Comments on: Training: Practice Those Race-Day, Redlining Starts http://singletrack.competitor.com/2009/08/training/training-race-simulation_1734 Mountain Biking, Bike and Gear Reviews, Race Results, Trails and Singletrack Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:16:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Mark http://singletrack.competitor.com/2009/08/training/training-race-simulation_1734/comment-page-1#comment-3009 Mark Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:19:18 +0000 http://mountainbike.competitor.com/?p=1734#comment-3009 This is one of the VERY FEW articles I have found on the net about MTB race starts! Yet surely that is a crucial subject! When I started racing I found the start a real nightmare, either starting off real slowly for fear of wasting precious energy, or trying to take off at race-pace and finding my heart jumping out of its socket for the first lap. Your article helped me realise you ARE supposed to redline the start and you WILL gradually recover as you back off the pace over the first 10-20 minutes as you show above. This is also going to help put you up there with the race leaders, provided you've put in the training, rather than just finishing mid-pack.<br><br>Just to clarify though, when you say "at VO2 intensity", you mean at VO2 max intesity, basically flat-out anaerobic sprint, right? By threshold, you mean lactate threshhold, the more sustainable but borderline intensity that you nevertheless would not maintain for a whole race? Just getting the terminology sorted, but it's a big help in any case! This is one of the VERY FEW articles I have found on the net about MTB race starts! Yet surely that is a crucial subject! When I started racing I found the start a real nightmare, either starting off real slowly for fear of wasting precious energy, or trying to take off at race-pace and finding my heart jumping out of its socket for the first lap. Your article helped me realise you ARE supposed to redline the start and you WILL gradually recover as you back off the pace over the first 10-20 minutes as you show above. This is also going to help put you up there with the race leaders, provided you've put in the training, rather than just finishing mid-pack.Just to clarify though, when you say “at VO2 intensity”, you mean at VO2 max intesity, basically flat-out anaerobic sprint, right? By threshold, you mean lactate threshhold, the more sustainable but borderline intensity that you nevertheless would not maintain for a whole race? Just getting the terminology sorted, but it's a big help in any case!

]]> By: Mark http://singletrack.competitor.com/2009/08/training/training-race-simulation_1734/comment-page-1#comment-2380 Mark Thu, 17 Jun 2010 10:19:18 +0000 http://mountainbike.competitor.com/?p=1734#comment-2380 This is one of the VERY FEW articles I have found on the net about MTB race starts! Yet surely that is a crucial subject! When I started racing I found the start a real nightmare, either starting off real slowly for fear of wasting precious energy, or trying to take off at race-pace and finding my heart jumping out of its socket for the first lap. Your article helped me realise you ARE supposed to redline the start and you WILL gradually recover as you back off the pace over the first 10-20 minutes as you show above. This is also going to help put you up there with the race leaders, provided you've put in the training, rather than just finishing mid-pack.<br><br>Just to clarify though, when you say "at VO2 intensity", you mean at VO2 max intesity, basically flat-out anaerobic sprint, right? By threshold, you mean lactate threshhold, the more sustainable but borderline intensity that you nevertheless would not maintain for a whole race? Just getting the terminology sorted, but it's a big help in any case! This is one of the VERY FEW articles I have found on the net about MTB race starts! Yet surely that is a crucial subject! When I started racing I found the start a real nightmare, either starting off real slowly for fear of wasting precious energy, or trying to take off at race-pace and finding my heart jumping out of its socket for the first lap. Your article helped me realise you ARE supposed to redline the start and you WILL gradually recover as you back off the pace over the first 10-20 minutes as you show above. This is also going to help put you up there with the race leaders, provided you've put in the training, rather than just finishing mid-pack.Just to clarify though, when you say “at VO2 intensity”, you mean at VO2 max intesity, basically flat-out anaerobic sprint, right? By threshold, you mean lactate threshhold, the more sustainable but borderline intensity that you nevertheless would not maintain for a whole race? Just getting the terminology sorted, but it's a big help in any case!

]]> By: cam http://singletrack.competitor.com/2009/08/training/training-race-simulation_1734/comment-page-1#comment-432 cam Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:03:34 +0000 http://mountainbike.competitor.com/?p=1734#comment-432 Jason, thanks for the regimen. i'll give it a try next workout. wonder if you could take a look at this video: http://www.ahamoment.com/vote/charles charles is a mountain biker who used mountain biking to overcome lots of personal challenges/troubles. his story is a finalist in the mutual of omaha, aha moment tour. if enough people vote for him he'll be in 2010 mutual campaign and mountain biking will get a nice showcase. if you like please vote. if you really vote tell friends. thanks, cam cam@ahamoment.com Jason,

thanks for the regimen. i’ll give it a try next workout. wonder if you could take a look at this video: http://www.ahamoment.com/vote/charles

charles is a mountain biker who used mountain biking to overcome lots of personal challenges/troubles. his story is a finalist in the mutual of omaha, aha moment tour. if enough people vote for him he’ll be in 2010 mutual campaign and mountain biking will get a nice showcase. if you like please vote. if you really vote tell friends.

thanks,

cam
cam@ahamoment.com

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