Thanks for the tips and encouragement. I appreciate it.

RoadRaven - for now I am HR monitor-less; I go mainly by cadence (90-100), but I can tell that my HR rarely gets very high, whereas it sky-rockets when running. (I have figured my LT out when running, and it's around 175-180). My legs just give out strength wise before the rest of my body does. I'm going to keep working on using the bigger gears, and not worry if my cadence drops a little. I've had knee problems in the past so I have a tendency to over protect them sometimes. I'm also going to start doing some more work where I can figure out how hard I can push myself on an out and back course, and still get back to where I need to be . Guess that relates to LT also (hmm, maybe that HR monitor will be my Christmas gift to myself).

And the aerobars are becoming more comfortable, just not comfortable in any type of wind, though.

KSH - don't worry about being real fast for TT; this TT series I'm doing is put on by my club as a way to monitor fitness levels. It's great practice for tris, and hey, I'm not even the slowest one out there, and I'm pretty slow!