The last race in the Cheshire Series at Lower Withington, a case in point.
The weather yesterday evening was foul. A rain that had not stopped the previous 10 hours and even though I had the day off to prepare it probably did more harm than good.
Things were not helped by a much reduced field to just 40 from over 140 entries and therefore 1 field being set off at 7pm.
being mixed in with the Seniors and espoirs meant that the pace was very high. So high, that I failed to connect to a wheel and became severely dropped after 3 miles. The mistake was half in bad positioning and half in poor motivation.
Posting another DNF in the season result sheet does not make for a good feeling.
'You are only as good as your last race' comes to mind.
It is back to a 8 day training block before the 9th June race in Northwich.
Strava can be useful.
The point at which I was shelled was at the 8 minute mark with an average speed of 24mph and approx wattage of 300. This I have done comfortably in training. So what went wrong in the actual race?
Perhaps, to take into account racing conditions I need to add 20 watts in the training intervals.
After this analysis I am somewhat disappointed in not hanging in there when I have the capacity to do so.
Strava can be useful.
The point at which I was shelled was at the 8 minute mark with an average speed of 24mph and approx wattage of 300. This I have done comfortably in training. So what went wrong in the actual race?
Perhaps, to take into account racing conditions I need to add 20 watts in the training intervals.
After this analysis I am somewhat disappointed in not hanging in there when I have the capacity to do so.
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