2023 Race Avenue Criterium - Cat4/Novice

[@cbtpro]

When everyone takes a breather -- add a few more watts and move up.

[@XavenMonsalud]

Good race. Try to draft more it will save you energy. It is also hard to draft specially if you come from MTB first like me.

[@JSlade11]

Thanks for the tip. Yes, I'm much less comfortable riding very close on asphalt than I am off-road in CX or MTB. It's definitely a major weakness for me. I also don't deal really well with the big surges out of the corners unfortunately!

[@XavenMonsalud]

@@JSlade11 same here. I just started getting comfortable drafting this year. I go to GV30 crit training and it is free

[@JSlade11]

@@XavenMonsalud Nice, GV30 is definitely excellent training and seems to be working out for you!

[@cbtpro]

@@JSlade11 The surges are due to being in the back of the pack -- the front group just rolls through at a constant speed -- those in the back often have to slow, then sprint. That 40-60 hard sprints in one race. Much better to be ready to blast off at the start and make it to the front group!

[@JSlade11]

@@cbtpro Yeah, I'm going to really try to get to the start line earlier, start closer to the front and fight to avoid falling back to begin with.