Spoken like a true trackie. However, road group rides with the right mix of riders are a great workout and fun.

I have done motor pacing on the indoor and outdoor track as well as on the road. My first coach was old school former Soviet Union National team who believed that one had to motor pace a couple of days before a race and he would motor pace me on my road bike on the road on a TT course 20 miles

When I was a track supervisor / instructor, we taught riders how to MP which meant bringing a qualified motor to the track and letting new riders go at a slower pace to get the feel of riding on the motor and doing motor exchanges. Riders pick up this technique very quickly and have a great time.

Riding behind the motor is good but IMO, drills are more effective which means riding with the motor when the rider is pushing the wind or doing execution drills.

Here is my wife at San Diego Velodrome doing a team pursuit drill. I think this was about 28 to 30 mph.


This is me at Velo Sports Center last year doing the same drill with 500 meter solo efforts 30 to 32 mph.


This is a chase the motor drill. The rider is a woman. I have done this drill many times. No matter how hard I pedal, the motor is always just ahead. It produces peak wattages / effort over the number of efforts done in a session. Definitely a big dog drill.


Rogers Session motor game at Velo Sports Center in Carson. This 40 lap motor burnout game comes after two 24 minute interval session. I would call it a big dog structured group ride. The guys off the back are practicing Madison exchanges. I sat out the motor game but my wife wanted to do it. She is on the motor when the video starts. She was with the last four riders and pulls off with two to go. I asked her why she pulled off and she thought there were more laps remaining. She could have stayed to the end. She makes this look easy but it is hard.