All it took were some above average temps to turn up the heat on my Time Trialing engine. I entered the 2010 Quad-Cities 20k TT, Sunday May 23rd, and was able to post one of my fastest times ever. I hadn't really considered trying to set the course record set by Bryce Mead back in 2008, however as I made my way past the first 5k checkpoint, I began to consider raising my expectations. Unfortunately, I missed the course record by 2 seconds, but my time of 25:20:65 was very respectable and resulted in an average of over 29mph and the overall fastest time for the day. This is my fastest pace to date in any official TT event...
- RESULTS-
Donnie Miller of DICE cycling does a good job of compiling stats:
20k Quad Cities TT Course Records
Year Name Time Speed
2000 Aaron Inch 0:28:28.08 26.19mph
2002 Aaron Inch 0:27:04.00 27.55mph
2003 Paul Deninger 0:26:21.00 28.30mph
2004 Craig Gartland 0:27:23.00 27.23mph
2005 Paul Deninger 0:26:13.22 28.44mph
2006 Peter Sharis 0:26:50.00 27.79mph
2007 Jason Wagner 0:26:17.86 28.36mph
2008 Bryce Mead 0:25:18.42 29.47mph
2009 Chad Bishop 0:25:55.53 28.76mph
2010 Chad Bishop 0:25:20:65 29.43mph
Though it was very windy, they were mostly cross-winds throughout this very flat course, which I believe helped everyone's times, for the most part, as fighting head-winds can really take it out of you. I also took advantage of the above average temps, which I prepare for in my indoor VeloDrome Complex located just south of Miikitchen, Iowa.
Now time to top off the training this week, to create a nice peak for the Memorial Day Weekend Races. The Melon City Criterium is right behind my house, so always nice to have the home-court advantage.
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