Originally Posted by Cyclingmaniac
Just did my first 25 Mile Time Trial last Saturday. This was on a 3 mile course with a (less than 2%) uphill grade on the western side of the course. Don't know whether these are good splits or not? Your thoughts?
Lap 1 0:12:06
Lap 2 0:11:11
Lap 3 0:10:14
Lap 4 0:09:55
Lap 5 0:09:41
Lap 6 0:09:23
Lap 7 0:09:25
Lap 8 0:09:13
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Total Time 1:21:08
Average Speed: 17.75 mph
Suprising you got faster..usually you get a bit slower as the lactate builds up. You are almost three minutes faster on the eighth lap...in two laps had improved almost two minutes. Your fastest lap is your last. In an eight lap deal like this, I'd expect to see laps 3-5ish be your fastest. I am curious on why? Because if the first three laps were like the last five, you might have cut about five minutes out of your time. That's like a lifetime in time trialing.
Did you ride the course ahead of time? Warm up properly? What is your age?
Just curious...