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Gravel Pacing: the Right and the Wrong Way

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Frank Overton shows the red power trace above FTP that reveals how athletes 'die a thousand deaths' finishing gravel races.

Cycling coach Frank Overton explains how to pace gravel races properly by avoiding the common mistake of starting too hard. He shares his personal failure at Steamboat gravel and provides a four-step process for finding the right group to draft with, using Intensity Factor as a key metric. The episode combines technical power data analysis with psychological strategies for race-day execution.

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A blunt gravel pacing lesson: ride hard enough to belong, not so hard you blow up.

Gravel racing is treated less like a suffer-fest and more like a pacing problem with a drafting angle to it. The point is plain: start too hard, ride above FTP in zones 5 and 6, and the bill comes due later when fatigue rises and power slips.

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Stop detonating in the first gravel mile.

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