With a beautiful day to open the first Saturday of spring Frank kindly organised a time-trial from Makara Beach to Johnsonville.
| Ride Data: | ||
| Distance: | 14.12km | 861 Calories |
| Time: | 35m 25s | 23.9 km/h (46.6km/h MAX) |
| Elevation: | Ascent: 274m | Descent: 59m |
| Cadence: | Avg: 91 rpm | Max: 111 rpm |
| Heart rate: | Avg: 86% est. max | Max: 95% est. max |
| Ride Data: | Garmin Connect / RideWithGPS | |
| Location: | Wellington, NZ | 4 September 2010 |
Not being a strong climber and with a net ascent over the route I was a tad apprehensive about the distinct possibility of riding badly but registered for the ride anyway.
While not a time to set the world on fire, with the benefit of competition I rode up to Johnsonville in 35m27s, a remarkable 8 minutes faster than my previously recorded training times over the same route.
We began our time-trials in reverse, seeded order which had me 7th out of 21 riders. Not sure whether complaints of net ascent aided my seeding or not. I started strongly into the wind and after a few kilometres began passing those that had started ahead of me. At 10km (of 14km) I was up to third on the road (if I counted correctly) but any possible thoughts of being of first being to the line soon evaporated as a succession riders whizzed straight pass me between the 11th and 12th kilometres.
Had a great afternoon and am looking forward to finding more improvement. Thanks again for organising the ride Frank :).
No doubt we’ll have more ITT’s over the same route. Have a target to beat to find the PB now. Now, if I only I can get riding up those hills a bit quicker…