Friday, January 05, 2007

BIKE 100KM TIME TRIAL @ PUTRAJAYA

TUESDAY, 2 JANUARY 2007
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I wld really be kidding myself if I tried to repeat the 30km splits logged in the 90km TT 3 days ago. Felt tired and heavy at start of ride. Could not fully recover from Sunday's long ride despite a full day of complete rest on Monday. Again, started the TT after 8km warm up. Aimed to at least average 30km/h and perhaps to raise the bar to 120km TT. Again, the weather was kind and remained cloudy for most part of the ride.
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1st 30km 59:18 (Ave Speed 30.35km/h; Ave HR 135)
2nd 30km 59:00 (Ave Speed 30.51km/h; Ave HR 138)
3rd 30km 58:10 (Ave Speed 30.95km/h; Ave HR 142)
Last 10km 19:07 (Ave Speed 31.39km/h; Ave HR 149)
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Overall Time 3:15:35
Overall Ave Speed 30.68km/h
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Very pleased to dip below the 1 hour mark at 30km. Maintained effort in 2nd 30km and pushed harder in next 30km. Was happy just to sustain effort and averaged slightly over 30km/h. Decided to cut short the TT after 90km and to settle for 100km TT instead. Pushed harder in last 10km and logged a higher average speed with an elevated average HR.
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Rode another 23km easy and logged a total 131km by the time I got home. By then I had dried up all 3 water bottles and sucked up 2 packets of PowerGel.

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