HOW CREEPY PEOPLE WIN
WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO PACING STRATEGY and figuring out how long the race could take and how much nutrition we're going to need...
... there's an easy hack.
Be a creep.
It's Friday night.
I've got a C race tomorrow.
Surfergirl asked...
.... Will the race be harder than your Saturday rides?
No.
Why not.
Well, on our friendly rides we are doing our bestest to kill each other, knowing we can always pull the plug and limp home.
Hmmm.
Whereas in most races, I'm racing to place as high as I can.
Which got me thinking.
It's a C race...
... what the heck am I saving anything for?
So, I thought I'd better do some spy how my pals did on the same course 2 weeks ago.
3 hours...
- 5 laps
- 36 miles
- 3600' vert
... I'm gonna need 3 bottles, 340 calories in each.
That is how to creep for the win.
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165.8 lbs/12.7%
640 Anti-Oxidant Score
8ish hours sleep
no Upper Body: 100 push ups, 25 pull ups, gripper, heel & toe raises
no Lower Body: split squats, nordic curls
90 minutes Reading/Journaling
90/85/4 (fitness/fatigue/form per Strava - probably worthless data)
249 FTP per my TrainerRoad AI coach experiment - probably more worthless than Strava