- I took a wrong turn.
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Personally, I do not believe in
or rely on miracles on race day.
Sure, there are some freakishly wild situations out there
from time to time.
But for the most part,
it's the work you put in before the race day
that's gonna separate the occasional podium contenders,
from the consistent top dogs.
Now, while it's probably pretty hard to get faster in a day,
what about a week?
Say someone's invested in your success,
to what effect does that help your performance?
Joining me on trail today.
We've got Joe Peters here.
Hopefully you guys remember this little ripper
from Pinkbike Academy Season 1
where she made it all the way to the finals
and she was the last lady standing.
Now when put up against my enduro time,
she was just a little bit off the back there.
- Well, I mean, I only had one day to improve,
a lot of pressure out there.
I'm thinking if I had a week and you showed me your lines,
I could get better.
- I think it's worth a try.
To start, we've chosen this enduro track
as our designated race course.
We're gonna take a little warmup lap
so we know what's coming ahead.
And then each of us are gonna go for solo timed laps.
From there, we can compare Joe's time
as a percentage of mine
because everybody knows in a week from now,
things can change,
could be a lot rainier, course could be different.
We're gonna send Joe away
with a little bit of homework to practice.
Hopefully with a week of practice and honing her skills,
Joe's gonna greatly improve those times.
You're ready?
- Let's go (indistinct)
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- That's a grisly turn.
- I think I can stay higher there.
(Christina exclaims)
Double coming up.
(exclaims)
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(bleep)
- (exclaims) Good one. Yeah.
Good (indistinct) out here.
- with a shaky start, but
- (chuckles) With a shaky start.
- We got there.
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- So, what we did was, we broke the trail down into four
four splits.
The first split was, top section down to the trail crossing.
- Yeah.
- [Christina] Split two was from the trail crossing
and then down to the road
- [Joe] Yeah
- [Christina] and across the road.
- [Joe] Perfect. Yeah.
- So we wanted to incorporate that super awkward transition.
- Yeah. I think that's the hardest part.
- Second half of trail was, it was quite similar
but we thought let's throw in a split there
because there were two sections where there were doubles
that you
- Yes.
- could roll or you could double.
- Yeah.
- So we did our split three just after the first double.
And then split four all the way to the finish.
I was lucky I was here at the finish.
So I got to see your finishing your round.
- Hm.
- That first section of track.
How did you feel?
- Split one was disorganized at the start
but I had some, I had some good moments.
Yeah.
- You were four
Seconds behind at split one.
So lets
- Okay So that's so funny.
So that is where I lost most of the time then really
- Yeah. From eight second difference
four seconds right off the that.
- So that was my disorganization, really.
- So, we'll get to
- Yeah. You're were much further ahead
just off that first shooting.
- Did you feel like you sent the kind of step down double.
- The step down was perfect.
- It was smooth. Okay.
- It was all before, like I wasn't Clipped in
I was like having to slow down.
So it was before.
Yeah. So I like popped that, made that really nice.
And then, yeah, so it was just the beginning shoot.
- And for split two, we took it
from the trail crossing and then across the gravel road.
- [Joe] Okay. So that, yeah.
- So let's see how that went for us.
Cause that was quite tricky.
- [Joe] Yeah. I know.
I really want to be able to do that if it were
dry, I think that's the way.
- [Christina] In split three that's from the road crossing
to the end of like the first kind of double.
- [Joe] Okay.
- So it's a pretty short section of track.
- [Joe] Yeah.
- But I really wanted to see how the we did
with those doubles.
- Yeah.
- So overall in that one, you were two seconds slower.
- Okay. Yeah.
- Just in that split.
So this section of trail is so fun.
- So fun.
- I think let's head up to the top.
It looks like you lost the most amount of time
- Yeah. Yeah.
- four seconds in that first split.
So let's really pick that one apart
and even just practice a couple of drop-ins.
- [Joe] Okay.
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- So we're packed with ammo.
We just watched all the GoPro footage.
We know where we need to work.
- Hm.
- And where we can make up some time.
This section
of trail that we're at right at the top of hybrid.
The first split, is where you lost the majority of the time.
- Yep.
- The four seconds of the total is eight.
- So a few seconds.
All right here.
- Just here.
- Yeah. Gravity can help you (chuckles).
- Exactly.
Run us through.
What do you think went wrong?
- Yeah. I really need to perfect my clipping in process.
And then I wasn't, I kind of skidded down at,
I was a little thrown off by the pressure of my rear tire.
I think that's in head, but it's still turn off
you know, and yeah, it just kinda lost it coming in.
Definitely wasn't, I definitely felt I was like out
of control and got a bit junky on the bike.
Hm.
- Okay. Well I think it's pretty straightforward.
what I would like to do is to drop in behind you.
- Hm.
- But let's move our starting position back.
Maybe just a meter.
- Yep.
- 'Cause we don't wanna give ourselves too much an advantage
with a big old, long starting gate, but yeah, just
just a little extra meter to get clipped in,
start confidently.
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(exclaims)
Well, that was fun.
- It was fun.
- Super fun. How did that go for you?
- Yeah. You know, really love the jump but coming in,
I felt pretty Stiff.
- Do you think that was from your time in the start gate?
Like how did your start gate go?
I'd say to dropping it.
- Yeah. That part was way better.
My line was smoother, but just like the sort of bumps,
I wasn't just like floating over them.
I felt like I was like resisting it.
- Let's bring our bikes back up.
- Yeah.
- I think it'd be worth it to look
at it up close and then let's do it again.
- Yeah. And this is like
I think does outline something that I do a lot of.
- which is what?
- I'm just really trying to slow down
at once I learn something.
(tire noises)
- I felt like (sniffs) when you landed the step down
- Yeah.
- in the sweet spot and then came to this corner
like you looked way more relaxed
- Yeah
- and in control
on the bike.
The top, you still just looked a little stiff.
- Yeah.
- So we'll put on some GoPros,
I'll watch you in between sections of trail
just to kind of see what you look like from back.
- Yeah.
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- We're on this little bit of a trail feature here.
Honestly, the section of trail is probably only
like five meters long, maximum, but it is a notable feature
and Joe and I have both been taking the riders
right line and we just feel
like it's kind of sucking us into that tree there.
So since we have the opportunity,
I think it's worth it to stop.
Let's try this high line.
I just kind of rolled through it
like a half pace and it didn't scare me too much.
- Scared me watching it but.
- Yeah.
it'd be a good practice just to try it
whether we do this next week on our race round
nobody knows, but it's a good opportunity to try.
- [Christina] Oh my God.
She did it so well.
Yeah. Girl.
It looked really good for my perspective.
I was just on the side of the trail and I think
because yeah, you, you said in the past, you've had
a little moment there and had a bit of a crash.
Yeah.
So even just getting the courage to like
go tackle that again is awesome.
- Yeah.
- But then I think if you did it a couple more times, like
in the next week or so.
Yeah. You'll just be so confident and dialed on that
Unweighting.
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So after checking out that GoPro footage
of the follow cam, I don't think it's the double
or the jumping that slowed you down on this.
- Nope.
- You think it might be this little section.
- So, yeah.
I Just noticed you like carried so much speed.
You like threw rocks across the trail.
It was sick, but yeah, I felt actually quite a bit
of fear coming into this and I was just gonna slow
down and ride it like a goon and then pop later, but.
- So the little analogy that I kind of just gave you
as you're walking up to re-do this line is almost thinking
of corners like dirt jumps.
- [Joe] Yes.
If you're not clear in that first dirt jump,
don't even think about gonna the second one.
But in this case, if you really wanna kind of
fine tune the smooth and the flow between these corners,
- Yeah.
- it's nice just to kind of have a little session.
And honestly, like
I wouldn't say you blew the corner or anything like that
but it's just those little kind of the shifties.
- Like I feel like you gained speed here
and I just like kinda maintained it.
Like I just kind of rode it.
- Yeah.
I didn't feel like I got anything when I followed you,
it was like (exclaims) supercharger.
- Yeah. Thank you.
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- We went back up,
we tackled that little section
that you let out big, old squeal.
I was behind you this time and it looked a little bit wild
but tell us what was going on there.
- Yeah. So I definitely had a few more squeals this time.
I really realized
that if you cut a corner, you're gonna drift.
- With all that said, I think we've got some awesome ammo
some really good points for you to take home
with you do a bit of homework on
especially this last little section of trail.
And I think it's gonna be awesome to have all this building.
- Yeah. And I actually know specifically where to practice.
Thank you.
- Yes.
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- Just like that.
We're back.
The sun is blazing today in our designated enduro track
behind us is looking prime for some racing.
Maybe even
a little bit dry compared to this time last week when
we took our first race lapse, same as before Joe
and I are gonna head out for a practice lap,
assess the conditions on track today.
And then after that, it's go time.
- We sent you away with some homework
and those things were
to work on cornering while shifting your body weight,
some line choices as well, and just relaxing on the bike.
You know, it's about a two a minute tracker.
So, so not a lot of time to tense up, you know
just really stay in relax.
So how did it go working on those kind of key points in
particular?
- Yeah, for sure.
It was super helpful to have something specific to work on.
I also found that if you think too much, your brain ends
up being a bit behind the ride.
So for the first shoot, I tried it a couple times and ended
up not looking ahead.
Cause I was so focused on just the shoot and forgot
that the trail continued afterwards.
So sometimes that's like a balance of like brain
in the bucket versus like thinking about things.
So I really had to find that balance of not thinking
too much, but having something specific to think about.
- Last week's time,
we were just over two minutes of race time
for both of us, we did the super smart math there.
We had calculators on board.
It was about 6% time difference.
And so we're obviously hoping
that you're gonna bridge that gap today.
How do you feel like your difference is gonna go?
You're gonna smash it?
You feeling good?
- Dude, I have butterflies (chuckles).
I haven't felt nervous since the Pinkbike academy.
So it's kind of cool to have that pressure built
up and we can
at least imagine what a real race would feel like.
- Sweet. I think it's, I think it's time.
Let's do a little warmup and then assess the situation.
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- [Joe] Oh God (indistinct)
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- (exclaims) I had an FC daisies.
Oh dear.
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- (exclaims) Like an adventurous line there.
(Christina exhales)
- [Christina] A little bit better.
- (exclaims) Yes, honey.
- (exclaims) So loose out there.
- [Joe] Yeah (chuckles)
- But it didn't crash.
win for Tina.
- [Joe] Yeii.
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- Boom, results are in and good news.
We both improved on our race day one times,
which is awesome.
My race time was two minutes flat on the course today.
It was a lot drier, lot looser out there.
Joe's time was 02:08.
So we actually, it's kind of odd.
We had that eight second gap from race day one
where the conditions were totally different
little bit wet out there.
And we kept the eight second gap, but both
of our times got just a little tiny bit quicker
in the dry conditions today.
So still right around 6%
of the overall race time, that was our gap today.
let's go even further and break it
down into the splits because Joe did improve
on splits one and three quite substantially to last week.
Split one, Joe was at 42 seconds and I was at 40.
Split two.
Let's see, Joe went we're at 1:14
I was at 1:07.
Something happened in that split two.
That gave you a little extra bump and then split three
we were actually spot on.
We must've gone the exact same speed at split three
because that seven second gap stayed the same throughout.
- Pretty sweet.
- So how do you think today went overall and your whole kind
of race experience compared to last week?
- Yeah, I think that practicing
a course over and over again really gives you
the confidence to ride aggressively.
- Yeah. You're a little more in control.
You knew what was coming up.
- Yeah. I could really like pump into the trail.
I could organize my lines in order.
So it really put me at ease whether
or not ended up being faster, whatever, but felt better.
- So can you get faster in a week?
Well, it depends.
There's a lot at stake here and just like a race day,
there's so many variables.
The trail's different, how you're feeling on the bike,
how the bike is set up.
There's a lot at stake there.
So don't be afraid to get out there.
Keep practicing, keep progressing.
While Joe did get faster overall today,
the gap was still there.
And so hopefully,
in the future we can come back and keep pushing.
Thanks for joining Joe.
Hope you had fun.
Hope you learned something new.
You guys as well.
Make sure to practice, progress and enjoy the ride.
Don't take it too seriously.
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