time trial

[eclectic]

I feel a little foolish posting times in the presence of Iron women and women placing in tri's. but I am going to anyway :D

the bike club had a little 10 mile time trial last night. They are going to repeat it each month.
I am far from a fast rider as my focus is touring, not racing but I thought what the heck let's go out and see what I can do and it will give me a little notion on what I could do for the bike portion for the tri next week.

We only had a 10 mph headwind out and it was sweet coming back

all told I did it in 34 min and averaged 17.28 mph - for me that was really good and I was pleased.

I really worked on shifting and keeping my cadence up over 90 rpms, I never do that on regular rides but for some reason my legs just went faster last night - and that was after having a stomach bug all day :D

BTW I ended up ordering a 2xu wetsuit just couldn't find a rental place that would work out

[RoadRaven]

Hey there ecletic.
I'm not a triathelete, but just had to post a reply (whenever I see "time trial" a kind of compulsion overtakes me) and that average of nearly 28kph gave you a useful time. And if you have never TTed before as such, then well done you.

I can see how doing TTs or aerobic TTs would be great as part of a triatheletes training repertoirre.

[Tri Girl]

Congrats on your TT! What a GREAT average speed! I'd LOVE to be that fast! You did super! Nice to try things new and different sometimes...

Sorry you couldn't find a wetsuit rental that worked for you, but how exciting that you'll be having a new 2XU coming to live at your house very soon!!!! You'll definitely have to let us know how you like it when it arrives.