How long is it? At this stage food/hydration and pacing are about all you can do.
A wee spin with a few spin-sprints the night before will get your legs fresh, a decent arm up (especially if its a short race) too – get your HR up to race level over 10m or so as close to the start as you can.
No idea, but I’m entered into an enduro end of September and I’ve not raced in 18 months, and barely ridden this year. I haven’t even got the bike built yet!
im going for the approach of a load of beers the night before and then try and hang on…. 😆
Elbows out til corner one. Get a good start. But don’t get a red mist and blow yourself out mid race. Set a pace you know that you can maintain. Plenty of others will go off too quickly and you’ll pull them in later in the race. You just have to trust that this will happen and not panic, thinking you’ll come last.
a) Boom!
b) I feel sick
c) I can’t do this any more (half way through)
d) I’m **** but I might make it
c) I can catch that guy in front of me before the line… grrr
If you think you can hold the pace you’re doing, you’re going too slowly.
If you think you can’t hold the pace, you’re going to quickly.
If you’re not sure if you can hold it or not, you’re about right.
Stay about 2 metres behind your cousin until the last 150 metres then open the burners and breeze past. Beating them is so much more fun if there’s an added sense of injustice.