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Executing Your First 100
mile Mountain Bike Race Turning up on the start line
peaked and fit is only half the game at ultra mountain bike
races. Executing an accurate race on the day is required to
turn your speed and strength into results. All the training in
the world aint gonna get you to the finish line without
accurate execution of many race details. The key to success in
your first off-road century is to start with a plan. Going
into the race with no plan is relying on luck and the strength
of your mojo. Read More
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Pacing a PR 50 Mile Mountain Bike
Race
Here
is a sample race plan for a 50 mile mountain bike race with
6000 feet climbing. The primary goal for this rider, who has
raced this event several times before, is to set a personal
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24 Hour Mountain Bike Racing 24-hour mountain bike
racing is competitive! To win, every team member must
ride as fast as they can on every lap. To do this you
must carefully care-take your body between laps in order
to start the next lap replenished and able put down a
fast time. For example at the 24-hours of Moab a rider
on a team of four looking to win, will have a rest period
of three to four hours between laps. Read
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Mountain Bike Race Starts Specific mountain bike race
starts workouts must
be part of your training plan if you want to win short track
and cross country races. Mountain bike starts are always an
anaerobic effort for several minutes then a threshold effort
for most of the rest of the race. The key to race starts practice
is training your legs to recover from an anaerobic effort
while continuing at threshold pace.
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Optimal Pacing for A Races
The goal for most athletes in their A races is to go as fast
as they can, use up every ounce of energy resources and cross
the finish line completely spent, yet still going strong. A
pacing strategy is needed to avoid blowing up before the
finish line, but also know you gave the race all you had ø you
spent all your beans. Read
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