Today, was a good day. Good because I have been able to see how much I have improved in seven months, and good because there is nothing quite like having a great day on a time trial bike.
So the course was the usual Wyreema one, 20 km long, 10 km out and back with a long downhill run out and a corresponding run uphill coming back. I came 2nd in a time (official, actually had myself a few seconds quicker!) of 27 min 50 sec. This gave me an average speed of 43.5 km / h. Darren Rolfe (who is a time trial rider of note and course record holder) beat me in a time of 26 min 42 sec. No shame in that; he is a machine!
Okay so now to the number crunching.
Good news number 1:
I did this course in 29 min 36 sec early last September (almost a 2 min improvement).
Good news number 2:
Andy Patten, who had just returned from a silver medal ride at the world time trial titles (MMAS 3) a week earlier, rode a 27 min 42 sec on that same day in September. A handful of seconds faster than my time today.
Good news number 3:
My heart rate and power output were strong the whole way meaning I had a well controlled ride.
Overall, I am really happy with how today went and how things are progressing. I actually haven't done any specific time trial training this year. That is still to come. I'm looking forward to seeing the impact that makes.
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