Sorry, just having fun with the 'I won the indoor TT' thread!

Well, as predicted, I didn't do very well, but I'm hooked. It was a
blast! It was cold (37 degrees), it started raining about 10 minutes into it, and
I made a dozen rookie mistakes, but I loved every minute of
it!

I would love to write a trip report, but it was a time trial on
relatively flat course - what is there to say? I started, I pedaled
like crazy, I finished. Obviously, I didn't pedal fast enough!
Headwind on the way out, slight incline on the way back, plus the
rain. I'm not sure if this was right, but I wanted to keep my heart
rate up in my max zone, and I did - it was about 176/177 the whole
way, so I think I did my best, I just need to train more to make that
176/177 more efficient.

Notes for next time: (note that there will definitely be a next
time - just gotta figure out when/where)
1. Take all the warmup advice seriously. I was so excited that I
really only spent about 10 minutes on the trainer. There was just so
much going on!
1a. Are they serious about ONE porta-pottie for 200 riders? You're
kidding, right? No amount of planning ahead could have planned for
that line!
2. Don't stop to talk to the course marshalls. They don't really
care that you bought your shoe covers on ebay...
3. Practice turning. Stopping and picking up your bike to turn it
might not be the fastest way around a turn.
4. Don't get distracted by all the people at the end - ride all the
way to the finish line. Your times will be much better that way.
Seriously, I started to ease up at the end instead of pushing it - I
definitely had a bit of a sprint left in me, and I just started to
ease up instead.
5. Sign up for the next race you can find because it's just so much
fun!
6. Try training seriously for this stuff - it's probably a lot more
fun if you know what you're doing!

Thanks everyone for the encouragement.