Calaveras TT and TTT-Keith and Brianne represent!

We each did the solo and then we teamed up for 2person. Each of us has not raced a TT in about 2-3 years. We started riding our TT bikes the last few weeks and got our equip together for this race since Berkeley was cancelled. There were no real prizes for 2person, but we did it for team building. We each rode quite a pedestrian pace in the solo TT and we were unimpressed with our own times. However, we also understand the process of training, racing, and getting better at TTs and this is a little of a start. For the first (or 2nd for me) race of the season it was great for nothing to go wrong and nothing to be forgotten at home. Making your start time is very, very important for a TT and we were flawless today.

For the 10 miles, Brianne rode 28min and I rode 24:27. I was over a minute off my old time on this course I believe. I will have to look it up. I still have some winter weight to burn and Brianne is just starting intensity. We had crazy weeks of normal working parents and we really did a great job to do everything right on Saturday. The girl that Brianne is coaching finished in front of her by 1.5min. That was great for us to see. Neither of us was in or close to the top 3. I chose M35+ instead of p/1/2 due to later start time, and I'm glad because I would have been at the end of the p/1/2 field.

During the TT, I was catching my minute man before the turnaround so I thought I was having a good time. However, I got passed before I caught him. Three of us were a little congested for a bit on the twisting downhill, but then it spread back out for the 4 rolling miles back. The course was 5 miles out with last mile as a 3-5% climb. The other 4 miles were rolling and tailwind out and rolling and headwind back. It hurt.

For the 2person, our goal was to try to catch the team in front of us. However, our other goal was to ride as a good team and that meant that I would pull hard and Brianne would lock on my wheel. When we are going well, Brianne commands me by telling me to speed up, slow down, move left, move right, or that there is a gap formed. No gaps, only one 'move left'. I got a 'I can go faster' command 2 miles in, so I offered to let her pull, but that would not have been smart because her job is to save it for the hill and then if she's feeling like I'm too slow on the hill to come to the front and drag me up. As it was, it worked out just perfect that we both suffered equally well with me pulling hard and her sitting on tucked in. We finished 25:08 and had our minute team in sight and our two minute team in sight. We were the 3rd 2person team, but there was no podium or prizes for that. We were beat by very respectable teams, but there werent' enough teams to actually make a real field. There were only 3 coed teams I believe and we were top of that group. So we still have not been beaten by another coed 2person team.