My Happy Little Time Trial

I couldn't resist.  I'm not supposed to be increasing my intensity quite yet but I just couldn't put off seeing what I could do on the Trek.  So I constructed a short time trial course for myself on the closest lightly-traveled straight couple miles without a stop sign that I could think of: Happy Valley Road.

I rode out through my cousin's sub to warm up, stretched, looking at the clock on my cell phone (which I only now realize had a stopwatch I coulda used), and took off south to near Kuna Road, turned around, arrived back at the same spot, and checked my clock again.  It was decidedly above base intensity, but it wasn't quite "race" pace.  Not that I even know what "race" pace is, but I know what it's not.  :)  Anyway I finished the seven-mile (+/- 0.1) course in twenty-one minutes and forty-five seconds (+/- 15 sec).  That's 19.31 MPH (+/- 0.5 MPH).  Sweet.  I'm thrilled.  Not exactly an olympic record, but more impressive than I anticipated for myself.

I thought that might have been a new top speed, but no - I had two rides over 20 MPH last year on the Look (but I was near the height of my conditioning for that season, and I remember still gasping for breath ten minutes after getting home both times ).  I'm sure I'll top that after not too long on the TT bike though.

AND!!  I bought another set of pedals today so I actually have a pair for every bicycle that I own again.  I'll see them in 4-11 days.