I've seen roadies come to the track and remark about how much rest trackies (especially sprinters) take.
Road racing and track sprinting, albeit both done on bicycles, are VERY different activities.
I really think you should not bring the preconceptions. You will simply have to spend time and energy unlearning...or you can be a blank slate and start leaning from scratch now.
If you don't need 10 minutes to recover after an effort, then it was not a maximal effort. It was sub-max.
If you do not rest 10 minutes after your last hard effort before doing the next (warmup and event efforts) the latter will not be a maximal effort. You can strain really hard, ant it will feel like you are giving 100%. You are...but it's 100% of muscles that are not 100% recovered. What if you gave 100% from muscles that were 100% recovered?
Last edited by carleton; 05-08-14 at 01:28 PM.