first open race in 6 weeks
trev-spesh-sl3
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hey have just entered my first open race, which is in 6 weeks time. have been doing mainly base mile all winter, keeping heart rate below 85% of max, although some days have pushed the pace on a bit. what should i do now to prepare me for my first big race? have previously only done one club race last year and few time trials.
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assuming the race will not be run off at below 85% of your max, what else do you think you might be lacking....?0
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If it's a race I think everybody will be trying quite hard to win. They will regularly increase pace to try to break up the big bunch and drop the slower riders who are just hanging in and not doing any work. If you can keep up with these surges you'll be OK. If you can't you'll get dropped.
I suggest you make sure you do sufficient intervals (short duration hard efforts) to prepare your body for the short duration hard efforts you're going to face in the race. Train as you race.
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cat 4 race(or A4 as it is here in norhtern ireland). its 5 laps of a 7 mile circuit. circuit mostly rolling. so short intervals the way to go then?
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trev-spesh-sl3 wrote:cat 4 race(or A4 as it is here in norhtern ireland). its 5 laps of a 7 mile circuit. circuit mostly rolling. so short intervals the way to go then?
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trev-spesh-sl3 wrote:cat 4 race(or A4 as it is here in norhtern ireland). its 5 laps of a 7 mile circuit. circuit mostly rolling. so short intervals the way to go then?
Which race is that trev?
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