Precision Bikes Time Trial, July - CycleTime Trial


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Lafayette, Louisiana
United States
Precision Bikes
Sunny
 		Total Time = 24m 14s
Overall Rank = 2/19
Age Group =
Age Group Rank = 0/
Pre-race routine:

Changed to cycling clothes at work. Drove the 10 minutes to race site.
Event warmup:

Because of the July 700 Club Bike Challenge, I had to make sure I at least got my daily average T.I.T.S. in, so I rode the course as a warm-up, stayed around 20-22 with a couple of spin-up segments. Returned to start, signed up, was last on the list, so I rode around for another 10-15 minutes just to keep the legs moving.
Bike
  • 24m 14s
  • 10 miles
  • 24.76 mile/hr
Comments:

Good start, spun up the hill on the little chainring at 22-23mph, maybe a little too hard. Settled down at a a hair over 25mph and watched the heart rate. LTHR is around 154, when HR got over 156 I backed off, when it got under 152, I picked it up.

Averaged 24.9 at turnaround, lost 0.3mph off of that average in making the turn and re-accelerating. Light breeze was evidently blowing out, was a harder to maintain speed coming back. By the time I got to the hill again, I knew I needed to get back on the 39 to spin up. Barely managed to average 20 going up, crested, shifted to the big ring and hit it hard for the last 3/4 mile, stayed real close to 30 the whole way.
Post race
Warm down:

Continued pedaling, turned around rode back up the hill. Who's your daddy, hill! Also thanked God that I didn't have to run!

Finally got my breath back, went check the results and I was second. Not a bad showing for my second ever time trial. Of course, the guy who won averaged 26.2, which tells me I still have a ways to go! ;)

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Pain tolerance.

Event comments:

Low-key event hosted by our best LBS, brings out all the bike racers and stud triathletes. This was the first one I was able to make this year, first one since last July, as a matter of fact. No prizes, no awards, but it makes for a good, fun hard training ride.




Last updated: 2006-07-11 12:00 AM
Biking
00:24:14 | 10 miles | 24.76 mile/hr
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 2/19
Performance: Good
AHR-154bpm
Wind: Little
Course: Five miles out on Lake Martin Road, 180 degree turn, then back to start. There's a ~40-foot hill about 3/4 of a mile in, that you cross again at 9.25 miles. Other than that, it'ss flat as a pancake, through the Lake Martin Swamp.
Road: Smooth Dry Cadence:
Turns: Cornering: Average
Gear changes: Good Hills: Average
Race pace: Hard Drinks: Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 4
Physical exertion [1-5] 4
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks?
Post race activities:
Race evaluation [1-5] 4