Most race reports live in your head for about 48 hours, then disappear. VeloLog gives them a permanent home.
The race entry
When you log a race in VeloLog, you get extra fields beyond the standard mood and legs:
- Tactics — What was your plan? What did you actually do?
- Lessons — What worked, what didn't, what would you change?
- Notes — Anything else: course conditions, weather, group dynamics
Why write it down
Races are compressed, high-stakes events where you make dozens of decisions. Most of them happen on instinct. Writing them down afterward forces you to examine what actually happened versus what you planned.
"Planned to sit in until the last 5k. Moved up too early at 10k to go. Got caught in the wind and faded."
That entry, written once, might save you from the same mistake three races later.
Build a race playbook
Over a season, your race entries become a personal playbook. Before your next race, scroll back through previous ones:
- What positioning mistakes do you keep making?
- At what distance do you tend to fade?
- Which fueling strategies worked?
This is the kind of preparation that separates riders who "just race" from riders who race with a plan.
AI-assisted race analysis
Log enough races and VeloLog's AI starts connecting the dots. It might notice that your mood is lower in races where you went out too hard, or that your best results come from events where you did a recon ride beforehand. These patterns are invisible in a spreadsheet but obvious when an AI reads your actual race reports.