Hey guys, how are you all doing. Last week or so has been busy but good. Doug and I got in a nice ride Saturday, 50 miles and 2,500 vert. For a tired old guy, Doug climbed extremely well. In the afternoon, I took 6 of my teachers on a mountain bike ride. Not nearly as fun as the ride with Doug, but I survived.
Last Thursday, I did my second TT. Things went much better this time. I took 40 seconds off my first try and felt much stronger. I did the 7 miles in 15:57, or an average speed of 26.2 mph. I think with more experience I can get another 15 - 30 seconds off. I think I'm going to like the TT. It is extremely difficult, but fun in a strange way. During Thursday's TT, I reached my highest HR of the year, 171, and had an average of 166 for the 16 minutes. The trick is to go right to the edge of blowing up, without going over.
Last night I did RMR. They have some orange construction cones (3 inches diameter about 3 feet tall) down the drag strip marking the timing devices. Some guy about 6 or 7 riders up from me hit one of these cones and it flew into the group going about 28 mph. It took 3 guys down right in front of me (including Greg Frebrian on my team). I had both wheels fully locked up and somehow managed to miss the pile up. No one was badly hurt. By the time we got it sorted out, the group was 1/2 a lap ahead. I road for awhile until they caught me and sat on the back the rest of the race. Eric on my team easily won the sprint. The crash was in the same place I went down 3 years ago. It freaked me out more than a little. RMR has big groups, over 50 B's again, and high speeds. Not a great combination at times.
Tanner and I are both racing on the dirt Saturday. Should be another hard one. It's at Soldier Hollow, the olympic XC ski venue. It is not technical, but constantly up and down. 2 and 1/2 hours of 3.4 minute intervals. Can't wait.
Later,
Daren
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