Best place to do a 20 minute Lactate Threshold Test on straight safe roads

pprendeville

As per thread title, anyone got a good suggestion that is near to Finglas?

Raam

Boot Inn.

pprendeville

Would have to stop at the junction/roundabout. Ashbourne Rd is an option but hard shoulder surface is crap on it.

Raam

pprendeville wrote: »

Would have to stop at the junction/roundabout. Ashbourne Rd is an option but hard shoulder surface is crap on it.

You might be lucky. If you do have to stop then it will only be for a few seconds. You could also use your turbo, if you have one.

manwithaplan

Straight out the old N2 from Kilshane Cross to Ashbourne. Couple of roundabouts but usually fairly light traffic. Dead straight, decent surface and more or less flat. Only problem is that, at 11k, it might be a couple of k short. You could double back at the second roundabout as an alternative and you would have no such problems.

Another alternative is to go north of Ashbourne and head up the N2. You would have to go as far as the traffic lights near Fairyhouse and start from there. Perfect route for it but obviously a bit further away - at least you would be well warmed up.

Edit - didn't see the posts after the OP. Thought the surface was OK and I wouldn't worry about the roundabouts. I would start after the Kilshane Cross traffic lights though.

Beasty

Raam wrote: »

Boot Inn.

Road's a bit of a pain in places though

An alternative is the Old N2 (now the R135 I think) starting at the Brock Inn and heading to Ashbourne and back, assuming they have finished the roadworks and the lights they were installing are not in operation! There may be a shorter option as I think they were installing another Roundabout part way along the road (near where we started a club race a couple of years ago - the White House?) and you may be able to simply ride between the one at the Brock Inn

colm_gti

I do all my threshold intervals on my TT bike between the ninemile stone and ward cross roundabouts, twice a week. It's only about 6km between these, and you'd be lucky not to meet a car at the Ward cross roundabout, I can almost guarantee you won't be able to do a continuous 20 minutes there without having to stop at one of the roundabouts.

I done my 30 minute lactate threshold test on the Batterstown road. I parked at the pub and cycled out to the turn for Black Bull. Started at Black Bull, out the road to Trim as far as the first roundabout and back to Black Bull was about 30 minutes on the button.

pprendeville

manwithaplan wrote: »

Straight out the old N2 from Kilshane Cross to Ashbourne. Couple of roundabouts but usually fairly light traffic. Dead straight, decent surface and more or less flat. Only problem is that, at 11k, it might be a couple of k short. You could double back at the second roundabout as an alternative and you would have no such problems.

Another alternative is to go north of Ashbourne and head up the N2. You would have to go as far as the traffic lights near Fairyhouse and start from there. Perfect route for it but obviously a bit further away - at least you would be well warmed up.

Edit - didn't see the posts after the OP. Thought the surface was OK and I wouldn't worry about the roundabouts. I would start after the Kilshane Cross traffic lights though.

ya good option. what's the surface like do you know. if I remember correctly there's lights on that road as well?

pprendeville

colm_gti wrote: »

I do all my threshold intervals on my TT bike between the ninemile stone and ward cross roundabouts, twice a week. It's only about 6km between these, and you'd be lucky not to meet a car at the Ward cross roundabout, I can almost guarantee you won't be able to do a continuous 20 minutes there without having to stop at one of the roundabouts.

I done my 30 minute lactate threshold test on the Batterstown road. I parked at the pub and cycled out to the turn for Black Bull. Started at Black Bull, out the road to Trim as far as the first roundabout and back to Black Bull was about 30 minutes on the button.

could you throw up the route on goggle maps?

morana

I used to do all my 20 mins on the boot inn. also the N2 from the white house out to the ashbourne roundabout and back into the White house. I used to be so fast I would do the 20 mins in 19m30s!

Kav0777

morana wrote: »

I used to do all my 20 mins on the boot inn. also the N2 from the white house out to the ashbourne roundabout and back into the White house. I used to be so fast I would do the 20 mins in 19m30s!

..... and beat your own shadow by 40 seconds too...

pprendeville

morana wrote: »

I used to do all my 20 mins on the boot inn. also the N2 from the white house out to the ashbourne roundabout and back into the White house. I used to be so fast I would do the 20 mins in 19m30s!

might give it a lash so and see how it goes. cheers.

colm_gti

Don't know if you'll be able to see these but...

N2 route

Trim Road route

Beasty

Kav0777 wrote: »

..... and beat your own shadow by 40 seconds too...

He can't even catch his own shadow nowadays mind ...

manwithaplan

pprendeville wrote: »

ya good option. what's the surface like do you know. if I remember correctly there's lights on that road as well?

North of Ashbourne? Surface is grand. There are traffic lights a couple of k north of the big roundabout on the way out of Ashbourne. You could start there - there's no lights after that.

To be honest, I would go with the white house to the ashbourne roundabout and back. If it's good enough for Morana...

Beasty

manwithaplan wrote: »

To be honest, I would go with the white house to the ashbourne roundabout and back. If it's good enough for Morana...

I believe it's deteriorated a bit in the 30 years or so since he hit his peak though ...

morana

Beasty wrote: »

I believe it's deteriorated a bit in the 30 years or so since he hit his peak though ...

easy tiger.....i am getting my mojo back and the belly is going!

Beasty

Have you started shaving again? I know you're serious when you do that ...

morana

Beasty wrote: »

Have you started shaving again? I know you're serious when you do that ...

yes all over!

wav1

morana wrote: »

easy tiger.....i am getting my mojo back and the belly is going!

Mojo back,belly and beard gone.Worrying times.
Looks like I'll have nobody to talk to out the window
of the team car this year.