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Nickj wrote:Some great advice and tips that I’m sure will help a lot
Does anyone use magnesium ? Ev put me onto it and it made the last Lowanna ride a lot easier by easing the cramps.
Cheers
Nick
Magnesium is great Nick, it works great for me, but you need to be onto it now as it takes a while to get into system. I take one every day – it also help sleep if you suffer from insomnia
hatto
I reckon you need to start at a steady pace and build up into a rythmn that your comfortable with , once you get into that rythmn you should be able to increase your pace to a level that you can maintain
Their is some great advice in this thread which really helped in the Transmoto 12 hour , for me the following worked on the day …
Drink lots of water and eat well leading up to the race , STM made sure we had good healthy food on the trip down and at the event. Between 4 of us we drank 43 litres of water on the day and had very few cramps.
Breath , Mal’s advice was constantly in my mind and it worked so well. Forceing myself to breath through the tricky section kept me on the ball for the easier section where I could overtake.
I should have been much more aggressive when it came to passing slower riders from the start , it took me a few laps to realise this ( revving and shouting is not wrong !!) and the track wears and fatigue sets in so I should have made the most of the early laps to get the best times.
Riding my own race kept me in my comfort zone and upright ( most the time
) and I was amazed how many guys would pass me then crash , pass again then crash only to finish the lap with or after me. Crazy but it happened so often it became funny !!!The advice for having fun was a good one too and I was conscious to enjoy the riding and the pit banter !!
41 is probably a bit late to start racing regularly but it’s got me very keen for more :woohoo:
Nick
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