What You Need to Do to Succeed in a Bicycle Race

If you are considering taking part in a bicycle race, you need to know what it takes to succeed and also understand the type of planning that you will need to do prior to the bicycle race so that you are both mentally and physically prepared for the grueling duel that lies ahead of you. You should set aside at least a month prior to the bicycle race as time to train ahead for the race and which should ensure that you reach peak fitness at the time the race day comes around. Once you have time set aside for training, you need to gear all of your training efforts towards achieving the ability to go the distance of the race. Thus, if the bicycle race is going to mean traveling twenty miles, your training regime should involve riding twenty mile time trials as well as interval training in which you will need to ride at thresholds of more than twenty miles pace.

Taper Off Your Training A Week Ahead Of The Race

A week before the race day approaches, you need to allow for tapering off your training for the race ahead, which will mean lowering the time you spend and giving you time to remain fresh for the upcoming race. What you need to realize is that by tapering off, it does not mean lessening the intensity of your preparations, because all it means is that you bring down the volume and also time that you need to spend in training.

Next, you need to be sure that your equipment is in peak condition and try and avoid making changes at the last moment, and especially don’t make changes on the day of the bicycle race, and in fact one day before the race day you must get to ride on your bicycle for an hour or two which should help your body prepare it for the rigors of the race, because this is certainly better than totally relaxing prior to the race as it could cause your body to become stiff and also it will not be properly prepared for the race.

When the actual race day is upon you, you should know where you have to go and give you plenty of time to reach the race venue, and once you are involved in the bicycle race, make sure to keep your mental attitude positive which will go a long way in helping you do well, if not win the race. It is also better to be relaxed and also determined and not worries about how you compare with other competitors and being mentally prepared to ride according to your own limits and giving off your best effort in this regard is what is most needed to succeed. It is also better to have a cheerful attitude towards the bicycle race which is much better than worrying about what is going to happen in the race, and not worrying about failure can help you from draining out your energies in fruitless thoughts.