Originally Posted by
carleton
Who was doing the shouting? Your coach/teammates or your opponents?
If it's your coach, it may be because he/she thinks that you don't have enough in you to stay off the front and place in the race.
If it's your opponents, they simply don't want the pace to pick up so early and be forced to chase which may screw up their sprint plans.
It was the coach. I'm a LOT stronger now though. He never explained why it was he was shouting at me. Hence the asking. So I could potentially attack off the front, keep the speed high and then sprint for a place? I think I should be capable of something like that.