Originally Posted by
ruudlaff
Oh 100% know I will suck. Not finishing last would be a successful result. Still, that being said there's nothing wrong with being as prepared as I can be
True.
By you showing up and racing you are on the way to becoming a better racer.
To be honest, the warmup is one of the least of your concerns. The biggest mistakes that I see first time sprint tournament participants make are:
- Not practicing their flying 200 before the event. (Your flying 200M time in your event shouldn't be a surprise. You will have done something very similar in training).
- Not realizing how many laps of windup are in the flying 200.
- Not knowing when to "jump" in the flying 200.
- Having too big of a gear on, (e.g. "In crits, I sprint on a 53x11...")
- Not being ready when they call you to go out for your flying 200.
I've known riders who only do flying 200s in sprint tournaments and never make time to practice and experiment...then are bewildered as to why they cannot get under 13".