Bicycle Network Victoria: 3 Peaks Challenge 2012
Training
Ride Plan
These plans will give you an idea of the speed and times you'll need to average on the ride to finish within 13 hours, or meet your time goal.
Training programs
Teaming up with Cycling-Inform, here are your keys to conquering the 3 Peaks Challenge 2012:
To get the most from your training, Cycling-Inform have put together an exclusive 3 Peaks Challenge 2012 training package which includes all the indoor training sessions and strength training programs that go with the above 12 week training program.
Peaks Pro Team Training Rides
The Peaks Pro Team will be running monthly training rides in Victoria. Check out their page for more info or follow the updates on Twitter, #3peaks.
If you live interstate, overseas or just can't make it to any training sessions, the Peaks Pro team recommend downloading rides into your GPS from:
Select “Explore” and zoom your map to an area, a list of most popular climbs show up on the left of the screen. In terms of a ride you then need to determine a route based on your start point.
Routes>Search rides. Set your location and search rides based upon location and again download the course into your Garmin or other GPS unit.
Set the screen to metric and put in a search (eg. Melbourne, Australia), you will get the ride distance, elevation and a map. The ride can be downloaded into a GPS unit.
The team also recommend checking out:
Training tips
David Heatley, Cycling-Inform Director provides his key tips on training for the 3 Peaks Challenge and explains a litle more about Cycling-Inform's 3 Peaks Challenge training program: