Today it was time to get my Challenge Series 1 mile (1609m) Time Trial in. As normal I only wanted to do this once so training disruptions are limited. The past few days have been ok with a UT2 on Thursday and some weights yesterday morning. The afternoon session should have been UT2 but didn’t happen for one thing or another.
Anyway on to today. The plan was to treat it like a 2k and cut it into 4 segments. Go out hard, settle, squeeze, wind it in and finish. Simple.
Although I didn’t put any pressure on myself I knew I should be relatively quick and PB but also knew if I wasn’t in the mood mid row then a decent time would suffice. Like I said I wasn’t going to do it again and want to concentrate on the build up to the next few races.
Having said that I am slightly pissed at myself for letting the pressure off the handle too much in the second 400m. It’s that bloody no mans land where I have a slight confidence knock and feel the pressure is too heavy and that I am far to far from home. Mental note to self: ‘Must be stronger’.
With around 900m remaining I began a squeeze as the average pace had drifted far too much for my liking and then the squeeze became an attack (I told Q last night I wanted to go early and didn’t want to disappoint). For the last 400m I went full throttle which caused the lactic gates to pop open and flood in. I locked up through the arms in the last 120m but the pace was still good.
Finishing 1 stroke too early (see splits on screen shot) I crossed the line happy enough with the time but gave myself the hair dryer treatment for zero mental points whilst wallowing in no mans land.
It’s all good practice for racing though and it’s another TT with some experience to take away.
1 mile [1609m] 4.52.6 (1.30.9 ave/500m)
