Did 6×6 minute steady states with about 30-60 seconds between, in and out on Riverside Drive. Held 335-343 on all. Headed out for a century tomorrow. Leaving by 6:15 am and looking at right around 5 hours heading out and back to Ripley, OH.
Screen shot of tonights effort from the Cleves Time Trial, 22:20, 334 watts on a hot humid evening
Very fortunate to win the 50-54 title today with a time of 32:18 for 14.2 miles. Tough course with lots of ups and downs. Very hard to establish any consistency of pacing. Max speed was 40, low speed was 19, had stretches at 28-30 and some at 24. Thats my 20th state gold medal in
I go off in the state time trial championship at 8:22:30, or about 2.5 hours from now. Sufficiently nervous and very ready to go. Drove the course late yesterday afternoon. Same as last year. Some fast sections (40 mph+) and some areas that will be slow. Last big race of the season so want to
Rode 100 miles here in the Grand Traverse area, some of it in a torrential downpour coming out of Leeland. Haven’t ridden in that kind of rain in a long time. Took it easy for the most part taking 5:15 to complete the ride at around 210 watts. State time trial #3 next weekend in
I thought that in order to win I’d have to be close to 400 watts. Its a short event, usually 6:25-7:00 depending on the course. At the end of the first couple of minutes I was well over 420 and hit the turn at 415 avg. I started up again after the turn in the
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Today was the 10k (6.4 mile) national senior games championship time trial. They went in reverse alphabetical order in the brackets so I was 4th off in the 50-54 and we followed the 55-59. I passed the three guys ahead of me (30 seconds between each rider) and caught a couple of guys in the 55-59. Rode
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Rode the course three times here in Minneapolis yesterday afternoon. Pretty standard out and back, road conditions are average, not much i the way of climbing although some gradual rises and falls. I don’t go off until 2:45, 3:45 eastern time so I have a long day of sitting around. Have been working on playlists
Second week with rain so no time trial. Not concerned as I’ll get in a good spin class tomorrow and then an hour of strength training and then off to Minneapolis. Not much will change in my fitness between now and the weekend.
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