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Etape Pennines in Durham on 7th October
cloughie68 
| 24 Apr 13:50 |
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 Joined: 24 Apr 2012 Posts: 10 Bike: My Profile | hi anyone doing the Etape Pennines Cycle Event on 7th October. How is your training going. The climbs are torturous. |
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alas58
| 24 Apr 14:18 |
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Joined: 21 Apr 2011 Posts: 85 Bike: My Profile | Yes i am, Training I do spin class, and have planned some sportives in may/ june including the tyne valley sportive which has some climbs ie out of Stanhope. i am only doing the 42 miles as i will be using the MTB but plan to do the cyclone using the road bike. I am not looking for speed but hope to develop climbing, Do you have any tips to share? I find spin class very helpfull. |
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cloughie68
| 24 Apr 14:33 |
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Joined: 24 Apr 2012 Posts: 10 Bike: My Profile | Good to hear from u, I jsut get out there and get as many miles in as possible, did part of the route of the Etape Pennines on Saturday gone, from Ushaw Moor to Middleton-in-teesdale thru High Force the climbed up and over to St. johns Chapel. but missed out the remainder of the Etape Pennine route instaead came back via A689.. Doing the Beast as part of the Durham Big Ride, in Sept, which will also be good training for Etape. Training wise,, I guess it's what works for you really,,, nenver tried the Spinning Class.. but if it works for u.... Check out my BLOG http://cloughycycling.wordpress.com/ |
| timrob | 24 Apr 17:20 |
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Joined: 24 Apr 2012 Posts: 2 Bike: | Me and a mate are doing it as part of a plan to do L'etape du tour in 2013. Problem is we are both total beginners and half of us (ie me) are overweight. We both bought Specialized Allez Sports in March and we have been out three times a week since then and have a training programme that sees both distance and slopes increase over the next few months. I've lost a stone since mid-March and we've upped our distances from 3 miles to just shy of 20 miles (just did 19 miles this evening). Looking forward to taking in a couple of other rides in the build up to the Etape Pennines in October, more than anything else we need to get used to riding in numbers. |
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albion
| 24 Apr 18:37 |
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Joined: 11 Jul 2010 Posts: 99 Bike: My Profile | Cloughie, did it include the old drove road SW from Hamsterley Forest to Blackton? I've done a couple of Hamsterly Forest loops over the last few weeks from near Gateshead. Middleton-in-Teesdale is my next on my hoped for mid-point. I'm wondering what its like. Last time it was 79 miles to Barnard Castle but I made the route loop a mixed comfortable one returning via Bishop. |
| My Latest Route: Feb 2012 Bowes Railway Path Start to End | |
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cloughie68
| 25 Apr 04:50 |
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Joined: 24 Apr 2012 Posts: 10 Bike: My Profile | Heh albion, yeah the Etape got lots of hills, goes through Esh Winning, then climbs up out of Waterhouses, through the top of Crook, Whitton Park, Hamsterley, Woodland into Middleton in Teesdale, High Force climbs over to St John's Chapel, then another big climb up and over to Rookhope, then yet more climbing over to near Blanchland, then back up to Rowley, Old Esh and back to Ushaw College,, there a couple of nastly little climbs near the end just to test you more. Check out the Etape Pennines here http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/68290122 |
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cloughie68
| 25 Apr 04:55 |
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Joined: 24 Apr 2012 Posts: 10 Bike: My Profile | Heh timrob sounds like you putting the miles in then, so where u from, I live in Ushaw Moor tried to get feedback from anyone locally doing the Etape Pennines but no responses. What about the Beast as part of the Durham Big ide,, that would be good training for the Etape. I did the beast last year on my MTN bike with slicks,, don't have a road bike anymore, so using my BH urban Sport. |
| timrob | 25 Apr 08:08 |
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Joined: 24 Apr 2012 Posts: 2 Bike: | We're in Liverpool. So far we have been mixing up road routes and cycle routes, and we've been up and down the Liverpool loop line, which is all good. But we havent done any hills yet, or any significant ones anyway. We'll start to incorporate the slopes over the next couple of months. At the moment we are still on cage pedals, but these are a pain in the arse and we are hoping to have the clips fitted one night this week. The Beast looks interesting, I'll look into that further over the next few days. I'm also trying to get a ride at some other event with another errrm friend at some point over the summer. Its all good practice/fun. |
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albion
| 25 Apr 10:20 |
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Joined: 11 Jul 2010 Posts: 99 Bike: My Profile | Not that drove road then. Thinks I'll drove it to Blacktop and loop to Woolly Hill on my next outing. Lucky thing there is that it bypasses that Forest Drive soth exit. It does sound a great event. |
| My Latest Route: Feb 2012 Bowes Railway Path Start to End | |
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cloughie68
| 25 Apr 11:25 |
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Joined: 24 Apr 2012 Posts: 10 Bike: My Profile | Just did 25 mile up here in Durham over the moors in terrible rain and blasting winds from the East... doh :( |
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alas58
| 25 Apr 13:47 |
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Joined: 21 Apr 2011 Posts: 85 Bike: My Profile | I might try the "the Beast" as it looks like good prep for the etape. Using the mountain bike at mo due to weather, do not want to get my road bike dirty. Going to spin thurs,friday out on bike over the weekend, back to spin on monday, then maybe a steady ride midweek before doing the sportive on the 5th. Hope I get up the Hills ok, |
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