Took a trip up to New York to hang out with my Discovery Channel Pro Cycling buddy Joe Praino and Antonello Guzzo. The New York Racing Series had a nice 9 mile time trial race we all decided to do together.
This would be the first opportunity I had to race my new Discovery Trek Equinox TT bike. It was the first official time I got to use all of that fancy aero stuff I had been collecting over the past few months. I was thinking I could use a nice flat and fast TT to get the confidence up this season.
1000 ft of climbing over 9 miles.
Ok, so here are a few lessons learned from that race:
1. Don't race without a warm-up. I brought the trainer, but didn't get a chance to warm-up. Won't make that mistake again.
2. Preview the course. Had no idea what the course looked like, which made it always a surprise. As much as I wanted to go flat out, knowing where the climbs and turns are on the course help. Not to mention road surfaces.
3. Don't hold anything back. Had a little too much in the tank at the end.
So, just before the race started, I realized my back wheel was rubbing the inside of the chainstay. The wheel was true, just not set properly. So I had a moment of truth, where either I didn't race, or I raced with the wheel rubbing.
I raced with the wheel rubbing.
I never really felt like I settled into a proper cadence during the race. Perhaps that is something to focus on next time. I ended up with a decent time, with lot's of room for improvement.
My fit on the time trial bike needs some serious adjustment. Time to get out the tape measure and dial it in.
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