I was wondering... what is a good race pace on a bike? From my estimates I reckon an average speed of 20 miles an hour to be a good target... is that achievable under triathlon conditions?

__________________
New forum feature! Start your training blog here

the winner of hawaii ironman this year averaged 26mph over the 112miles.
as far as i know there is no one in the UK who could come close to that.

sub 30mins over 10miles is a reasonable time for an ameteur, the big boys get down toward 20mins.

i'd be happy with 20mph up to olympic distance..... and ecstatic beyond that, ;-)

__________________

Cheers Ed, thats good to know... will help when out training.

__________________
New forum feature! Start your training blog here

my current 19mile commute on clunky old MTB (with slicks) and loaded panniers takes on average 1:15 to 1:30 (depending who i'm riding with) .... the record is somewhere short of 1:09 (would have been faster but the traffic holds me up in town).

__________________

At Windsor tri I managed 1:12 for 42 km (so just under 22mph) - and that's a mid-pack time for a bloke... the leaders were well under an hour - see full results here - http://www.humanrace.co.uk/results06/w06age.html

At Almere I did 3:50 for 120km (so just under 20mph - but that did include a pee stop and a snog stop?!)

But please bear in mind that just like with running, the speeds you cycle at in training are generally much less than you do when racing - I think most local chain gangs seem to head out for 16-18mph rides - and I'm lucky to average 15mph on my local solo routes.

Laurence harding is a strong cyclist, but just look what the bike did to his run. I'd average 27mph for 40km at the moment in a Triathlon but it would have to be a flat and fast course. 20mph is alright for a beginner triathlete as long as you can run strong off the bike.

If you can run within 1min30 of your PB for 10km off the bike then you're about right.

Al

__________________
It's a funny little world ain't it?! :eek:

www.team-lewis.co.uk

If you want to know a bit more about me and what I do then visit my webiste!

26mph over 112miles? Wow, that's impressive. Didn't expect to be that fast.

__________________
To a runner, a side stich is like a car alarm. It signifies something is wrong, but you ignore it until it goes away.

am doing the commute on my road bike at the moment.... slightly shorter route of 18.5miles took 1:03 on the way home..... and 1:15 on the way in cos i'm not a morning person!

__________________

How fast do triatheletes generally run the 10k? I'm just curious to know if I'm faster than the average - above average triathelete. I'm not competitive, honestly.

in a race ? or straight off ?.

i'm not a regular runner over 10k... but my PB is 40mins.... in a tri maybe 45.
on a sprint i've managed sub 20 for 5k

stadtler recently ran 1:11 for a half marathon at the end of a half ironman ... (eeeep)

__________________