Last night was my first time trial with my local bike club. It's not really a competitive event, we're all at different abilities. I've only been biking for a year. The wind was pretty calm, no big difference during the five miles out or back.

I watched my cadence more so then speed. I didn't really know how much to push because I'd never done 10 miles as fast as I could before. So, I shifted back and forth just trying to keep the RPMS around 95. I wasn't sure *exactly* where the turnaround point was, even though I was watching my odometer on the way out. The road was narrow, and I'd never turned around on it before so I did slow down quite a bit to make the switch.

I tried to crank it up more for the last mile. I finished with 32:42, averaging roughly 18 mph. I was pleased with my first attempt on the flat course.

Do any of you do time trials? How long have you been working at it? What was your first time? How fast can you go now?