Ravin' on... Racin' Goals

[RoadRaven]

Hey there Shefly and Trek - belated thanks for your words and support


Well, I am still trying to find my place in the new grade... I finish and people ask me how it was and I answer with cautious enthusiasm (for example... "well, last time I was dropped completely and came in last, but today I was NOT completely dropped and was 4th to last - gotta be improving, right?")

So anyway, I raced on Saturday, although I only did two thirds of it (it was a 3 lap course) as I waited with a guy who had crashed until he was collected... his group had called the SAG wagon and then left him, but when my grade went by and I called out he was disoriented and so I stopped and pleased I did - his helmet was mushed in on one side and the marshall that arrived took him to hospital for concussion.

So the Saturday race was not so intense as it may have been - which is just as well because on Sunday it was the Tremain's Coorporate Triathalon. I had set a goal at the end of last year of 34 minutes for the 20km (which would have been a 32.5average), however, the course was changed and we had an almost gale-force westerly on the way out (head wind) and on the return leg a southerly squall blew through, negating what should have been a tail wind (when I got back the ocean was as falt as a mill-pond despite them not allowing the kayakers to go out in the first section, and halving the distance the swimmers had because the wind was so dreadful!). So with the wind working against me, and the course change, I managed and average speed of 31.kph... which I was annoyed with on the day, but retrospectively it was a good time.

I have the last TT of the season this Saturday and am hoping to perform well. I know the road well, and have done one TT on this course before. I took 38.56 mins - 30.83 average.

If we have ideal conditions this Saturday, I will be aiming for 35 1/2 minutes which is an average of 33.8, but will be satisfied if my average is anything over 32kph. Here's hoping...