I love TTs

Thats what I train for, though there are sadly not too many organised TTs locally.

I do 18-20 kilometre TTs (11.25 -12.5 miles)

I started training for TTs in January 2005 - doing averages that year of about 25.5kph (15.93mph)

I rode in my first club race this year in April. The course is called the "Dartmoor TT" and is an out and back just-under-18km mostly flat course. It has about 3 kms of low rolling hillocks either side of the turn around.

I first rode this course in August 2005 with a time of 37.57 minutes and an average of 28.1kph

In the race this last April I did it in 35.02minutes with an average of 30.13kph

There is a club race in two weeks for this TT - I hope to shave at least another minute off my time.

My goal is to do this course in 33 minutes by the end of the year.

Training for a TT is alot about getting your head-space right... you have to ride to the limit of your lactate threshold for the entire race and then crank it up another notch for the last few kilometres.

Because you ride it on your own, it can be very tough. If someone passes you it takes a great deal of mental effort to stay with your own rythym and not get sucked into chasing them.

The TT is the ultimate race of truth... ideally TTs should be over flat courses... they are about the power you can create and maintain... they leave out variables such as light riders dacing up hills or the strategy of drafting or faking tiredness or surges to wear other riders down.

The TT is about you and the clock.

Ideally, when you cross the finish line you should have nothing left... you should only be able to spin your legs slowly to disperse the lactic acid, and the next day your muscles will feel quite different to how they feel after a race in a pelaton.

Remember... men will be faster then women ...

For example... the "Dump Block TT" has the fastest man as 24.06 minutes at an average of 44.81kph.
My partner has the ninth fastest time of 25.56, averaging 41.94
The fastest woman did it in 28.59 minutes at an average of 37.26
My last time I did that course was October last year in 37.01 minutes, averaging 24.33kph

The Dartmoor TT I mentioned above has the fastest man at 23.27 minutes
My partner has the 10th fastest time at 25.25mins and 41.55 average
The fastest woman did it in 29minutes at an average of 36.14

I hope those stats are the kind of thing you were after???

I'll stop here... I could talk TT strategy, stats and training til the internet shut down...