Algodones Time Trial Series #1
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Comments: DS2 and I got in line and we decided he should go first so he wouldn't feel bad if he had to pass Mom. He took off then I got up to the spot and got ready with someone holding my bike so I could clip in. I haven't done a TT since last year and haven't ridden the course since then either so this was just a see where I am ride and try to improve over the next 3 races. I took off after the countdown and settled in the bars to race my race. The hills were comfortably hard. I was passed by six men (not all at once) on the way to the turn around. As I approached the turn around I spotted DS2 and yelled for him but he didn't react. He told me later that he had turned in too big a gear and was fighting through that so he didn't hear me. About a mile after the turn I passed DS2 and told him that the wind was killing my downhills! I was passed by a couple more men and a woman on my way back to the finish. At first I thought a man and woman were drafting but then I realized it was just a really slow pass (or they didn't want to get caught drafting as we neared the finish). When I got past the finish I tried to go back and get a picture of DS2 but my phone died just as I "woke it up". Parental fail :( What would you do differently?: Work on bike fitness Post race
Warm down: DS2 and I rode out the legs a little then changed to normal shoes and walked over to check preliminary results. Then we loaded up and went for a SBux stop. What limited your ability to perform faster: bike fitness Event comments: I don't want to disparage this race. It's just a no frills, bare bones time trial. They have drinks and a few snacks at the finish but there is no pomp and doesn't need to be. Last updated: 2014-07-18 12:00 AM
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70F / 21C
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Got up early to take breakfast to church then came home and prepped for the race. DS2 and I drove the 10 minutes to the site then got our bibs, put on our gear and went for a warm-up ride.
Rode a few miles to warm up then got in line.