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Of course its possible to have a pacing strategy. It sounds like you started too hard and suffered for it. You could try a negative split next time, so ride at a lower power for the first half, then increase power for the second half.
andyp-
Oh, for sure. It's just you are sharing the track with at least 20-30 other riders so each time round you end up taking different lines, braking at different points etc so it's a bit tricky to have a smooth, repeatable effort each lap. But yeah, that first lap definitely caught up with me toward the end.
Will definitely try a negative split next week.
onyerbike
Cheers all. I'm genuinely surprised by that result given the circumstances.
NP: 395w
Ave: 386w
Weight: 76.6kg
FTP 376w (probably lower though, as I've been mainly drunk on stag do's the last few weeks).
Question, do you think it is possible to have a pacing strategy? If so I didn't attempt one, first lap power average was 437w and I suffered pretty badly the next couple!