Race Fans,
Friday night we (took the whole family - see attached pic) made the trek to Gainesville for the Swamp Classic (a two-day cycling event).
I competed in the Saturday Time Trial as "Crits" (group bike racing usually around short city blocks) are just not in my DNA.
This is a great early season race to benchmark your racing fitness.
The day was perfect other than the wind which is always a factor here in Florida.
The Time Trial (TT) was an "out and back" 9 mile course on a very narrow country road with no traffic lights or stop signs - our Honda Pilot barely fit within the lane, no kidding.
There was a tailwind heading out with fierce "head-on" winds way back. The challenge was to bring myself to the edge of my pain and speed threshold leaving enough in the "tank" to get back.
Fortunately, Coach Dara and I did some training prior to this race to prepare for these race conditions.
It was the the most brutal TT yet as I have never had to face headwinds that fierce for that long.
In my category, there were 12 of us and I got 3rd (got me some hardware)! I managed to average a bit over 24 mph - not a bad TT and quite happy with the result.
Thanks for your continued support,
Adam
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