Originally Posted by
KDTX
Forget get the book,.....your quickest way of learning how to suffer is entering a race. Do 3 crits and then pop open the book, it will make more sense and give you a better understanding of what your homework needs to be.
Well, I did one crit which I thought was a flat course but it ended up having a pretty steep climb, and I blew up so fast I gave up after one lap.
OTOH, there were no ability level groups, and there were collegiate racers there, so it was the equivalent of doing a Cat 1/2/3 race as Cat 5.....with 70 pounds of excess weight.
I weigh less now.... but I'm going to try something flat first.