Originally Posted by
ahpook
Are you on oahu? I didn't realize there were timetrials (?? really it's a straight hill-climb not TT) up tantalus.
I'm a beginner myself so I don't have sophisticated training advice to give you. From doing training rides with the racing jrs in my club though it seems there are a lot of nutrition and workout details specific to your age. A coach who works with juniors a lot and can assess where you're at relative to your team and the competition would be a better source of info than random folks on an internet forum, doncha think?
At this point my only competition is aged 18 years old and 19. I finished second to the 18 year old kid in my first race (it was a sprint finish) but got lapped on the last one I lost the draft and they were drafting off each other. (not too mention they are very powerful and may have been nice to me on the first race) From what I understand a cycling coach is expensive, correct? I basically exhausted my savings on this bike. Yes I do live on Oahu. I did some recon on Tantalus it appears to be about a 5 degree incline for part of the way then some mean climbing after that. (hence my hill training)
-Thank you