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Having raced on Sunday followed up with a two-man TT trainer with Todd the next day, it's really easy to conclude that the latter is definitely more challenging. When racing, the intensity, albeit high, is pretty constant. When we do TTT, the highs and lows are far more extreme and thus is more interval-like really pushing your cardio to the max. Good stuff.
Todd and I saw Jaffe at the locker room, but Jaffe had plans to ride with Hiroshi (who was sporting a new Trek 7 series BTW...I guess new bikes are trending again). Thus, we didn't even slow down at the intersection where Hiroshi was waiting for Steve. Todd started hammering right away to catch the green light on Bison, so we were off.
We work very well together offering each other relief when we could. Going through BB and on PCH up to CDM, we were taking turns keeping the pace up dodging other cyclists and runners along the way. Going through CDM downtown, however, all we could do was try to make it through there without getting run over or having someone open a door in front of you, so drafting is not really advisable. This is true for the return pass through here as well. Todd doesn't slow down though, so it takes a lot of work just to be able to keep up. When gaps would form, usually with me falling back for one reason or another, I'd always have to step it up just to be able to latch back on again and then take a subsequent pull.
We made pretty good time to El Moro. The U-turn took a little time with a lot of oncoming cars, but we managed to do so safely and started hammering once we did. It was a little rough heading back with the wind, and for me to complain about wind while on a TT bike, you know it sucked. Nevertheless, we pushed on and kept relieving each other whenever we thought we could push the pace a little faster.
We got a little separated again going through CDM, and Todd got a pretty good gap after McArthur...he's a machine. It took some work to get back up to him and then we started trading pulls again with him finishing us out to Jamboree.
Back Bay was fast and it took concentrating on how we're heading back and that it's almost over just to keep going or more importantly, keep up. The rise up to East Bluff was a bear, but we still got up there together with Todd leading us to University.
As we were coming to the Jamboree underpass, there were some cyclists ahead of us, and no matter how much we called out to the left, one guy just didn't want to scoot over. Maybe he's deaf. We had to check up a lot just to finally get by him, but we still managed to reach the base of CA with a 24.2 mph average.
Todd led us up CA, and he was definitely hauling ass. All I could do was hang on for the length of the climb and tell him to push through the green light once we got to Bison. At the end of the ride, my Garmin was showing a 24.0 avg with his a tick faster. Strava did it's thing and knocked some time off of these though. In any case, Tood was able to get the KOM for the El Moro and Back route. Sweet!
Thanks for the TT training, bud!
Having raced on Sunday followed up with a two-man TT trainer with Todd the next day, it's really easy to conclude that the latter is definitely more challenging. When racing, the intensity, albeit high, is pretty constant. When we do TTT, the highs and lows are far more extreme and thus is more interval-like really pushing your cardio to the max. Good stuff.
Todd and I saw Jaffe at the locker room, but Jaffe had plans to ride with Hiroshi (who was sporting a new Trek 7 series BTW...I guess new bikes are trending again). Thus, we didn't even slow down at the intersection where Hiroshi was waiting for Steve. Todd started hammering right away to catch the green light on Bison, so we were off.
We work very well together offering each other relief when we could. Going through BB and on PCH up to CDM, we were taking turns keeping the pace up dodging other cyclists and runners along the way. Going through CDM downtown, however, all we could do was try to make it through there without getting run over or having someone open a door in front of you, so drafting is not really advisable. This is true for the return pass through here as well. Todd doesn't slow down though, so it takes a lot of work just to be able to keep up. When gaps would form, usually with me falling back for one reason or another, I'd always have to step it up just to be able to latch back on again and then take a subsequent pull.
We made pretty good time to El Moro. The U-turn took a little time with a lot of oncoming cars, but we managed to do so safely and started hammering once we did. It was a little rough heading back with the wind, and for me to complain about wind while on a TT bike, you know it sucked. Nevertheless, we pushed on and kept relieving each other whenever we thought we could push the pace a little faster.
We got a little separated again going through CDM, and Todd got a pretty good gap after McArthur...he's a machine. It took some work to get back up to him and then we started trading pulls again with him finishing us out to Jamboree.
Back Bay was fast and it took concentrating on how we're heading back and that it's almost over just to keep going or more importantly, keep up. The rise up to East Bluff was a bear, but we still got up there together with Todd leading us to University.
As we were coming to the Jamboree underpass, there were some cyclists ahead of us, and no matter how much we called out to the left, one guy just didn't want to scoot over. Maybe he's deaf. We had to check up a lot just to finally get by him, but we still managed to reach the base of CA with a 24.2 mph average.
Todd led us up CA, and he was definitely hauling ass. All I could do was hang on for the length of the climb and tell him to push through the green light once we got to Bison. At the end of the ride, my Garmin was showing a 24.0 avg with his a tick faster. Strava did it's thing and knocked some time off of these though. In any case, Tood was able to get the KOM for the El Moro and Back route. Sweet!
Thanks for the TT training, bud!
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