Rob’s recap of his Dunlap Time Trial:

Dunlap TT

35+ 4/5’s

30-k

Light wind from the SW

94-degrees

Dead flat course with ~6-turns

30-second intervals between riders

Goal was to finish around 45-min

Caught 8-riders in front of me

Finished 46’03”

10th place out of 40 registered

Winning time: a little over 42 minutes (would have placed top 10 in the pros) next fastest rider was over 43 min and was the rider off just in front of me

Interesting…they had a start ramp set up, never used one before…I liked it.

Promised myself not to do this again at the end…my hip rotators are not used to going hard in the TT position and were VERY painful and stiff after the ride…could hardly walk over to registration and just about fell over getting my clothes changed…hip rotators not really cramping…just extremely painful and not wanting to work anymore.

Feeling better now…still stiff and sore but will live to play another day.

Thanks for loaning your TT helmet Brad…it helped!

Lessons:

Practice longer TT efforts for at least 6-weeks leading into an event like this…those 1-min power intervals Matt and I have been doing are not enough :o )

You can dig deeper than you think…

Ice in a camel back bladder stuffed down your skin suit lasts about 15k on a day this hot….hot water is better than no water on your first 90+ ride of the year :o )

They had a TTT this year that we definitely need to do as a team next year!!

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