So, I finally got to do my first TT. It was a spur of the moment thing. I stopped by my LBS to see if they had any specific date on the HEB MS 150 registration. Well I then realized it was Wed, and the owner said he was heading out to do the TTs. I raced home and got my bike and raced to the meeting point. I sort of lucked out because the route being used, while being decently hilly was a route that I had done 2 or 3 times.

I did the course in about 40 minutes, which they said probably put me in at around 20mph. I was pretty happy with my performance, however when asked if I felt like nearly puking I said no, because I felt absolutely fine. Legs, lungs, body felt fine. He promptly said that I was not going fast enough or pushing myself hard enough.

My question is, is being abld to do a 40 minute TT at that approximate speed through hills and still feeling fine normal, or is he perhaps right and I just was not really pushing myself as hard as I should/could have?

I do not know if my Castrale 8 records average cadence for a trip but I know I kept a decent cadence - relative to my experience.