Ok, I was doing a jr training race at the track yesterday (1 week before Jr states) and my 500 time was 42 seconds, which was ok considering I had raced the previous day, then stayed up till 2 am because of a wedding, and i am pretty sure i can get it down to around 40 or 41 for next week. This was around the same time as we expect some other top racers (nat. champs and podiumers) to get (38-40). My problems came in the scratch race and points race where attacks kept coming every lap (333m track) for the 6k scratch and the 6.6k (will be 15k) points. I got dropped in the scratch race and when i caught up, they attacked again and in the points, i attacked for the first sprint, then got blown by the field and same thing pretty much happened inthe points race except i anticipated the attacks in the final 2 laps and caught up.
So, i dont know if I am just worse right now (they all started their season in december and January, while i started like 5 weeks ago) or if I just need to be more pain tolerant and stay with them or if my tactics suck (I noticed a group of 3 guys from the same team were initiating attacks most of the time). Either way, i need help with training for stuff like this (so i dont get burned out and am not as tired) and with tactics (to anticipate attacks and suck wheels, the right wheels).
Thanks
So, i dont know if I am just worse right now (they all started their season in december and January, while i started like 5 weeks ago) or if I just need to be more pain tolerant and stay with them or if my tactics suck (I noticed a group of 3 guys from the same team were initiating attacks most of the time). Either way, i need help with training for stuff like this (so i dont get burned out and am not as tired) and with tactics (to anticipate attacks and suck wheels, the right wheels).
Thanks