Thanks TxDoc and SheFly ... again. DH gets into iab position sometimes, so I get what that's all about. Have never tried it myself, but will work on that. Thanks! And I would never do an event without warming up sufficiently. I take warm up and cool down pretty seriously, even on group rides. Everyone else is chatting while I'm cooling down and drinking my recovery drink!

One of the reasons why I'm not so sure I want to jump into doing that first April event ... is it is an hour and a half away and, being on a Sunday it affects church and family time. If it were close and didn't much affect anyone else in my world, that would be another story. However, I could go ride hard for 12.5 miles close to home and see how much faster I did the same route as before if it's just about competing against myself ... which, by the way the way, I'm ALL about. I love that TT's are not just about competing against others, but about getting your own personal best. I used to run (sort of! ran ... then walked ... then ran). I did some 5k's, 10k's and two half marathons. Most people don't do those events to try to actually "win", but to push themselves to their personal best ... and part of that is seeing how they compare to the rest of the runners. Depending on the event, you can look at a list and actually see how you stack up against everyone else. When I switched to cycling, which I love so much more, it was frustrating coming in at the end of an organized event and not really knowing how I compared to anyone else. I just did the Palm Springs half century. I rode with two friends. We started late and passed people all day long. Only got passed once by a tandem, and then we passed them on a climb. I'd love to know how our time compared to everyone else's, but I never will.

So while just doing it for my own self is part of why I want to do it, I also don't want to drive that far, potentially by myself if DH doesn't go, and mess with Sunday family time until I feel I can give it a reasonable shot. Then again ... I don't "really" know if I can give it a reasonable shot until I try it! I will tell you this, though. There's a TT on Mother's Day in San Diego and I think it may have my name on it. Whether I drag the kids along or not, I'm not sure, but I think mom deserves to do what she wants on Mother's Day and I think mom wants to do a time trial! There's also one the weekend before at the same place the 4/3 one is at. So there are plenty to be found. The one's in the fall are 25 minutes away, so definitely looking forward to those. Plus I can train on that course and get really super duper FAST on it! Haha!!! They won't know what hit 'em, I tell ya!

One last word on DH, who by the way has been my biggest supporter in cycling and I in no way want to make him sound like a jerk ... One of his "issues", lets say, is that he knows if I really love TT's (and there's a good chance I will), it only stands to reason that I will be wanting a TT bike at some point, and this is part of the "sore spot". If I do TT's, it's going to make him want to do TT's even more, and one TT bike is expensive enough, let alone two. And we are going through financial stuff that is making us both try to be very careful how we spend our money. He actually has a TT frame and some of the components to put on it, but there is still some money to be spent to finish it, though, and then ... who gets to ride it??!! The fact that he already has a frame tells you how much he wants to do TT's ... and now before he gets a chance to do one, he sees his wife swooping in and trying to take away his bike! We had discussed sharing it at an event. We both ride the same size road bike. So we talked about one of us riding it in an event, coming back and moving the saddle, etc. for the other rider. But I emailed a TT event organizer and he said it's not very practical to plan for that, not knowing if our categories would overlap, etc. However, another option is we just don't ride at the same events. He does one event and I do the next. At least until we can reasonably afford another bike. My thinking, however is, if anyone gets the TT bike it's ME! This is because he is good at all kinds of events, while I am not. He has both a really nice road bike and mountain bike and races on both and does very well. Climbing is sort of his specialty, while I pretty much suck at climbing compared to other "racers" at least ... I excel much more on the flat. So while he has multiple events he can go do with his two bikes and even end up on the podium sometimes, if I go do those same events, it's just for fun and will not get anywhere near a podium. But I can see myself getting really good at TT's, which is why if it can only go to one person ... I DESERVE THE TT BIKE!!!!!!!

Okay, so this has turned into yet another really long post from Jiffer! You're so kind if you read it all! I will keep all your comments in mind and will do a TT when it feels right for the multiple reasons discussed. Pretty sure, at the very least, it's what I'm doing for Mother's Day. Just having a goal to look forward to at "some point in the near future" is really great for me. Changes the way I look at my training and gives me purpose. Thanks everyone!