Due to the potential of bad weather and high high humidity, I think it kept a lot of riders away. Last week there were 70 riders, this week; 25. The warm up lap was soggy, both in road conditions and sweat coming from my head.
I started 25th out of 25 and power was pretty good from the get-go. The speed wasn't there the whole race, but power stayed good. I guess the weather and/or road condition was causing the slower speed. I don't know. I was consistently in the high 200's but was averaging mid 24's.
By the finish, I was at 25:13 (powertap) with 270 watts. Checking my data there were no dropouts so unless the humidity (which was high, high) fubar'ed my computer, the wattage was legit. I was toast when I was done. I think some people were talking to me right when I stopped by my car, but all I heard was mumbling. Often, 5-15 minutes after a time trial, I think to myself that I could have went harder. Not this time as I put everything I had into it.
Week 11 24.4 average @ 270 watts = 25:13
Week 10 25.0 average @ 259 watts = 24:52
Week 9: 25.0 average @ 259 watts = 24:42 (official)
Week 8: 24.5 average @ 255 watts = 25:10 (powertap) 25:18 (official)
Week 5: 24.7 average @ 257 watts = 25:00 (my time), 25:07 (official)
Week 4: 24.7 average @ 257 watts = 25:13 (official time)
Week 3: 24.4 average @ 271 watts (wrong) = 25:17
Week 2: 24.3 average @ 250 watts = 25:33
Week 1: 24.2 average @ 242 watts = 25:47
Not doing Blue Streak tonight as my back is acting up. Haven't made that race yet this year.
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