RR - oh my, Mount Doom she says!!! I'll stick to the Shire thanks so much

So seriously, I look at your results as being basically the same as Caro - I mean 3 seconds is a sip of your bidon. It could easily have gone either way, and as you mentioned the car slowing was a factor.

I think getting passed early in a TT like that though has to knock you off your rhythm and mental focus. You said you expected it but it happened earlier than you figured. IMO, it takes immense mental concentration to stay totally committed to your own pace in such a case.

In your household, well with that much Testosterone (you did say 5 males/boys right?!), I'd think competition is basically unavoidable, but perspective helps. If I read correctly, your PB from July was over 40 minutes, and here you took over a minute out of that. Plus you m entioned a goal of 37 but no more than 39....you are really in the ballpark...to knock that 1 min 56 seconds, I would think is just a few watts, you can do it.

Can you share some of your training techniques and such? I'd enjoy hearing about it from someone who is an accomplished TT'er.