Monday, August 4, 2008

State TTs

Got back from Japan and hit the TT bike. Felt flat on it all week and just had no motivation to push. Did 1.5 hours on the PCs throughout the week. Not much, but I had to get used to my TT bike after 2 weeks away in Japan.

Didn't push during the ITT. I was passing people left and right and wasn't getting passed, so I figured why gun it. That paid off. Ended up with just over a 58 minute 40k in miserable conditions (very hot, heat index over 100, a bit breezy). That was good enough for 1st in the men's 35-39 category. The rest of the team mopped up as well. Pearland Cycles Racing came away with wins in Cat 4, Mens 35-39, Mens 40-44, Womens 30-34, and Junior 15-18. Also nabbed a 2nd in the Cat 3 and 4th in Cat 5. We topped it off Sunday with a 1st in the Cat 3 TTT. We didn't better our time of 52:12 from last year, but we did win by nearly 2 minutes. Our 52:59 came in less than ideal conditions - decent tailwind on the way out, but a stronger headwind on the way back. The time was the 5th fastest on the day (i.e., would have placed us 5th in the P12 category). Not bad for a trio of old farts (one of whom who flatted with less than 5 miles to go) and our 14 year old stud.

But now it's Powercrank time. Loads of PC work coming up.

PC time this week - 1.5 hours
PC time to date - 4 hours

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