Clark time trial
If you don’t know what the Clarks time trial is click here: for the rest of you, you know how much pain and agony this causes. Last year I got to the top of this climb and passed out. I woke up to Elden the fatcyclist asking me if I was okay(I wasn’t riding with Elden and have no idea where he came from). To this day I don’t know how long I was in dreamland. I swore I wouldn’t post my time until I cracked the 11 minute mark, but I am now officially breaking this oath. I am frustrated with this damn thing. Last year I hit 11:06 on 2 different occasions. So far this year I have collected an 11:04/11:06/11:12/11:14 and today went 11:09. I have no idea where I am going to make up these precious seconds, but vow to go sub 11.
June 9, 2009 at 7:08 pm
Clearly, you’re not trying hard enough. I think you need to give it a go every single day until you get it.
June 9, 2009 at 7:58 pm
Am I ok to post the 11:04? All I need is for you to give me a date. Just Seeing your time published on the blog will give you the motivation required for to go sub 11!
June 9, 2009 at 8:49 pm
You need to pay Brad $5 and chase him. It’s the only way.
June 9, 2009 at 9:40 pm
No help from me – I’m done with TT pain this year and into joy rides.
June 10, 2009 at 7:07 am
maybe someday I will do a sub 15! 11:04 ain’t nothin’ to be ashamed of……Nice work!
June 10, 2009 at 8:17 am
You riding single or geared? Whichever way you’re riding, try the other.
June 10, 2009 at 9:56 am
Ahab
June 10, 2009 at 6:15 pm
come borrow the geared beauty you sold me and seal the deal.
June 10, 2009 at 6:59 pm
The bottom is the key. Gotta go faster on the bottom third.
June 10, 2009 at 7:00 pm
…and the middle third, you need to pick up the pace just a bit
June 10, 2009 at 7:01 pm
…and then you need to finish strong on the top third.
June 10, 2009 at 7:03 pm
Seriously, that’s the frustrating thing, you just rack your brain trying to figure out where to get those precious few seconds. Same as in races, I always look at who beat me and wonder where in the world I could have pushed it a little harder to shave seconds off the deficit.
June 11, 2009 at 9:43 am
Confucius
June 11, 2009 at 9:44 am
Einstein
June 11, 2009 at 9:44 am
Aristotle
June 11, 2009 at 9:46 am
have nothing compared to those gems of wisdom. Yet that is exactly what you did last year cracking the magical 11 minute mark
June 11, 2009 at 9:54 am
Rode the geared to an 11:06 last year, then followed it up with an 11:06 a few weeks later on a single.
June 11, 2009 at 9:56 am
or I could just follow you. Remember when I timed us without telling you that I was timing the ride. We were right at the 11:20 mark and you weren’t really tapped
June 11, 2009 at 5:24 pm
Gotta go single. I’m not even close to competitive on my geared. Here’s another hint … do it in the fall when you’ve got your game on after training all season.