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Thank you to everyone who kept me company at the Velostudio winter training sessions. With the race season officially underway, I'm going to ease off the indoor training now and hopefully start training outside on the road circuit more often - a reminder that Eagle Road CC do a chaingang session on Thursdays that we are welcome to join.
It was great to see so many of you and I hope you enjoyed the sessions. I think our record was 12 LVCC members at one session. The prize for best attendance has to go to Lewis and Rosie (no trophy yet I'm afraid).
The Velostudio sessions continue all year for those who want to keep going. There's a monthly calendar on the LVVP website with details of what's coming up:
https://www.visitleevalley.org.uk/en/content/cms/london2012/velo-park/fitness/Thanks again
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The TT season kicks off soon (for hardy types anyhow) and the sun might even start to warm our backs on Sundays in the not too distant future.
I'm going to keep up the wattbike sessions until the start of March, so if you want to add some variety to your training (and you are bored of staring at a laptop on the turbo) or if you've done nothing since Christmas and need to blow away the cobwebs in the legs come along and give it a go.
Details below (and if you can't make Thursdays, LVVP have a programme of other sessions every day):
Sessions are for an hour every Thursday starting at 7pm (arrive at 6.45 to set up). The sessions will be based on the Sufferfest training videos, using high spec Wattbikes. And there will be a coach to keep us honest and fill bidons.
Cost is £10 per session. Pay on the day at reception or book in advance online (ask for / search for Sufferfest coached session).
Any questions, let me know...
Neil
Some small print:
◦Sessions start at 7pm but I suggest arriving 10 minutes early to set up the bike and your Garmin.◦It's easy to sync your Garmin to the Wattbike to record your power numbers and benchmark your progress (or compare numbers if you dare).
◦The Wattbike pedals are compatible with Look Keo, Shimano SPD (MTB) cleats or trainers (no SPD SL unfortunately)
◦There are fans but it gets hot, so worth bringing a water bottle and small towel.
◦Normal lightweight bib and jersey is best (you will boil in winter kit!).
More information:
◦All about Sufferfest training videos: thesufferfest.com/◦Wattbikes (seriously cool): wattbike.com/uk/home
◦LVVP Velostudio: visitleevalley.org.uk/en/content/cms/london2012/velo-park/fitness/
◦VeloStudio youtube video: youtube.com/watch?v=cJoLmbFfGac
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Thank you to everyone who came along last night and to all those promising to come in future.
I'm going to change my advice about not booking, given that it was so busy last night.
If you know you are coming along, I'd suggest booking online in advance if you can (they close online bookings the day before). That way they will know what numbers to expect and be ready (they seemed surprised by the high turnout). But you don't need to book in advance and can still pay at reception as usual.
Also, I do recommend turning up at 6.50 for a 7pm start. Naturally the coaches want to start promptly so they can finish and clear off home on time. Also, if you are late and the wattbikes are all full (they have 12) then the backup is the Matrix bikes (these are fine and have power meters, etc, but they aren't quite as cool as the wattbikes and you can't put the data on your garmin).
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Packed away the carbon and deep section wheels and bored already? Keep the legs turning over in good company and be ready for next year with indoor winter training sessions.
This winter we will be getting together as LVCC to use the excellent VeloStudio at Lee Valley Velodrome for power-based structured indoor training sessions.
Sessions are for an hour every Thursday starting at 7pm. The sessions will be based on the Sufferfest training videos, using high spec Wattbikes. And there will be a coach to keep us honest.
Cost is £10 per session. Pay on the day at reception or book in advance online (ask for / search for Sufferfest coached session).
Come down and give it a try (drop in, no need to book or come every week). Any questions, let me know...
Neil
Some small print:
- Sessions start at 7pm but I suggest arriving 10 minutes early to set up the bike and your Garmin.
- It's easy to sync your Garmin to the Wattbike to record your power numbers and benchmark your progress (or compare numbers if you dare).
- The Wattbike pedals are compatible with Look Keo, Shimano SPD (MTB) cleats or trainers (no SPD SL unfortunately)
- There are fans but it gets hot, so worth bringing a water bottle and small towel.
- Normal lightweight bib and jersey is best (you will boil in winter kit!).
More information:
- All about Sufferfest training videos: https://thesufferfest.com/
- Wattbikes (seriously cool): https://wattbike.com/uk/home
- LVVP Velostudio: https://www.visitleevalley.org.uk/en/content/cms/london2012/velo-park/fitness/
- VeloStudio youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJoLmbFfGac
- Sessions start at 7pm but I suggest arriving 10 minutes early to set up the bike and your Garmin.
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Hi Mark, Edward - The LVVP have moved their slots around so we can't do the Wednesday now. Monday is free for a club-only session but I think that's too close to club run and clashes with weekly meeting. Thursday looks like the best night - there is an open session at 7pm. It has Sufferfest structured training videos and a coach there. They have 27 slots each week so there'd be plenty of space. It's £10 (a little more than usual because there's a coach). I've spoken to Chrystyna because it clashes with Ladies that Lap - the girls are happy to join this over winter. I agree that November is a good starting point - I'll put together a note/poster for the Facebook groups, forum, etc. If we get a good turnout I can then see if there's any wriggle room in their schedule to fit us in in the New Year.
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I've been back in touch with LVVP and they can do the first 3 sessions on a pay per rider basis - £7 (which is the normal cost of using the studio). We can use that to gauge interest.
Perhaps we could do 3 weeks on pay per rider then 3 weeks at the fixed rate of £80. If we start in October when outdoor riding is becoming less fun, that'll take us to close to Christmas (there will be a couple of weeks where LVVP can't fit us in because of big events like the 6 day racing). We can then re-assess for the New Year what works.
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Edward - I agree re this being self supporting. I think £80 p/hr is quite steep given that normal sessions in the studio are only £7 per person. It's obviously a good deal if we can get 15/20 people every week but I'm not sure we'll do that to start with at least and I don't want the club to be on the hook for cash that is better spent elsewhere.
How about we try making one of the regular studio sessions an unofficial club night to gauge interest before committing to our own slot? My experience is that the open sessions aren't that well attended and there is always lots of space. Sessions are Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 6.15pm. Downside is that we won't get to choose the particular session we want, but that's not a massive issue.
If this proves popular we can then get our own slots later in the winter or next year.
What do you think?
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LVVP have a slot free on Wednesday evenings for winter training in the velostudio and first week of each month they can do a rollers session in the track centre (velostudio has movie night 1st Wednesday of the month). Can fit up to 27 riders on a mix of wattbikes and matrix bikes (spin bikes). It's £80 p/hr but that's not too bad if we have good attendance. £50 extra to have a coach as well. Would work for all abilities and it's definitely more fun to share the pain! Looks like there is good interest. Does this clash with anything else e.g. racing commitments? If not how do I get hold of the LVCC credit card ;) Neil
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I'm looking into organising some club sessions at the LVVP Velostudio and maybe Athlete Lab for winter training. For those who've not been, LVVP has a bunch of Wattbikes, a big screen, Sufferfest videos, etc. I used it a bit over the winter and it's much more fun than hitting the turbo in my freezing cold garage.
If anyone has any likes / dislikes / ideas / experience of what other clubs are doing, let me know. Also an idea of how many might be interested would be useful.
Cheers
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