Roth 2014
Posted: Tue Nov 26, 2013 8:10 am
As there's a group of us going to Roth next year I decided it would be a good time to get a thread going as a bit of motivation to prepare for some real training in the new year.
I came across this snippet in a race report that I was reading
"Bike :
More time in the mountains at the start of the year and shorten the long cycles. Last year I regularly biked 5.30-6.15 for the last 2 months. Didn’t think this was necessary after finishing Frankfurt in 2011. Long bikes (c4-5hours) in the mountains in Jan-April were good. Should take the TT bike up there (Roth had 1400m of climbing).
TT bike came out in April – possibly a bit late and then it was only on the flat. Longest bike was 5.5hours with 3x50mins race pace in the middle – think I needed to do more of these. Most bikes were around 4.5-5hrs – I think the extra hour of just suffering is required. Need to do the TT stuff in hilly places to replicate the race more. The race was not even close to flat – it was either up or down which was very leg sapping. Study topography and train in similar. Power meter may be a useful tool here also."
Seems like there's a good bit of climbing on this route so be prepared.
The full report is here http://phoenixtriclub.com/?p=87
I came across this snippet in a race report that I was reading
"Bike :
More time in the mountains at the start of the year and shorten the long cycles. Last year I regularly biked 5.30-6.15 for the last 2 months. Didn’t think this was necessary after finishing Frankfurt in 2011. Long bikes (c4-5hours) in the mountains in Jan-April were good. Should take the TT bike up there (Roth had 1400m of climbing).
TT bike came out in April – possibly a bit late and then it was only on the flat. Longest bike was 5.5hours with 3x50mins race pace in the middle – think I needed to do more of these. Most bikes were around 4.5-5hrs – I think the extra hour of just suffering is required. Need to do the TT stuff in hilly places to replicate the race more. The race was not even close to flat – it was either up or down which was very leg sapping. Study topography and train in similar. Power meter may be a useful tool here also."
Seems like there's a good bit of climbing on this route so be prepared.
The full report is here http://phoenixtriclub.com/?p=87
before all the madness begins next year 
A few times up and down Mt Leinster and regular circuits on the Tri795 route and you'll be grand. Better road surfaces in Germany and big crowds will help 