First Time Trial
Any suggestions? Don't have tri bars, aero helmet, or disc wheels. :P
Great article post! Thanks for the good read. Handy information to have.
In my mind equipment does not matter, a time trial is mostly a race against yourself.
There will always be someone who is faster or who has a nicer bike.
Track your progress over the duration of the series and/or compare yourself to others with similar times for added motivation.
If you do not have a heart monitor or power meter just listen to your breathing - you should be taking deep breaths, but not gasping (until the end).
Well, that was good fun.
Little bit of wind. Little bit of heat. JohnnyMac and Zach crushed it !
Thanks very much Mike for organizing.
While we figure out how best to make these available long term, here are the results.
If I spelled your name incorrectly could you let me know - send to WCC info account.
Thanks to all the helpers: Stuart, Tyler, Brandon, Caroline - we were all new to the timing game but everything seemed to go well.
* means no aero equipment - Eddy Merckx style!
And one last thing, standing at the side of the road it was quite clear how much room we take up - please, if you are not warming up, get OFF the road completely.
Event 14 km time trial
Location Crowsfoot Road
Data May 27, 2010
Weather Sunny, 27C, wind 15 kph NW
18:07 John McCormack
18:44 Zach Steinman
19:25 Scott Weldon *
19:27 Christian Jug *
19:39 Ray Vanderveen
20:10 Fred Perez
20:27 Alex Van Poppelen *
20:48 Alain Francq
21:27 Arron Grant
21:37 Brent Harris
21:52 Phil Schilling
22:20 Mike Charland *
23:01 Gerry Ross *
Reminder.
Unless otherwise directed by the WCC...the 2nd TT of the season is on tonight. June 17
holy crap......i bought some legs and lungs off ebay...i think they work. :)
Forget aero helmet and disc wheels. Just get low. In the drops. And apply threshold power for 20-25 min minutes without blowing up. Just don't let those guys going 42kph catch you! ;)
Again, I've posted this link before, but it really puts things in perspective.
http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/how-aero-is-aero-19273
I may have a pair of super simple clip-on aerobars for you. No charge. But, you'd have to get used to them first. And see how far you can slide your saddle forward on its rails while maintaining ride stability. If you don't set it up correctly, you won't be able to apply power safely and will be far faster in the drops of your road bike.
But what do I know. I've never done a TT either! Just a couple dozen triathlons.
I'll come out and give it a try too.