Originally Posted by
waterrockets
Yeah, I was hanging on to some Cat 2's wheels for dear life yesterday as they went up the 3rd hill in a row at 25mph. I was getting a perfect draft in a 2-wide pack, and still putting out 410W when I glanced down. Rather than freaking that I was above my 5m power, I started thinking "these idiots can't keep this up. Maybe I should attack." I did attack, and of course they could keep it up and killed me. But yeah, the mental components are easily the most important.
If 75% is physical, I have no trouble believing that the last 85% is mental.