Richmond Park

For some people the transition is a time to rest and make yourself comfortable so the next sport will be as easy

Have you ever looked through the result after a race you completed and wondered how the times of people’s transition times are 10 seconds, 20 seconds, 40 seconds and then looked at your own and it reads ’3 minutes’?

Have you entered the London Duathlon or any other multisport event and you want to experience running off the bike, and what the commonly known ‘jelly legs’ feels like without having to find out the hard way on race day?

Or are you one of those people at the top of the results sheets and you are looking to shave off a handful of seconds because it could mean the different between 11th and a top 10 position, if only you could master having your bike shoes already on the bike in T1?

Whatever your reason for wanting to know more about transition training, we are able to offer you as much or as little advice as you require to make your duathlon, triathlon experience a little easier, faster and enjoyable.

So what is the ‘transition’?

transitions are the period of time between each of the three disciplines where you change the necessary equipment to get on with the next section of the event. For some people the transition is a time to rest and make yourself comfortable so the next sport will be as easy as possible, for others it is ‘the 4th discipline’ and it’s all about how quickly you can get in and out saving as much time overall as possible.

The sessions are held in the stunning Richmond Park, and the transition area is at Robin Hood Gate:



Where is Robin Hod Gate car park?

If you enter Richmond park through Richmond gate, Sheen gate or Roehampton Gate, you will need to turn LEFT and follow the road in the park round to small roundabout roughly 1 mile after Roehampton Gate. The car park is on your left hand side and there is a pedestrian only gate and toilet block all in the vicinity.

If you enter Richmond park through Kingston gate, you will need to turn RIGHT and follow the road until you drop down a short, sharp hill (Challenge Hill). After about 1km after the descent you will arrive at a small roundabout and see the transition area on your left. The car park is immediately after the roundabout on your right hand side.

The next Richmond Park Brick Session is to be held on:

- Sunday 26th February 2012 at 8:00am

- Sunday 4th March 2012 – 08:00am

- Sunday 25th March 2012 at 8:00am

- Sunday 15th April 2012 at 8:00am

- Sunday 29th April 2012 at 8:00am

For a full list of the available dates and times for these sessions please visit our new search engine where you can narrow your search to specific months to help you plan your training – CLICK HERE

These sessions cost £20.00 per person

The equipment you will require to participate in the session

- A road worthy bicycle
(Mountain bike, hybrid, racing bike)

- Bicycle helmet
(no helmet, no session)

- Running shoes
(with elastic laces if you have them)

- Tri-Suit or Tri-shorts
(something that you can wear to run and ride your bike in comfortably, ideally what you will compete in)

- Number belt
(not essential, other than to practise race day scenario)

- Talcum powder
(This will be explained at the session)

- Sunglasses

- Small towel for transition

- Socks
(if you intend to wear them?)

- Food and drink
(It is important that you fuel both during and after the session to keep up energy levels)

The bike loop on the RG Active Brick/Transition session actually takes place over the 5km run course used in the London Duathlon. The picture below shows the lay out of the course within Richmond Park as well as the direction and transition area.



The two pictures below show the two run options we use for the session. What course you do will be decided on the day of the session. For those people doing the London Duathlon the different run courses will allow for those of you doing the ‘FUN’ and ‘Challenge’ distances.





Below: This video shows you how the session is structured and how much fun the session is for those participating.