u/parrhesticsonder

Local race omnium (Boulder Omnium / "Superville") has swapped to a true time-based stage race! There's a TT + Crit Saturday morning, and a Road Race Sunday.

I'm very excited, but as a mid pack cat 4 (on the road anyways) I'm fairly pessimistic about my chances.

I think I'm fucked anyways because I'm:

• Not in race shape (CX offseason was Dec-Mar)
• Don't have a TT bike / bars (just aero handlebars)
• Can't race crits well
• Gave never finished the RR with the lead group (it's basically 4-5 min vo2 max efforts for 90 min, just uphills + downhills)

Any tips & tricks / advice for me?

I think the most obvious is "don't get dropped" but that's easier said than done lol. Besides that I'm hoping to find the sweet spot in the crit of "back of the pack" but of the pack that's gonna finish, not the ones who inevitably get popped on the short climb every lap. TT I'm probably megafucked but will try to sphinx it a bit and push hard when it's hard.