Originally Posted by carleton
I'm not saying this is you, but I've seen fit beginners learn learn to do a proper standing start and give it 100% and successfully wrench their backs. You have to ease into sprint work.
Might as well say it's me. It sounds pretty accurate. Kid in a candy store on the new velodrome. Plus, I _really_ didn't want to be the new guy testing the adhesion limits of the banks by going too slowly with others on the track.
I do think that riding the race drops is alien to my body and might put my low back into a vulnerable state.
Feels like I have a knife stuck in my left kidney. gaah.