Bobby Lex

Random thoughts:

You did your first race, so now the hard part is over. It just gets easier from here. 95% of your rides should be recovery. As the race season progresses cut way back on your training. You only need to do about 90 minutes of saddle time a week to maintain your fitness.

Since the course you rode has few corners, you will need to practice cornering while training. Approach a corner at about 25 mph, hit the brakes hard, coming out of the corner stand in as big a gear as possible and go hard until you are back to 25 mph. Do this at least twice each training ride and you will become a great cornerer.

The only thing at this point that could possibly make you any faster would be to buy exotic wheels (not less than $1500.00 a pair), K-wing carbon handlebars, and $350.00 carbon fibre soled shoes. That's assuming you already have a bike frame that cost no less than $4,000.00. It is a myth that you can't buy speed. At all the races I've ever been to, the guy with the most expensive equipment always won.

Optygen, Enervit, Phosphates, Ketones and Red Bull should be part of your everyday menu. If you need to lose weight, just train in the "fat burning" zone all the time. Don't believe that b.s. about taking in less calories than you burn. You will only lose weight if you burn "fat" calories. No other calories count.

Lastly, during races, do as much work as possible in order to earn the respect and admiration of your fellow racers. Take monster pulls. Lead out the sprints. Bridge every gap and drag the pack with you. Be on the front as much as possible and always do more than your share of the work. The lazy wheelsucker who hides in the pack for the whole race and then wins the sprint finish is despised and reviled by all other racers. This unethical behavior is under review by USAC as possibly worse than doping and may be part of sweeping rules changes to clean up the sport.

Follow the above rules and you will become an awesome racer....

...NOT!



Bob