First Race in 2 Weeks. Seeking Advice.
I'm doing my first race on 10/3. It's a short cat 5 crit.
I'm unattached. No teammates. Riding an entry lever Trek road bike. I've been training and feel strong. I've read a little about strategy and tactics. I've been eating well and pretty much doing everything I "know" is correct. Can anyone share advice on how to approach the race from start to finish? Any advice on nutrition the night before and the morning of? Thanks. KA |
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On 09 Sep 2004 14:48:10 GMT, TritonRider wrote:
warm up really well I hate warming up. I perform better when not warming up. If I warm up "really well", I get tired before the race. stay in the front half of the pack if you can. Or take the "overview from behind" approach. Most fields inevitably stay together until the end, with some futile escapes. Start your race in the penultimate lap. |
Ewoud Dronkert wrote:
I hate warming up. I perform better when not warming up. If I warm up "really well", I get tired before the race. Ask LANCE about warming up for ITTs. stay in the front half of the pack if you can. Or take the "overview from behind" approach. Most fields inevitably stay together until the end, with some futile escapes. Start your race in the penultimate lap. Spoken like a true Hollander. In other parts of the world we have things called hills which go up and require that you overcome a mysterious universal force called gravity that tends to split up fields. :-) Seriously though, don't you sometimes have cross winds in Holland that can break up the field if the leaders ride in the gutter ? |
"Keith Alexander" wrote in message om... I'm doing my first race on 10/3. It's a short cat 5 crit. I'm unattached. No teammates. Riding an entry lever Trek road bike. I've been training and feel strong. I've read a little about strategy and tactics. I've been eating well and pretty much doing everything I "know" is correct. Can anyone share advice on how to approach the race from start to finish? Any advice on nutrition the night before and the morning of? Thanks. Get your drugs sorted out well beforehand. They won't be testing so don't stress yourself about that. You might want to do speed. You'll feel super and ride with rockets. As Bill said, try to stay in the front 1/2 of the field. If there are hills and you think you may not climb well, get to the front at the start of the hill and let yourself drift down the pack on the climb. With luck you won't be off the back by the end of the climb. Do try not to cross wheels with anyone ahead of you. Don't be afraid to put a hand out and gently touch a riders side to let him know you are near and overlapping in the peloton. Make no sudden moves. Try to take everything with calm, deliberate actions. Try to have fun. And if you're dropped, finish the race anyway. You'll make Bob Roll proud of you. KA |
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On Thu, 09 Sep 2004 17:30:22 +0200, Donald Munro wrote:
Seriously though, don't you sometimes have cross winds in Holland that can break up the field if the leaders ride in the gutter ? Sure, if you know there's a long stretch of crosswind coming up, try and get in the first echelon (by being in the first, say, 25 before it starts). But that's in so-called "classics" (one loop or line), not in the more prevalent circuit races (multiple loops). Then either there are no gaps, or they are small enough that some dumbass will bridge and you can take his wheel. |
Keith Alexander wrote:
I'm doing my first race on 10/3. It's a short cat 5 crit. I'm unattached. No teammates. Riding an entry lever Trek road bike. Can anyone share advice on how to approach the race from start to finish? Any advice on nutrition the night before and the morning of? B. Lafferty wrote: Get your drugs sorted out well beforehand. They won't be testing so don't stress yourself about that. You might want to do speed. You'll feel super and ride with rockets. You might also get some free orange juice if you sign on at http://www.53x12.com, although its probably better to use the orange juice in the weeks preceding the race under medical supervision. |
"Donald Munro" wrote in message ... Keith Alexander wrote: I'm doing my first race on 10/3. It's a short cat 5 crit. I'm unattached. No teammates. Riding an entry lever Trek road bike. Can anyone share advice on how to approach the race from start to finish? Any advice on nutrition the night before and the morning of? B. Lafferty wrote: Get your drugs sorted out well beforehand. They won't be testing so don't stress yourself about that. You might want to do speed. You'll feel super and ride with rockets. You might also get some free orange juice if you sign on at http://www.53x12.com, although its probably better to use the orange juice in the weeks preceding the race under medical supervision. Ferrari should really name the site 53x11. IIRC, Armstrong said that Landis would be a good rider once he learned how to turn the 53x11. That 53x11 takes a lot of orange juice if you want to turn it steadily off the front for 2 hours in a classic, as any Belgian or Italian classics rider and their attending veterinarians know. ;-) |
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