Originally Posted by
Jeff Pedals
...As for my first team time trial race: I came in last on my team as the 3 of us got seperated from the get go as I missed clipping into my left foot for the first 300 feet & I just could not make up that distance to get back on to my team..we had agreed before hand that our strongest rider should just go & not worry about keeping myself and my other team mate with him if he deemed he could make better time, as our team would get credit for the first team member across the line. Our fastest rider ended up scoring us a 1:30 time (29 mile out & back course)..other team member came in at 1:35, I came in last as mentioned at 1:42 which gives me a 17mph average. ...
Don't be so discouraged. Your time really isn't that bad considering that you were dropped right off the bat. If you had gotten clipped in and stayed with them you would have benefited from the draft and probably would have been at least with one of your other teammates. Heck, your whole team probably would have done better. You just need to work on getting that foot clipped in quicker!
