1 February 2009

Ride Targets

Did my first Timed/TT laps of Richmond Park today.  Am pretty pleased with my time (for January).  I've still got 5 months to go so there is plenty of time left to improve.  But improve I must.  My ultimate targets are 57:00 minutes for Richmond Park and 6:00 minutes for Box Hill.  Both are substantially quicker than my 2007 bests (in bold below). In order to motivate and monitor I have set out weekly goals to help me get to my target times in late June.  Clearly I won't be doing both of these each week, but whenever I do, I will have something to compare my time against.

WeekRPRPBox HillBox Hill
No.TargetActualTargetActual
Wk2369:069:108:30-
Wk2268:27-8:23-
Wk2167:55-8:16-
Wk2067:22-8:10-
Wk1966:49-8:3-
Wk1866:16-7:56-
Wk1765:44-7:49-
Wk1665:11-7:42-
Wk1564:38-7:35-
Wk1464:5-7:29-
Wk1363:33-7:22-
Wk1263:0-7:15-
Wk1162:27-7:8-
Wk1061:55-7:1-
Wk9

61:22

-6:55-
Wk860:49-6:48-
Wk760:16-

6:41

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Wk659:44-6:34-
Wk559:11-6:27-
Wk458:38-6:20-
Wk358:5-6:14-
Wk257:33-6:7-
Wk157:0-6:0-

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Impressive / aggressive RP targets. I look forward to seeing how the next few months unfold.
M.

Mark Liversedge said...

6 mins up Box Hill is fast. Did you get to that speed last year? If so, WOW!

Mark Liversedge said...

scratch that - 6.41 was your best. you'll do well to better that time - its a pretty quick one.

Richard Allen said...

Unfotunately not last year. Last year was the year of sloth. I'd be lucky if I had got much under 8mins. It was in May 2007, just prior to the Etape I clocked 6:46. See here: http://etape2007.blogspot.com/2007/05/update-7-wks.html

I agree that 6:00 is a stretch target but I like a challenge and tend to find that raising the bar (carrot style) helps me to raise my performance.