Hi shovelhd, I'll send you a PM with my cell. I'll be up for a very easy ride on Friday to recover from the road race on Thursday.
Why do races where you are going slow hurt more or at least as much as when you're going fast?
My target time for the TT was anything under 45 minutes which would have been 40 Km/hr. I ended up with a 46:30.
I actually caught my 30 second man before the turnaround and the guy who started 30 seconds behind me never caught me. I was pretty happy that no one caught me before the turnaround. A couple of miles later someone went by me but I was able to stay relatively close to him after he passed me. He'd pull away on the descents and I'd close up on the rises. Just as we got to the 5 Km sign the wheels fell off. Three(!) guys passed me in the last 5 Km and I couldn't stay close to any of them.
I ended up 26th out of 34. If I'd hit my target time I would have been tied for 23rd. How do these old guys ride so fast?
Tomorrow should be even more fun.