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Cheyenne, Wyoming
United States
Cheyenne Cycling Club
48F / 9C
Precipitation
Total Time = 6h 00m
Overall Rank = /10
Age Group =
Age Group Rank = 0/
Pre-race routine:

Showed up early. Hung out with the club director. We talked a bit about tris and cycling. I'm notoriously early for everything so we had a bit of time. Then I unloaded my boy Tank (Trek 100). Attached the front tire and stood there in the rain.
Event warmup:

This was my first TT so I didn't really know what to do. It turned out the warm up was us riding from the finish line to the start. So 7.7 miles of warmup riding. It was cold, windy, and raining. This isn't really a huge race or anything. It's just the folks in the cycling club getting an idea of what they can do.
Bike
  • 20m 1s
  • 7.7 miles
  • 23.08 mile/hr
Comments:

Basically I just put my head down and tried to go as fast as I could. My legs were tired but my lungs felt fine. Maybe the ride the day before took some strength from me? We started in 30 second intervals. Umm what else??? I don't know. I wasn't really breathing too hard at the end but like I said my legs were just dead. I think I went about as hard as I could. The winds were very, very strong but that's Wyoming. I got passed by two other guys. The winner was like around 16 minutes. Pretty fast!
What would you do differently?:

Not much. I think any improvement are dependant on training and things like that. Don't know what else I could do that would've made much difference.
Post race
Warm down:

Rode back to the car and drove home.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Really nothing but my own shortcomings as a cyclist. I see the possibility for improvement and I'm excited to get to work on it. I think I need to drop a few pounds. At 196 I seemed to be the heaviest dude there. This seems like a really good group. Serious cyclist. Hopefully they will help me to improve.

Event comments:

This was, again, just a club meet sort of thing. It was fun and can't wait till next week.




Last updated: 2006-05-09 12:00 AM
Biking
00:20:01 | 07.7 miles | 23.08 mile/hr
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/10
Performance:
No HRM.
Wind: Cross-winds with gusts
Course: Straight shot. I thought we'd get a good tailwind but it was a crosswind with a bit of a headwind.
Road: Smooth Wet Cadence:
Turns: Cornering:
Gear changes: Hills: Average
Race pace: Hard Drinks:
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 3
Physical exertion [1-5] 4
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? No
Plenty of drinks? No
Post race activities:
Race evaluation [1-5]

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2006-05-09 9:36 PM

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Subject: Cheyenne Cycling Club Time Trial


2006-05-10 10:10 AM
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Subject: RE: Cheyenne Cycling Club Time Trial
Nice race report, and good race.  That Wyoming wind has got to be brutal on a bike.
2006-05-10 10:36 AM
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Subject: RE: Cheyenne Cycling Club Time Trial
Great job on the Time Trial. I wish we had more of them in this area.

Mergerj sent me a great article on warming up for bike racing I will see if I saved it electronically.

Edited by Manatee Express 2006-05-10 10:45 AM
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