Tuesday was a great day for training ... Sunny and temperature in the mid 70s ... but WINDYYYYYY

Met with Marianne, Jo, Jan, James, & Heather for a 40 minute TT (time trial) at Scott. 

The plan was to do a 20-30 minute warm-up and then do 20 minute bike down HWY 165 to the southeast on the wide shoulder and then back to the start.  But the wind was gusting 18-30 mph from the SSW ... so changed the plan to go SSW out Scott (HWY 161) on a narrow country HWY so that we could avoid the crosswinds.

While we were waiting for everyone to get ready ... we took some photos ... a few of which are shown down below (you can always click on the photo(s) and get to the larger photos or you can click on MY PHOTOS for additional photos.) ...

Well, I felt good during the warm-up ... so I was psyched for a good effort.  Based on the wind ... I guesstimated that we should go 26 minutes out and 14 minutes back.  I averaged about 19 mph into the wind and 29 mph on the way back ... but power meter showed that I was well below where I was at this time last year ... 

Still trying get back to where I was last year ... Between the lack of good motivating days and different training due to the crappy weather ... I have a long way to go ...

Looking at the power meter download ... it appeared to be functioning nominally ... but after 1/2 way to the turn point power faded dramatically ... and after a 2 minute soft pedal at the turn point to make the 40 minute power numbers correlate prorate to 1 hour power ... power faded after one minute ... but I hung on to match my power on the way out.

Most of the way back I was over 30 mph ... and over 33 mph part of the time ... could have went faster on smooth pavement ... but at 30-34 mph you can feel just how rough that road is ...  It was kind of neat flying along at 30-34 mph watching the terrain go by thinking ... this is the way it looked to LANCE ... (I know it was a nice tail wind ... but still fun) ... 

Just as I finished ... I had a couple good ole boys in a pickup truck dragging an old trailer behind me ask ... "Were you going 35 mph on thanngg?"  That makes you feel good also ... even though I was way down on power ...

After the TT, we did about a 30 minute run and then headed for the house ... FUN ... but I got a long way to go to get back to last years efforts.

Here we are ... waitin' on Jo
 


              Jan makin' a call                         



Marianne doing some pre-ride stretching?


             A little reflectivity ...                         
 
    Marianne & Heather ready to roll


Jo & I are just glad to be riding in sunshine!!!                                         

James lookin' into the wind