Valero TT: No Practice makes not Perfect
I learned today that some things come naturally to me and some don't. Criterium racing comes naturally. I just ride my bike to work and go racing crits on the weekends and I do well.But this year I have now ridden two very slow time trials. So number one it means I need to work on developing a powerful position on my new bike. Number 2 it means I need to practice specifically to do well in TTs, because evidently it isn't something I train on my own without focusing specifically on it. So thats cool. Good to know.
I used to do these time trials every week with the couriers called the Rough News. Well I got the Rough News today. 7th out of 7 guys. Fred 1st, Wade 4th makes the BAR look like this.
1 Evan 190
2 Fred 167
3 Wade 148
4 John 130
5 Bo 128
6 Mark 110
Like I said, rough news. Another way to look at it is that 105 people competed, and I was 46th fastest, so that makes it feel a little better.
So I come home and try to make myself feel better by looking at bike porn, the Dauphine Libre TT on Cycling dot TV and this URL: http://www.bikesportmichigan.com/bikes/karma.shtml
Reston is tomorrow and definitely another day. Best case I win it and pass Bo and John, and start to take back some points on Wade and Fred too. It is my home race so I will be motivated for sure.
posted by Mark @ 1:24 PM
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