2010 Iowa State Time Trial Champion!!

I am pleased to announce that I won the 2010 Iowa State Time Trial Championships, taking home the Gold Medal in the Cat 1,2 division.  It has been a goal of mine for several years to someday accomplish this result, and it feels very rewarding to have achieved success.

---Link to 2010 results---
1st - Chad Bishop - 51:47:51  (28.8mph)
2nd - Paul Deninger - 52:48:60  (28.2mph)
3rd - Jeff Barnes - 53:00:82  (28.1mph)

I really did put a lot of focus on training for the Iowa State Road Race this year, and wasn't sure how that might effect my Time Trialing performance.  Things didn't really go according to plan at the road race, so I was sort of bummed out afterwards (maybe just late season burnout).

Here is a picture of me at the awards ceremony.

Apparently, all of the pain and suffering was worth it, as I couldn't have asked for a better result at the TT.  The time spent training for the State Road Race ended up creating a nice late season fitness peak.  I felt strong and focused the entire race.  

Maybe a good time for some history:
---2009 Iowa State TT Top 3---
1st - Paul Deninger - 52:34
2nd - Jeff Barnes - 52:38
3rd - Chad Bishop - 53:35
---2008 Iowa State TT Top 3---
1st - Jeff Barnes - 52:53
2nd - Chad Bishop - 53:28
3rd - Sean Walker - 53:57
---2007 Iowa State TT Top 3---
1st - Paul Deninger - 54:05
2nd - Sean Walker - 54:30
3rd - Nathan Moenck - 55:01
(13th - Chad Bishop - 58:23)
Congratulations to all who showed up to "race against the clock".  

Heading up to Des Moines this weekend to sort of wrap up the 2010 Road Racing season at the Big Creek Road Race and East Village Criterium.  Then things get a little funky as I have two duathlons on my race calendar and maybe even some cyclocross. Below are two videos of the 2009 East Village Event to get you all fired up:

Thanks for reading and happy rides.