Time Trial PB's

[Cuchilo]

Cracking 25 for me today on the HCC001 . First in my club and 21st overall . Mainly because half my club where not there but still a big reward for me as i have been putting in a lot of training effort over the last few weeks ( the effort i should have been doing over winter )
It's the first time I've done the course and was told its not a fast one and i managed to get within 1 minute of my 25 PB that was done on a fast course .

 

[iggibizzle]

all my 3 tts have been within 10 secs of each other. Consistent at least! Last week I felt the best of the 3, but id done a very hard 60 miler day before with some very fast lads. So probably a bit tired hence no speed improvement. know the course now and my last 3rd of the course was my best yet, so know how to judge things a bit better now. . Still doing over 250 mile a week so never get fully rested. Going as slow as poss today, and didn't go too hard over weekend, so hoping for a pb at tomorrow nights event

 

[Cuchilo]

all my 3 tts have been within 10 secs of each other. Consistent at least! Last week I felt the best of the 3, but id done a very hard 60 miler day before with some very fast lads. So probably a bit tired hence no speed improvement. know the course now and my last 3rd of the course was my best yet, so know how to judge things a bit better now. . Still doing over 250 mile a week so never get fully rested. Going as slow as poss today, and didn't go too hard over weekend, so hoping for a pb at tomorrow nights event

Good luck with it . Resting is an important part of racing but i guess you know that .
Are you planning to do other events ? I find its good fun to get to other courses . Have a look on CTT for courses near you if you're interested .

 

[SWSteve]

Roads were wet, covered in slurry and it was raining.
Nonetheless a PB of 25:49 in the local 10, on a pretty technical course

Edit: I should also add that my legs fell pretty heavy, and I couldn't sprint out of the corners - I had to rely on a slow acceleration when back on the straights

 

[Sharky]

Managed a plus 1:05 on age standard in tonight's 10. Best since they changed all the age standards about 5 years ago.

 

[iggibizzle]

Well, last night was my best performance yet. Only 8 seconds down on my pb, despite a heavy crash about a mile in on a wet roundabout. Another 3 came a cropper later. Probs lost over 90 secs checking I wasn't broken apart from lots of blood, and the bike was ok, apart from a boshed shifter and torn bar tape. So speed wise I was doing much better.

 

[iggibizzle]

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Good luck with it . Resting is an important part of racing but i guess you know that .
Are you planning to do other events ? I find its good fun to get to other courses . Have a look on CTT for courses near you if you're interested .

just sticking with this one for now while I learn the ropes. Also do long distance events so try to keep it spread between the 2.

 

[Cuchilo]

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just sticking with this one for now while I learn the ropes. Also do long distance events so try to keep it spread between the 2.

Fair enough . I planned to just stick to one club course for my first season but with club membership came the chance to ride six ( i think ) WLC events . Added to that the prompts on the club website about other events and i sort of did loads of other events without realizing i was entering opens .
To be honest i'm still not quite sure what's going on but it's great fun .

 

[iggibizzle]

28-18 last night. A good 30 seconds or so off my last best. Can't complain at that after doing 130mile and 12,000ft on Saturday. Could still feel it a bit in my legs.

 

[jifdave]

32:55 for me last night. Around +3.30 over pb.
Had some pretty serious back problems this year and have only managed 85 miles total this year usually would be around the 1000 mile mark by now.
My club only do two TT a season so have plenty of work to do before Aug/sept edition.

 

[SWSteve]

Managed another PB last night. Legs felt shot, and when I stopped I saw my back brake was rubbing. Pretty hacked off as I was really pushing the whole way round.

25:43

Edit; my legs felt shot afterwards. I had to stop and rest on the 15 mile cycle home. Felt really embarrassed.

 

[HLaB]

I'm still a long way of my pb, probably mostly due to lack of practice (I concentrated on the 312 over winter). P'tured on the first TT of the season so it was a write off at nearly 32 mins. The next week there was road works so we ended up doing a parallel course that was a 11miles it was pre 312 so I didn't really push. Then after three weeks (and the 312) I got back on the proper course but only did a 27:22 (a long way of my course pb of 26:06). Did an open in between and didn't do much better (27:02). I was doing those times last year in practice with a road helmet (kask Infinity with closed vent) and low profile wheels. So I had a think as to my set up and decided to ditch the TT helmet (my only set up change) and go back to the road helmet. Got my pacing wrong and finished with too much in the tank (should've pushed harder into the wind and got blown home) but I managed to get back under 27mins (26:52). The road helmet seems to let me stay in the aero position comfortably for longer :-/ Now where do I find 46secs :-/

 

[jowwy]

I'm still a long way of my pb, probably mostly due to lack of practice (I concentrated on the 312 over winter). P'tured on the first TT of the season so it was a write off at nearly 32 mins. The next week there was road works so we ended up doing a parallel course that was a 11miles it was pre 312 so I didn't really push. Then after three weeks (and the 312) I got back on the proper course but only did a 27:22 (a long way of my course pb of 26:06). Did an open in between and didn't do much better (27:02). I was doing those times last year in practice with a road helmet (kask Infinity with closed vent) and low profile wheels. So I had a think as to my set up and decided to ditch the TT helmet (my only set up change) and go back to the road helmet. Got my pacing wrong and finished with too much in the tank (should've pushed harder into the wind and got blown home) but I managed to get back under 27mins (26:52). The road helmet seems to let me stay in the aero position comfortably for longer :-/ Now where do I find 46secs :-/

There so much to think about in TTs when trying to chase/beat pb's.

What TT helmet are you using? Is your position right? Wind? Etc etc

Just keep training and keep working on what feels best for you. Some like to be very low at the front, some like to be narrow at the front but not as low.

You will get there and pb's will come

 

[Sharky]

You will get there and pb's will come

If only ...

It's a sobering thought, but the day will come when your current PB will be your final PB. My last PB for a 10 was in 1969 and no matter how hard I train or tweak the bike etc., can't get near it.

But still get a lot out of TT's, aiming for Season bests or Age Standard bests, but absolute PB's - would have to be a tail wind in both directions.

 

[Jerry Atrik]

Finally getting to ride my first TT of the year this Thursday after a whole winter of illness . No training at all as such but just want to get on my new bike .