The Pace of This Year's Sea Otter Classic Was Absolutely Insane! Race Tactic and Power Analysis

The Sea Otter Classic Fuego XL marathon mountain bike race is the first race of the Life Time Grand Prix. This year the pace of the race was mind blowingly hard and I break down the power numbers required, race tactics, and bike setup that I used.

Follow me on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and Strava for more content:
Instagram: @dylanjawnson
Twitter: @djdylansjohnson
Facebook: Dylan Johnson Cycling Coach

[PHHE]

Let me tell you a story: about 3 minutes ago, I had forgotten Dylan Johnson's name, so i couldn't look for this video even though i knew it existed from earlier recommendations. I opened the YouTube search and the seventh recommendation was the despacito chicken, which i watched. Now i am healed and remembering, which brings me here

[ynie]

I legitimately wonder what would happen if Dylan made more consistent uploads. The quality of the videos are insane.

[timboslice]

"Mine's 410"
Never laughed out loud at one of your videos until now, well played!
😅

[freiherrvonundzu]

😅 "gcn's struggle for content" ... he isn't wrong

[shalaskaja]

Last week my boss asked me why my numbers started dropping and I told him that I still worked as hard as always but everyone else was just getting better and he said that still makes my numbers not as good as theirs - I will never use that excuse again 😅 next time I’ll tell him that they are just more talented than me

[Hoolio]

16-17th place overall is nothing to sneeze at. It means you are consistently the 16-17th BEST off-road rider in the COUNTRY. Chapeau!👍

[laggypirates]

“Just 300 watts” for two hours the man says

[yammienoob]

Eye watering power numbers for the first part of the ride, jesus christ.

[pandatactical]

Awesome job Dylan! Those power numbers are insane! Hope to see you at Unbound. 🚴‍♂️

[theodorestoddard]

would love to see you talk Nutrition, on bike nutrition, race day vs long (3-6hr+)training days.

[CleverSmart]

I really love how much effort you put into the storytelling combined with data!

[Aldorains]

Much respect for your mental toughness. To keep focused on improving yourself in this extremely taxing sport when the podium finishes are rare takes some serious grit.
New bike is badass.

[lewis]

Would like to see a video about recovery between races. Advice for stage races or even a race every week would be cool.

[kpsig]

Your videos motivate even 50+ yrs old guys like me… I try to participate in CTF, RTF, Cross, Crits around the flat Hamburg. I try to just look at the essence of your videos and take away the power numbers.

[themightymite]

You need to make a "Mr. 17" Rule28 speedsuit.

[HydeMyJekyll]

That’s crazy! I did my first gravel race last week, and was surprised how hard it is. I had 300w np for 4:10 and didn’t even finish top 25% of my age group (35-39 male). I was definitely not prepared for the absolute chaos and repeated hard efforts of 600w+ to handle the surges in the first 30 minutes .

[OmnycronZ]

Nice race review!

Also I wanted to shoot a quick thanks for training science and motivation. I finally did my first race yesterday after consuming your content since october. I will be testing what I like most, will have to decide between gravel and road.

[jonsteinhauser]

Good job, Dylan! The race recaps are always interesting and the bike checks too!

[Rambleon]

Thank you for posting all your numbers. Quite impressive!!!

[justinofboulder]

Excellent video, and congratulations!
I have lived at 6, 000 ft. Elevation for the last 30 years, and would agree that pacing is extremely important in Leadville! Riding too hard above 10, 000 ft is nothing like at sea level. I think the ideal situation would be if Leadville was run as a time trial, since you wouldn't end up stuck behind the masses who went out too hard and then blew up...