Originally Posted by
carleton
Very true.
But, it could be argued that the funded athletes are "training-through" the National Championships planning an annual peak at the World Championships one month from now.
If they are on a periodic training schedule, then the block they are in now would be really full and their fatigue levels pretty high and the tapers would start in a couple of weeks.
In Olympic years, Team GB was known (or rumored) to train-through even the World Championships with eyes on the Olympic games.
Good point...although I think Tanfield and Bighams times are such that they would stand up to what the rest are capable of on their best day.
Special mention to Katie Archibald - she is doing the pursuit and bunch races as you would expect but also doing the match sprint and keirin for fun. Competitive in them too - the woman just loves to race, great to see!