At 6:00pm, Epic Bike and Sport, along with Defined Fitness Training (a cycling team the GF and I belong to) are hosting the Epic Time Trials, at 600 New Century Parkway Gardner, KS 66031. This isn’t far from where the Lone Star Century I rode on Sunday started.
I’ve always wondered how I’d do in something like this. It’s time to find out. I get to race for free, due to my membership with DFT, but I’ll still have to pay a for-the-day USCF membership fee. Ah well… it’s for a worthy cause. ;)
This will be my first Time Trial. I’m really just riding to see what I can do. I have no idea how it’ll turn out, or what it entails. I just know that for 6.1 miles, I’ll be pushing as hard as I can, without overdoing it in the first few minutes.
6.1 miles at 6.1mph = 1hr (bah!)
6.1 miles at 12.2mph = 30 minutes (ha ha!)
6.1 miles at 18.3mph = 20 minutes (hmmm…)
6.1 miles at 24.4mph = 15 minutes (eeek)
… And that’s about the best I can imagine. I hope to come in between 15 and 20 minutes.
By way of personal perspective, 6.1 miles is a bit shy of twice around the JC Wheeler Downtown Airport, a circuit I’ve ridden many times. That will give me a sense of how to pace myself.