Time Trial for B5 Challenge

Since the B5 Challenge is over with tomorrow, I went out today and did my 3 mile time trial for it. I didn’t get a chance to look up my time from January but remembered it being somewhere around 12 minutes. I figured I’d shoot for 8 minutes and be happy with 9 minutes. I didn’t come lose to the 8 minutes and didn’t quite make the 9 minutes. I finished in 9:06. On the ride profile, the 2 flags mark the beginning and end of the time trail. As you can see it’s not exactly flat but it’s the best thing close to my house or work. After I got back I looked it up and I had done a 11:42 in January. I’m really happy with a 22% improvement since my training really isn’t targeted at 3 mile distances.

I lost weight the beginning of the month and now I’ve gained it back. Actually I was done half a pound this morning. That leaves me half a pound from my goal. Hopefully my weight swings down for tomorrow mornings weigh in instead of up. My weight peaked out at 197 pounds in December and I’m now at 174.5. I’ve really used DietPower to make sure I was cutting calories enough to lose weight but not so much as to affect my training.

After I did the time trial, I met up with the group for the lunch time training ride. I don’t know if I was tired from doing the time trial or from my heat training. I definitely felt a little tired but still pushed myself and finished 3rd but once again without the fast Rock Shox guys.

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