Originally Posted by swampy1970 .
Well, he's racing and his body needs to get used to it right from the get go, especially if he gets stuck behind alot of people on the first lap on a course with lots of narrow trails/single track where there's no room to pass.
Note to Old Man - this isn't a training ride where you can randomly walk into people's front yards and douse yourself with their hosepipes without asking to cool off.
I wonder if he asks nicely if his competitors will start a bit easier for him so he can just ease into it nice and slowly and every once in a while stop to put up some stop signs for him to rest at predefined intervals. Jesus...
I'm not sure what part of the warm-up you think will drain his tank - "Start easy and spend at least 5 minutes at, or above, threshold. Throw in a couple of very hard 30 second to 1 minute efforts and finish off with a fairly brisk cool down before you head off to the start." If a really hard 5 or 10 minutes is going to break the bank then I'd say that racing competitively really isn't on the cards.
I'd head to the harbour if I were you, the failboat is about to set sail.