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| Seconds after the race start |
The Cayman Islands National 10mile time trial took place on the 16th of October 2011. A link to the photos taken at the event can be found here: http://www.caymancycling.com/national-10-mile-tt-2011.html
Overall I was disappointed with my race performance yesterday. My time was 23:25 which was 1min and 24seconds slower than my time from the 2010 National 10mile TT championships. I have to add that the weather conditions was rather atrocious compared to 2010. About 5min into my TT rain was unleashed from the sky together with gusts of wind that made it rather scary riding with the S60 wheel in front and a S80 wheel in the back.
With two olympic distance races fast approaching during November I was concerned about taking risks on the wet roads yesterday. I had a bike accident on a wet road during November 2008 and since then my confidence has not been the same cycling all out on a wet road.
I reviewed my Garmin data this evening and compared my stats from this years time trial to last year's national time trial. What I found was that my average heart rate was actually 1 beat per minute higher than last year's TT but my max heart rate was 4bpm lower.
Overall my TT ride was good enough for a 3rd place overall in the open division which I was fairly happy with but know that I am going to have to put in a huge effort during the Cayman Islands Triathlon in 3 weeks time to achieve a new personal best of 2:12 or faster.
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| Receiving my award for 3rd place in the Open division |
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