Originally Posted by
roadboy97
Thanks. Those guys are awesome. Guess I'll start trying to avg like 110 or so to give me a little room, but it is kind of hard to do so in crits (since that is the only race they have here in Texas after March or so.) Thanks for the insight though.
I'm a parent of a 16 year old racer.
The things we noticed that improved things a lot.
-Increase sleep. Go for 10 hours. Better add naps. You are doing 300 miles a week. So if you are not sleeping 10 hours, trade off.
-Weights. Most junior races are short. Many boil down to power.
-Cut mileage. At this age. Worlds was 70 miles, Nationals <50. So many miles does increase endurance, but may take from speed.
-Find friends to ride with and race with. That makes it all easier.