nature valley grand prix time trial
had the old nature valley grand prix time trial today. 4.5 miles along the mississippi river next to downtown st paul.
big fisch and i had a challenge. he had all the tt equipment and i had none. bets were placed on who would get the better time.
last year i went out too hard to start and really hit the wall on the way back. this time i decided to be a bit more conservative and moderate my efforts early to ride strong the whole way through. i think i did that successfully. i rode just below cracking for the bulk of the time. i probably could have pushed through it a bit more, but who knows. i'm learning what the well tuned time trial effort feels like.
anyway i improved on my time of 10:31, finishing 10:07. when i crossed the line however, i saw 9:39 on the clock next to my number, so i don't know. is it possible that they made a mistake? i am positive that is what i saw. ah well.
now big fisch, or the pale horse as we like to call him. he managed a 9:34, unofficially. so, he took me (and chad's $5) by a ways. what a shame.
early reports that chad and justin had busted into the top ten proved wrong. the announcers were just blowing smoke. we got all excited for nada.
