"Ideally I would like to get a breakaway and finish in the top five."
McHale said the course from Rotorua to Taupo was a lot flatter this year compared to the reverse course last year.
He said it meant he would have to be a lot smarter about his race tomorrow, as his natural strength was hill climbs.
"At the start of the race there are a few hills you can get away on, so some people may try to get away early. If that is the case I will be going with them as I don't have the best sprint in the field," he said.
McHale currently works at the Rotorua Hospital and has a passion for sports medicine.
He was asked to help out at the ITU World Triathlon event in Auckland, on Sunday, and will also tour Malaysia with the Black Sticks in May, as the team doctor.
McHale said some commitments, like the tour of Malaysia and work in Rarotonga later this year, mean he will miss some big cycling events but he still races where he can.
He said he fell in love with cycling after injury forced him into the sport.
"I used to be a middle distance runner but got quite a few injuries and bought a bike when I was 23 to do duathlon."
He said he caught the cycling bug from there and started doing cycling events about four years ago.
The Rotorua to Taupo 100k Flyer tomorrow has attracted 1200 entries.
Event Promotions, the organiser of the event, is also expecting at least 100 late entries.
Tomorrow's race will start at Copthorne Hotel in Rotorua and will end at Tauhara St in Taupo, with the course going around Reporoa.
An elite field of 40 men and six women will compete for a $2000 prize pool and will start racing at 10am.
The rest of the field will begin from 10.05am.
Defending champions Jenny Wood (Auckland) and Sam Lindsay (Auckland) have both entered the elite race.
Last year was the first time the course was reversed to start in Taupo and end in Rotorua.
It will now alternate each year from Rotorua to Taupo and then Taupo to Rotorua.
