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Did my first TT tonight, Stockport Clarion club 10, on the J2/1. Did it on my road bike with spinachi style extensions.
Overall it was a fantastic evening, it's the first time I've ever ridden a bike in a more formally competitive environment and it was great to tick that box. There was a tailwind out, which I tried to capitalise on and obviously a headwind back. Maybe went out a little hard as I was flagging on the couple of little rises on the way back. My position was all over the place, I couldn't hold a tuck for long at all, so was pretty constantly moving between tuck, low on hoods (triceps struggled with this) and in the drops.
My time was 25:55, which I'm absolutely over the moon with, as my aim for the year, if I started doing these more regularly, was under 25 minutes.
Next step is practice, on the Dolan Pre-cursa, trying to find a position I can hold for half an hour. Though I enjoyed my gears tonight, I'm looking forward to trying it fixed, even if it's just to keep @Lukas happy.
Some credit has to go to @853Superfly for getting me to just go out and ride it, so cheers!