Eagle Road Club at Hog Hill this Sunday

Following the success of the Hog Hill training evenings last year, we thought we would have a training morning at the circuit on Sunday 28 February from 9am until around midday. The main focus will be practicing through and off riding in groups of similar ability. We can also do some sprint training as part of the morning(hopefully Pinarelloman will be able to pass on some tips). We will finish off the morning with one or two short handicap races to put the training into action.

You can invite friends along too who may be interested in joining the club.

Some ideas for the morning:

• group warm up twin pace line. We will then send groups of 4 off the front to ride as a break for say 3 laps (lower circuit).
• riding as a break (groups of 4 to 6). Ride hard for say 5 laps as a group (so take long turns if you're stronger). The last lap willl be a sprint for the line (so can get cagey). The laps will be on the lower circuit, but the fast group will sprint for the line by going up the hill.
• group riding on the full circuit - attempt to keep thing togther in groups on the full circuit.
• cornering practice (top circuit)
• full circuit 4 lap TT - simulate the effort required for a solo break
• a series of 5 - 10 lap scratch races for different level groups (lower circuit + full circuit for fast group.

Not too sure whether the weather will be kind to us - but the nice thing about Hog Hill is that you can shelter in the cafe if it is too wet, and you can always take a hot shower afterwards.