Today's Forum Topics
Set as homepage
|
View
New Forum Topics Today's Forum Topics Set as homepage |
 |
|
|||||||
Welcome to CyclingForums.com You are currently viewing our website as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions. You will have to register before you can post to this thread. By joining our free online community you will have access to post new topics, communicate privately with other cyclingforums.com members (PM), respond to polls, upload photos and access other special features like product reviews and classifieds. |
 |
|
|
Thread Tools | Search this Thread | Display Modes |
13-08.-2007, 06:18 PM
|
#1 |
|
Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Australia-Perth
Posts: 20
|
First Road race report
well i have now been inducted into the realms of a "road racer". I had my first road race yesterday, The state championships for my first race, as they say, a batism of fire..After all the training i was doing to prepare myself for the event, i was sitting quite well for the first 50km's, watching everyone and taking all the things on board that my coach had been telling me to prepare for and watch.... Turn around point came and i fell to the back a bit cause of the morons marshalls not advising where to turn round.. moved up a bit in the pack to sit mid pack. was comfortably thinking i was doing ok, then began to drift back a bit, and didnt think anythign of it as i had been drifting thru the pack all race.....I then learnt the meaning of the term "dropping the hammer" and why it is important not to be at the back of the pack when it occurs.... I was gone, and unable to catch up....
Moral of the story: Spend as much time at the front of the pack as possible if you are not strong. |
|
|
|
13-08.-2007, 06:28 PM
|
#2 |
|
Registered User
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 240
|
Re: First Road race report
- haha. I got hammered to with my 1st road-race on Saturday.
 . |
|
|
|
|
13-08.-2007, 06:39 PM
|
#3 | |
|
Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Sydney, AU
Posts: 2,122
 |
Re: First Road race report
Quote:
It's a chicken and the egg type of argument isn't it? If you are not strong, then how can you stay at the front? If you are strong, then you won't get dropped anyway. 
__________________
Morphed Bianchi Camaleonte IV 2006, Ridley Damocles 2006, Garmin, Mac 
|
|
|
|
|
Linear Mode
