Pre-race Nerves
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Pre-race Nerves
Postby puffdaddy » Thu Dec 09, 2010 9:01 am
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Re: Pre-race Nerves
Postby puffdaddy » Thu Dec 09, 2010 10:17 am
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Re: Pre-race Nerves
Postby puffdaddy » Thu Dec 09, 2010 10:17 am
In short ,,,YESft_critical wrote:Are you worried about how you will perform in the race?
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Postby ft_critical » Thu Dec 09, 2010 10:28 am
Great. I certainly used to get this, especially backing up after a placing. Worse it started to influence how I raced. I would race more conservatively, pressuring myself to position for that final sprint. It is a terrible way to race.puffdaddy wrote:In short ,,,YESft_critical wrote:Are you worried about how you will perform in the race?
To get around this, I stopped focussing on the finish. I made every race (well all but say two or three per year) a training ride with numbers. I chose an objective to focus on that was neither being at the finish nor being on the podium. Simple objectives, move up three places each lap, pedal 1 second earlier out of each tight corner, get in the break, get in two breaks, pull four hard turns on the front, attack at a certain point, follow x when he makes a move.
It is like anything; mostly it is the enormity of variables that create anxiety. Breaking the race down to one or two manageable objectives makes it a lot easier. Also when you are strong enough if these objectives become attack, you will one day start winning
Good luck.
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Postby puffdaddy » Thu Dec 09, 2010 10:41 am
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Re: Pre-race Nerves
Postby Chuck » Thu Dec 09, 2010 12:37 pm
That's fast for C. I'm not sure your "Location" is right Zep, at that pace you won't be behind meZepinAtor wrote:A warm up won't settle your mind, but will prepare you for fast race starts like our club crits which burst off the line holding 45+km/hr for the first few laps before settling back to the race average of about 42km/hr.(c grade)
I get nervous too puff and I try to focus on things other than placing just like ft_ has posted. Don't get me wrong I'd like to place but I feel if I sit on and focus only about the finish then overall I won't be getting stronger. I find that thinking about the sort of things that ft_ posted and the hour long ride to the race goes some way to calming the nerves, though not completely.ft_critical wrote:Great. I certainly used to get this, especially backing up after a placing. Worse it started to influence how I raced. I would race more conservatively, pressuring myself to position for that final sprint. It is a terrible way to race.puffdaddy wrote:In short ,,,YESft_critical wrote:Are you worried about how you will perform in the race?
To get around this, I stopped focussing on the finish. I made every race (well all but say two or three per year) a training ride with numbers. I chose an objective to focus on that was neither being at the finish nor being on the podium. Simple objectives, move up three places each lap, pedal 1 second earlier out of each tight corner, get in the break, get in two breaks, pull four hard turns on the front, attack at a certain point, follow x when he makes a move.
It is like anything; mostly it is the enormity of variables that create anxiety. Breaking the race down to one or two manageable objectives makes it a lot easier. Also when you are strong enough if these objectives become attack, you will one day start winning
Good luck.
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Re: Pre-race Nerves
Postby toolonglegs » Thu Dec 09, 2010 1:05 pm
French cyclos which are mass start (as opposed to ones where you are timed from when you cross the starting mat) are insane...footpaths,wrong side of the road...anything goes as long as you are in the front row when the neutral car pulls off .
So how did you go anyway?...I thought you were doing a double loop.
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Postby puffdaddy » Thu Dec 09, 2010 3:08 pm
Hows it going ? ,,,Yeh That's another story in itself as I commented some time back I got sick due to a low iron count "of 4" Doc said basically no riding to the end of December,,so was not exactly bouncing fit at the race,,just wanted to do a sub 5 hr ,, Done a 5.02 with 3 unscheduled stop's ,let's just say medical issues,,sometimes the doc's right lol,,They still do not know what the gig is with my low iron but after the race I got talking to a guy who had the same gig happen,,turned out to be celiac disease ,"unable to absorb iron blah blah",and had to go gluten free,So as an experiment I have tried the same for the last 10 days,,first few days felt worse than better "nausea" then hell energy level's started to rise ,sleeping better etc,Tuesday night 4 km loop ,topped a long steady climb at 40 kph "last lap" and not drafting, pb ,,Wednesday evening 50 km ride and totally wired,,held 55 kph on one straight for a while another pb on that section of road,,,,,Not bragging here just very happy and yeh next year will be doing the enduro,,solo time is real time ,,Stomach biopsy coming up,,,Downside is I am hungry all the time and have put on weight lol,,oh yes with Taupo the first 3 hill's are where its at ,that 5 km of going hard will set you up for the remaining 150, groups of 50 or so leave 4 minutes apart now to try and stop congestion,,..toolonglegs wrote:At the start of cyclosportives like Taupo you have to be pretty aggressive to get into the front group...no good rolling along with the pace because by the time you move up the group will be gone wether you feel good or not.
French cyclos which are mass start (as opposed to ones where you are timed from when you cross the starting mat) are insane...footpaths,wrong side of the road...anything goes as long as you are in the front row when the neutral car pulls off .
So how did you go anyway?...I thought you were doing a double loop.
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Re: Pre-race Nerves
Postby heay » Fri Dec 10, 2010 6:52 pm
I was always told that if you turn up at the start line and you are not nervous that you should step down and pack your bags as the distance or calibre of other contestants is not what you should be competing against.
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Postby puffdaddy » Fri Dec 10, 2010 8:03 pm
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