Could have been titled, Sure, Why Not?
This was more of an impromptu race. I found the flier at a local ice cream store, and decided it might be fun.
THE RUNDOWN: 10.5(6) mile time trial in Mebane, NC put on by Chapel Hill, NC cycling team TriCyclists. This was a more professional race than anything I've done before. There were many Cat 1&2 riders there along with a whole bunch of 3-5’s. Alas, there were are few of us “citizens” rounding out the remaining participants.
Not much of a story to tell. I was one of probably 20 bikes there that did not either have full zipps or a rear disc wheel. Let’s be honest, i was lusting for the better part of an hour. I waited in line, my time came, rode hard, rode aero, and rode pretty well. There was a really young kid in front of me on what I’m guessing was a 46 cm bike..if that’s possible…with a zipp setup. My two goals today were to make sure i passed him, and attempt to keep from getting passed by anyone else. I caught him at the top of the first climb, road a few lengths behind him for about a minute as i waited for my hear rate to come back down, and then engaged the slingshot, passing my young competition. I feel like a jerk writing this, but having a target in a time trial makes life so much better. At about mile 9, i failed my second goal, as a guy who started 4 positions behind me, meaning 4 minutes behind me, came flying passed me.
Interesting side note..i uploaded the course from mapmyride.com to my Garmin 305, and FAIL!!! My Garmin told me i had a mile left, when actually i had 2 miles left. When i look at my speed graph, you can tell an obvious hike in speed, followed shortly by an O $#!+, a slowing, and then a true sprint about half a mile later. If i can figure out how to get this graph out of training center, I'll put it up. I'm guessing i should switch to sports tracks. We’ll see.
Anyways, at the end of the day, I averaged 20.4 MPH for something around 31:40. It could have been anywhere from 31.10 to 32, as i didn’t stop my Garmin when i should have, and the course was not exactly 10.5. I was told it was a little bit over 10.6.
Long story short, it was a lot of fun, I actually stayed in aero the majority of the time. It was a lot of fun, and in other news, I WON MY AGE Group. I’m not telling how many people were in my age group though ;-)
i leave you with more FAIL:
1 comment:
Very nice. Doing a TT is on the list of things I'd love to do - just for the fun of it. :)
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