[Oldm8]

We just had our second DH round for the year and it got me wondering how people treat their race runs. We don't have qualifying at our local races but instead do 2 race runs with best time counting.

What I'm interested in knowing is do people go all out in both runs, or do a safe run on one and then go all out on the other? I found myself 10 seconds up on second place in my class so I decided to take the second run easy.

Thoughts?

 

[jutny]

move up a class

but seriously. I go all out in my race run but we only get one run in the races i've done thus far.

 

[Oldm8]

Yeah people told me that on the weekend but I'm not fast enough to go to the next class yet. I'd like to go up a class next year as it was only my second race.

 

[MinorThreat]

Our 'home' course is short (+- 2 min), so the races our shop ran there were two-run format. We've done it both ways: best of two; and combined for a day's overall. For 'best-of,' I always tried to make my first run count; then if I made a mistake, it gave me a second run to redeem myself. If my first run was clean, I still tried to best it with the second run. Sometimes it's nice having the 'insurance' of a good first to take the pressure off and ride looser the second.

I personally liked when we did the combined-times method better. It rewards consistency and makes your combined 'run' more in line with a normal course time.