I did my first competitive time trial since the days I used to do triathlon! Our club was in charge of organizing a 10 mile TT last Saturday and a couple of weeks ago I decided to try this one. Bought a couple of clip on bars and started training, there's a small course around Mirfield which I used to built up speed, it's around 10 km long - so twice the round gives me 20 km. I've improved my time for this Mirfield 20km from over 40 minutes to around 38 minutes. It's quite hilly though - the total ascend is around 270 meters.
The TT competition was near Brotherton with much less climbing, it was actually a quite flat course - but it was a bit windy - certainly the days before. The weather was great though - quite sunny and around 12 C. My aim was to finish within 30 minutes and boy, I did beat that time - I did it in 26.40! Average speed just over 36 km/h. It certainly asks for more TT-ing. I was only slightly slower than all these other guys with their special bikes, wheels and other gear.
I did a 50km ride today just to keep the legs moving - that went actually quite well, I did the Clayton West ride, which is moderately hilly (two more or less significant climbs) in 27.3 km/h average. This is 2 km/h faster than earlier in the year (and I was just cruising!).
So....I think I'm getting in shape.
Next week I'll do the Brian Robinson Cyclo Sportive, which is 75 miles in and around the Penines (with Holmes Moss as big climb). Should be able to do in around 4.5 hours....
I will let you know next week!
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