Originally Posted by
OldsCOOL
Weight loss is gooood stuff for TT's
I have a 20mi course (with a couple big hills) laid out for personal TT work. Losing weight brings the time down and avg speeds up...and those hills are not as big as they used to be.
10mi at 20mph is fast moving and a great accomplishment for our age, way to go!
I finished my 20mi TT with a 20mph interval (1 mile) and that is not easy.
I don't hear the term any more these days, but back when I first started racing, and doing time trials, finishing a 25-mile time trial in 1 hour 15 minutes (20 mph average) was known as finishing in "evens." I think it's an English expression. Stapfam?
But as far as weight, I was pretty much just the opposite. Coming out of high school I was 6'1" and 145 lbs. Once I started cycling, and especially racing bicycles, I was 165 lbs. And when I started to get good at road sprinting in masters, I was 175. Now I ride 18-20,000 km a year and I'm able to maintain 175 lbs.
Luis