{"id":69079,"date":"2021-04-29T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trainerroad.com\/blog\/?p=69079"},"modified":"2021-04-28T12:32:52","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T19:32:52","slug":"what-it-takes-to-be-a-national-champion-with-erica-carney-ask-a-cycling-coach-306","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trainerroad.com\/blog\/what-it-takes-to-be-a-national-champion-with-erica-carney-ask-a-cycling-coach-306\/","title":{"rendered":"What it Takes to Be a National Champion with Erica Carney \u2013 Ask a Cycling Coach 306"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Erica Carney is one of the all-time best American crit racers, but her goal of winning a pro national criterium championship took years of hard work to achieve. Tune in as we answer your questions about tactics, bike handling and more, and discuss what Erica did to improve her tactics and abilities each year to finally win the 2017 Women\u2019s Pro Criterium National Championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-c898a78f-3b41-4424-8827-238fbcd624bf\">More show notes and discussion in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trainerroad.com\/forum\/t\/what-it-takes-to-be-a-national-champion-with-erica-carney-ask-a-cycling-coach-306\/57957\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.trainerroad.com\/forum\/t\/what-it-takes-to-be-a-national-champion-with-erica-carney-ask-a-cycling-coach-306\/57957\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TrainerRoad Forum.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"What it Takes to Be a National Champion with Erica Carney 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experience<\/li><li>8:30 &#8211; How Erica got started racing<\/li><li>9:50 &#8211; How track racing helped with crit skills<\/li><li>11:14 &#8211; Specific skills and the difference in training from track to road<\/li><li>13:12 &#8211; Learning to train more effectively<\/li><li>14:48 &#8211; Shifting responsibilities to be an effective teammate and mentor<\/li><li>17:47 &#8211; Erica\u2019s favorite courses<\/li><li>19:14 &#8211; Team support vs. individual success<\/li><li>22:06 &#8211; Training without power<\/li><li>23:45 &#8211; Efficiency and her skills as a sprinter<\/li><li>26:38 &#8211; Pre-riding the course and strategizing the finish<\/li><li>27:28 &#8211; Practical training and Erica\u2019s favorite workouts<\/li><li>29:28 &#8211; Listener Questions: Body type and large fields<\/li><li>32:46 &#8211; Being nervous in large fields<\/li><li>34:21 &#8211; Tactics for small vs. large fields<\/li><li>35:50 &#8211; Racing solo against teams<\/li><li>38:01 &#8211; Racing multiple 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