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Old 02-18-07, 06:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Thor05
How much time do you usually give yourself between the warmup and the start of the race?
Some of that will be out of your control as start time will be dependent upon whether the races are running "on time" or have been delayed due to prior fields running over, or whether your start/finish is in a different spot than your staging area, etc. Ideally you want a minimum amount of time between your warm up and start. However, especially since this is your 1st race, and nerves are going to be high if you're anything like me, plan to finish your warmup ~30 mins. before race start time. That way you'll have ample time to get your warm up stuff put away, race stuff all together, go to the porta john 1 last time, and hopefully be at the front of the group in the staging area so you start the race in the front group of riders as opposed to mid/back of pack.
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