laps

Postby Will » Wed May 06, 2009 12:53 pm

Is that based on Pi x 10?
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Re: Richmond laps

Postby Michelle » Wed May 06, 2009 1:21 pm

I was gonna post that you were nuts to do it before Palace, that sort of hard TT Threshold effort is no sort of warm up just before a fast furious and technical hour long race.

But I didn't.

So.....how did you do at Palace :?:
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Re: Richmond laps

Postby Toks » Wed May 06, 2009 2:31 pm

[quote="Sean Hogan - 何祥"]
Actually I was in half a mind not to race earlier in the day hence the trip out to RP, but there you go. It is all training work albeit not exactly tailored to the Nove Colli. ;-)
Er...I must disagree with you my good man :D All your moderate-high end aerobic efforts both at CP and RP wil contribute to improved cardiovascular (VO2max) and muscular fitness (Lactate Threshold) all absoloutely key to Nove Colli :D :D :D

Appologies for droning on. One of the reason The RP 3 lap challenge became so popular was because it was promoted by me and one or two others as a great bench mark for fitness. To get Gold in the Etape 2005 95% of my training was done at Regents Park and RP. [url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=12603098&start=360]Kingston Wheeler[/url](currently 2nd on the list) was successful in a previous etapes and pretty much based his training on 3 laps of RP. 8) :D
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Re: Richmond laps

Postby Toks » Wed May 06, 2009 2:48 pm

[quote="Sean Hogan - 何祥"]No, I agree with you as I know it is all doing me good. Certainly I'm in far better shape than thistime 2 years ago

I will definitely give the ThreeLapChallenge a punt after I come back from Italy. As I said I did those 2 laps with a short break inbetween each time. I think I could get in under 70 for the three laps. Does it matter which way the laps are run?

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Re: Richmond laps

Postby adrian » Wed May 06, 2009 3:17 pm

[quote="Sean Hogan - 何祥"]Well thats good as I preferred the ACW as that steep hill on the CW is a bugger.

Depends which gate you're starting from.
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Re: Richmond laps

Postby Will » Wed May 06, 2009 6:47 pm

[quote="Toks"][url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=12603098&start=360]Kingston Wheeler[/url](currently 2nd on the list) was successful in a previous etapes and pretty much based his training on 3 laps of RP. 8) :D


:lol:

that's brilliant! and must be hard to swallow for the many who moan about how rubbish RP is!
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Re: Richmond laps

Postby Will » Mon May 11, 2009 7:27 pm

Managed a 58:24 which I reckon is good enough (for me) :)

Probably got some more in the tank - got held up by an ambulance for about a quarter of a lap - so will have another go at some point...

I see Toks has quietly put in a good time 8)
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Re: Richmond laps

Postby carl f » Mon May 11, 2009 9:05 pm

Good going will
What time did you go?
might have to get back over there soon, i see my 3rd position has rapidly slipped away.....
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