Originally Posted by
jmikami
A lot of coaches scare/ruin riders by having them practice stuff that is good to practice, but it is just that practice to make you better, not something to think about when racing and they forget to tell you that.
This is a really good point. I mean, I don't know about what coaches do, but I see a lot of people mistaking things you do in practice for things you do in a race situation. I think just about everybody has
that friend who is always always always staring at their power meter, and I've heard some people say "yeah, i got dropped, i was looking at my powermeter and I was at XXX watts and I knew that was all I could do."
And then there's this one:
"So-and-so stopped working in the breakaway, I don't know why!"
Because he was trying to beat you, dummy!