I just messed around a little really, in the late '80s and early '90s. I got to experience the USCF rule that says you're never 30 years old I was moderately competitive on a local/regional level, but definitely no better than that, and not much hope of ever getting any better than that (which is how I burned out for so long), and that's kind of my point.

I messed around with different forms of racing, but my best event was the individual TT. (Brute force, not too much strategy, hardly any cornering ) The one year I went to the district TT, I finished solidly in the middle. (I actually placed third in Masters Women just because there were only five of us. ) Back in those days Olympic qualifying time for the women's 40K ITT was 1:06:00. I beat that time, just barely, so technically I would've been able to go to Nationals and compete in Masters - and if there had been fewer women overall at Districts, I might've qualified as non-age-graded.
Cool history. What a great experience.. you must have been VERY motivated and disciplined!

Back to the thread... Speaking of MotIVATED! What an amazing guy.
Sorry all!