6/22/08
State TT
today in Groveport, just south-east of Columbus. 23.78 miles on a rolling course that seemed to have not a bit of tailwind, all headwind in every direction, isn't that common though. Tony started off at 8:53 and I was 1 minute behind. The way Tony has been going lately I knew that I wasn't going to try to blow myself up trying to catch him, I was just going to settle into a rythym and go at my pace. The first 6 or so miles I was going to try to take a little conservatively, not go out blazing hard but just a few clicks under a max effort and save the rest for the finishing half. That didn't seem to be the case though. The rollers and the headwind had me working harder than I wanted to and my heart rate was much higher than I wanted it to be at that point in time as well. I knew that I was going to probably suffer for the early hard effort later toward the finish and that I wasn't going to finish as strong as I should but that seemed to be the race for me today. Far be it for me to complain but I just couldn't seem to get much rythym on the rollers today either. Oh well, just wasn't the day that I would have liked to have for the State TT. I did manage to get 2nd. in my 40-44 age group though. Ray Huang was 1st. with a tremendous time that I think landed him somewhere in the top 5-6 overall, Great job to you Ray!
Tony raced in the Cat.3's and narrowly missed 3rd. by 10 seconds. His first big boy TT and he did very well and rode consistant. I couldn't be prouder. He beat my time by: 50. He was very disapointed though when he heard he missed 3rd. by 10 seconds. I have to keep reminding him though that he's only 16 and that he's racing with stronger riders, be patient, keep your head up and your day will soon come. I think next year we'll have to invest in a TT bike rather than racing tts with his road bike with clip on's.
Overall a very good day for our team.
Julie - 1st. 40-44
Christina - 2nd. 25-29
Robert - 2nd. Junior 13-14
Rudy - 1st. 50-54 - Top 10
Brian - 1st. 35-39
Mike - 2nd. 30-34
Pete - 2nd. Cat.3
Derek - 2nd. 45-49
Bill - 2nd. 40-44
Tony - 4th. Cat.3
Matt - 4th. Cat.1-2 - Top 10
Congratulations everyone!
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5 comments:
Great job Bill!
Tony, Great job. Just wait till the TT aero Tony shows up next year!
Nice job Marut's! Thanks for arranging the place to stay!
wow....nice/great job!
Congrats!
Bill, that's 4th overall, 1st old lady!
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