18Dec - 40km time-trial

[DarrylH]

In case anyone missed it there is a 40km time-trial on 18th Dec on Parkes Way. The road will be closed so it should be a good ride.


http://res.au.eventdirector.net/TACT/SITES/1716/default.asp?PageID=22079

[Ross]

There's talk of the organisers running a 20km race to encourage people to come along as there hasn't been many entries so far (probably due to lack of publicity). Not sure if this shorter race will be instead of or in addition to the 40km race.

[HAKS]

Would prob give the 20km a crack if they did it

[DarrylH]

Well, I've entered - might even bolt the go-faster bars back on the old steel Peugeot and give it a run. Be nice to be able to do a good fast 40kms on closed roads without any hills.

[DarrylH]

Did the 40km in 1hr 15min on the 20 year old steelie. Was a good ride with Parkes Way closed but those slight rises seemed like Mt Ainslie on the last lap. There is another one on in January.

[HAKS]

Just noticed a few rides posted on Garmin Connect.

Bike was still in pieces this morning so didn't get out to it. Managed to get it back together for a ride this afternoon though. Jan ITT sounds good

[Ross]

Event Capital Summer Festival
Race 40 km Cycling Time Trial
Location Parkes Way
Organiser Triathlon ACT & Canberra Cycling Club

Race Number Name Time (hr:min:secs) Place

757 Webster, Kenneth 00:57:01 1
733 Drew, Brad 00:57:57 2
707 Conolly, Andrew 00:59:11 3
491 Heiner, Callum 00:59:43 4
756 Croonen, Mark 01:00:17 5
728 Whitfield, Sean 01:00:25 6
761 Graham, Jesse 01:00:51 7
498 Mauch, Reinhard 01:01:11 8
763 Slater, Michael 01:01:50 9
470 Medlock, David 01:03:11 10
769 Smyth, Ben 01:03:18 11
492 Knowler & O'Connor (Tandem) 01:03:49 12
489 Yates, Andy 01:04:24 13
718 MacPherson, Ross 01:04:48 14
723 Sheather, Lee 01:06:17 15
495 Walker, Phil 01:06:48 16
487 Burns, Tim 01:07:33 17
762 Parker, Gabriel 01:07:34 18
719 Fenech, Matthew 01:08:02 19
496 Frew, Peter 01:08:08 20
765 Elder, Anthony 01:08:09 21
759 Elferkh, Tegan 01:09:32 22
494 Whitcher, Skye 01:09:38 23
488 Molineaux, Kate 01:10:19 24
499 Campbell, Hayden 01:12:31 25
489 Brozinic, Denise 01:12:48 26
768 Milton, Michael 01:13:10 27
667 Lowe, Johnathon 01:13:20 28
755 Bruen, Tim 01:14:13 29
764 Perkins, Sarah 01:15:39 30
730 Wurzer, Anton 01:16:38 31
715 Hiron, Darryl 01:17:04 32
758 Holmes, Eleanora 01:17:55 33
497 Finch & O'Connor(Tandem) 01:19:21 34
490 Harlen, Linda 01:19:48 35
766 Houghton, Kim 01:20:58 36
716 Paffett, Natasha 01:24:43 37
760 Drew, Leonie 01:28:51 38
717 Huang, Jing DNF
720 O'Neill, David DNF
482 Angeles, Peter DNF
767 Sanders, Francesca DNF
701 Barr, Angela DNS
702 Bolter, Sharon DNS
705 Bushell, Mark DNS
711 Essam, Vanessa DNS
725 Tilley, Owain DNS
729 Wilson, Denise DNS

[nescius]

I did this as well, I borrowed some tt bars and some race wheels and they seemed to make a difference. I had a leak in the front tyre though and as time went on it was getting softer and softer, there was about 60psi in it at the finish. I finished my first lap with an average speed of 40kmh, but faded a bit on the second and third lap (I blame that front tyre ). Finished up 11th in 1:03:18 according to the results (although the garmin says 1:01:50, so I'll take that )

[bpmhigh]

I tossed up doing the TT but decided to enter the full Olympic Triathlon that was run earlier in the day.

I had one of those rare days where everything went unbelievably well - after a personal best 1,500 swim I reeled off a 1:04:41 (@37.1kmh) for the 40k bike leg over the same TT course. Could have gone quicker as it was my first go at a "flying mount" with the shoes already attached to the bike. I managed to avoid crushing the family jewels but after 400 metres I was still fumbling trying to get my bloody feet into the shoes! Once up to speed it was all good, hitting 38kmh average at the 25k mark before easing back in preparation for the 10k run.

The most astounding thing was in fact the run in which I recorded my fastest ever 10k at 43:39. All in all it was a 17 minute PB on last year so there is clearly alot to be said for shedding weight and training exclusively at 75-85 per cent of max heart rate (rather than the 65 to 75 per cent of past years).

[DarrylH]

Ross, can we pls have the results by age - that might put me closer to the front in my category??

[Ross]

I can't help you with that, the organisers might be able to.

[DaSchmooze]

Will this event be going ahead in January like somebody said before?

[nescius]

Will this event be going ahead in January like somebody said before?

Looks like the January festival will be on, 27th - 29th of January. http://res.au.eventdirector.net/TACT/SITES/1717/

The cycling event appears to be at 4pm on Saturday the 28th - http://res.au.eventdirector.net/TACT/SITES/1717/default.asp?PageID=22100. Looks like it might be a crit?

[DaSchmooze]

Will this event be going ahead in January like somebody said before?

Looks like the January festival will be on, 27th - 29th of January. http://res.au.eventdirector.net/TACT/SITES/1717/

The cycling event appears to be at 4pm on Saturday the 28th - http://res.au.eventdirector.net/TACT/SITES/1717/default.asp?PageID=22100. Looks like it might be a crit?

Yeah that's how it looked to me to - was only interested in doing a time trial.

All good

[ro.]

you can do a 20km time trial, you just have to swim 750 m first

[HAKS]

Crit suits me . Anyone able to get the course map to load?

[nescius]

Crit suits me . Anyone able to get the course map to load?

Looks like they messed up the url encoding, try this link

[DarrylH]

Rules me out - don't want to spend $125 on a CA licence for just one event. Just bought a new bike, so was hoping for another TT.