Originally Posted by
Abe_Froman
Wow nice video...very informative. I think it sort of confirms what I was thinking which is that it would be taxing, but it certainly would be possible to stay in the pack for the race.
No chance of getting on breakaways or sprinting for the win though at the end lol
I think staying with the pack would be about all I have in me.
Thanks Globe and Abe on the compliments about the video. I wanted to make it informative.
The best way to gauge how you would do is to do group rides with racers. If you are doing hard, competitive race-like group rides with guys who are Cat 3s and Cat 4s, you're going to be fine. And will probably do well. Because many of your competitors won't be fit enough to do those kind of group rides.
If you don't know where your local crits are, it makes me think you probably don't know any or many local racers. Perhaps you are not on strava either? If you follow some of the local fast guys on strava that race, you will see where the races are.