Pursuiting/Time Trialling Training Cross Over ?

I’ve had a year out from racing, and fancy getting back in to it with Pursuiting next year. Problem being of course, there isn’t that many opportunities to do Pursuting. Not enough time in track leagues to run the Individual Pursuit, and I guess the only opportunities to do it will be in open track events.

Is there any cross over from Time Trialling ’10’s to Pursuiting ? Would a weekly local 10 provide any benefit for Pursuit training ?

Ride 'em on your track bike setup (+brakes) and I can't see them hurting your pursuit performance.

That's the plan. Currently commuting on my track bike with bullhorns/front aero brake, will add clip-ons initially and then an full integrated bar if I get on with the training/racing.

It's more than just the fact that pursuits take up a lot of time on the program. You'll also find most pursuiters would only ride a few pursuits in a season. In competition you would ride 2 rides if you made it to the finals. Most would only enter about 3 competitions in a season. They are extremely hard on the body and the recovery takes some time.

As for training for them, 10mile TT's are good for building the endurance and teaching the body to cope with long sustained efforts but you still need to do very specific threshold work in preparation for competition.

Thanks adman, and perhaps explains why there aren't that many pursuit events ? The only one I've managed to spot so far is the national masters for my age group on 1st July 2012. Would be a bit intimidating for my first one ! I notice the masters one is 3km, is their any benefit to doing over threshold intervals in the build up to a event like this ?

Anyhoo, I may leave something like that to 2013. I've had a year off racing in 2011, so a year of testing in 2012 getting my position sorted and building back my fitness ready for 2013 might be a better idea

RPM will know better than me but there could be some pursuiting in the Sunday training sessions at HH in the future / next year.

I'm in the Midlands, usually rode at Aldersley (Wolverhampton) until I moved away. Halesowen is now my nearest, but don't know if i can face wearing purple ;)

The BC Masters is a great place to give pursuiting a go. You get to start in Olympic/Competition spec gates and get properly timed under full race conditions. You won't get that anywhere else except at the Elite Nationals or International competitions.

You don't need to be the fastest to compete. BC Masters is very open and social. Probably one of the best track meetings you'll ever attend in that regard.

Do it... you won't regret it.

It's at Newport isn't it ? Ridden Newport a couple of times and enjoyed it.

I'll give it a go, gives me a peak to aim for at the very least !

Yup... Newport it is.

Keep a look out for one of the Fasttrack Coaching Gate Starts clinics so you get to learn how to get out the gates smooth and fast...

:-)

^ In order not to have another 'how not to start a kilo tt' ;)

RPM will know better than me but there could be some pursuiting in the Sunday training sessions at HH in the future / next year.

RPM was a great source of knowledge and full of wisdom.
Sadly for us, he seems to have disappeared :(

Yup... Newport it is.

Keep a look out for one of the Fasttrack Coaching Gate Starts clinics so you get to learn how to get out the gates smooth and fast...

:-)

I've done plenty of coached standing starts with a holder on the track, unfortunately I accelerate at the speed of a tug boat pulling a medium sized ocean liner. I probably wouldn't notice if I took the gate with me ;)

^ In order not to have another 'how not to start a kilo tt' ;)

For real... tho I'm probably not a great ad for the workshop...

:-)

My start at the Worlds was much better tho... 20.104 sec (5th fastest). Sadly my last lap was on 17th fastest...

For real... tho I'm probably not a great ad for the workshop...

:-)

My start at the World Masters was much better tho... 20.104 sec (5th fastest). Sadly my last lap was on 17th fastest...

fixed.

fixed.

:-)

I've done plenty of coached standing starts with a holder on the track, unfortunately I accelerate at the speed of a tug boat pulling a medium sized ocean liner. I probably wouldn't notice if I took the gate with me ;)

not all coaches are the same....

as for the original question, there is a very good cross over from tt's to pursuiting, the physiology is very similar.