Thanks Welp, it's because it's sort of cross-posted. On certain threads with certain people on bikejournal we do the third-person thing just for silliness (something like the royal "we.") I was going to just cut and paste but realized there were some things that only made sense in the context of that post (which I started asking about computrainers and how to do better on the next time trial 'cause I wanted to improve over that first one, which I did ).

My tendency is to hold back **too** much; what made the difference was informing myself that at 22 I still *was* holding back, and therefore I could so speed up later, even if I *was* breathin' hard and everything.

I'm going **nuts** because I need a good long ride now... only sprinting on icy roads would be, um, STUPID so I'm making do with those clear stretches and remembering that last month I had four days of no riding at all because of travel and did okay.