What do you think the chances of them letting me get near that track again next year ?
Here's my on bike 20km run + awards starting at 35:23
https://youtu.be/MoymHTOaVCc?t=2123 fun comments from the announcer ( anyone know who this guy is? ) are at 28:23 and 36:26
Quote from reever on Mar 17th, 2019, 8:56pm:You get what you train for....... Looking back at last year's races I lost a few mph this year. I kind of thought I really didn't have to train for races that were this short. No excuses....I just rode less this year than in last years.
Oh, and did I mention that Steven Weins was just on fire this year? He took off so fast and gapped me so early in the 20K that I thought 'he must think this is just one lap around this thing!" At least I was hoping he thought that. Turns out he was just in good enough shape to maintain that speed all the way around--twice. Very tough guy.
I don't know how I got to be the first guy to go in both time trials. Not an excuse--just an observation. Having that thing behind me really had me going--as in going WAY TOO FAST--the first quarter mile of the 5k. Wasn't wearing a heart rate monitor, but it felt like it was close to 200bpm, and I was up to over 25mph. The M5 or NoCom or whatever it was passed me before the hill! I passed him back going up the hill, but after the hill he just cruised on past me like he wasn't even trying. I dug deep to stay within maybe two seconds of him at the finish. So, of course I'm thinking this guy who puts 32 seconds on me is by far and away the winner, but Steven on his CA2 put a dent in that guy!!!
I heard a few rumblings about letting recumbents go on to nationals. It'll never happen. There is too much variation in recumbent design. There would have to be ten categories. The upright folks have one type of bike--it's all standardized. There are many, many more of them than there are of us. They have paid their dues......for years. Let them have their thing and we'll have our own fun.....just on a smaller scale.