| Thursday Time Trials Start April 15 The Thursday night time trials will begin (weather permitting) Thursday April 15. We try to have everyone assigned their starting time such that the first rider starts at 6:00PM. This means that everyone should be at the parking lot of the Coddington Rd. Community Center, warmed up, with bikes ready to ride by 5:45.
We typically start riders at 30 second intervals, from the (anticipated) slowest to fastest, and ride a course which is something near 9.5miles straight out Coddington Rd toward Willseyville. (For purposes of speed calculation, use 10-12 miles...:) ) After the last person finishes, the group rides back to the start area together. This provides a good speed workout, a good cool-down ride, some learning from one another as we trade experiences and observations, and some nice socializing. You can measure your progress by comparing your times from week to week, and you can measure yourself against others if you choose.
Last year ended with an "arms race" as several of the more competitive riders made the jump onto (and into) time trial specific equipment, spending money to improve their times (hopefully). As both a purveyor of expensive TT equipment, and also the keeper of times, I suggest that one can spend money to buy faster equipment (and hopefully do faster times) or just make direct payments to the timer (guaranteed faster times !!! :) ) I suppose there are a few people who will choose to actually train and get stronger to produce faster times ! Hopefully everyone recognizes that this is in fun...and that the time trials themselves are for fun and satisfaction, and that the riders who come out week after week are encouraging and supportive of one another regardless of how fit or experienced anyone is, or what kind of bike they ride. Heck, we have even had guys come out on roller blades and go pretty fast !!!
We encourage anyone with curiosity to come out and try the time trials.
Glenn Swan
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