Essential Components - First and foremost, remember that road cycling is an endurance sport and no matter what your "specialty", you require the components of endurance and strength to be successful. For example, if you are a sprinter like Robbie McEwen you still have to make it to the finish line to be able to unleash your powerful sprint. And if you are a climber in a stage race, you still have to finish the "field sprint" events with the lead group (or close) to stay in contention.
How about that. If ya got a hill in the race and you can't stay with the group... and say "I'm a sprinter, i can't climb" well anyway... makes sense no?
Gotta finish the race to be able to sprint. Winning a stupid ass gay townline sprint on a club ride does what for you? Well it says that you can win a club ride sprint somewhere in the middle of the ride. Can you unleash the same thing at the finish?
Maybe all club rides should have one sprint at the end, when everyone is all pooped from stupid town line sprints and then you'll see who's got the legs... 'course you'll have some sand bagger who doesn't sprint and saves his energy (cause you know it'll be a guy all macho and shit) and tries to beat the legit fast folks...
Town lines are fun, but fun in the "i'll race you to the car" when you are kids kinda way... you get there first and then what? No relation to a real in competition sprint.
Or maybe it is? I dunno:
"Train your limiters"
damn good advice...
but better is to find your limiters first...
Anyway...
just another good article from PEZ with random weird commentary from GeWilli
1 comment:
I prefer the commentary to the article. Training articles are more gay ass than town line sprints, for sure.
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