WI State TT Championships

With no road racing in MN this weekend, Jordan and I headed down to stay with Gordy and Diane in Madison, WI for a pair of races. Saturday was the WI State TT. The course, in Kansasville (SE of Madison), is a 20K loop around an old airstrip. The pavement is in very good condition, and the WNW wind was viewed as favorable, with a tailwind on the finish leg, which is a deceptive false flat. The only downside was a lot of traffic on the start leg. I got buzzed by a minivan, and it was easy to get caught up in traffic on a couple of the corners.

Jordan won the Junior Male 13-14 division. His time of 28:13 over the 12.04mi course gave him an average speed of 25.6mph. In fact, he finished 3rd overall out of 32 20K participants. Both people that beat him were in the Junior Male 17-18 category. Very nice Jordo!

Junior Male Age 13-14 Podium:
1. Jordan Cullen - 28:13
2. Pete Davis - 33:16
3. Lionel Rocheleau - 36:07

I checked after the race with the person tabulating the results, and it may be that all of the 20K times are a minute fast. Taking that into account, Jordan's time of 29:13 gives him an average speed of 24.73mph. Extrapolating that average speed out to a full 20K = 12.43mi, his time would have been 30:09. Very nice.

I started 1 minute ahead of fastman Lance Niles. My goal was to stay away, but he was just too fast for me. He caught me at the halfway point, and went on to take another minute out of me. Being passed bummed me out at first, but my Garmin was telling me I was on an decent ride, so I toughed it out.

My time of 54:12 was good enough for 3rd in the Masters 40-44, with the winner riding a 51:47, and 2nd riding a 52:41. Lance rode a 52:20, which put him 4th in the Cat 1/2's. Dang they've got a lot of fast guys in WI. Our hosts rode well too. Gordy rode a 53:30 to win the Masters 50-55, and Diane rode the 20K in 30:47, also for the win.

Extrapolating my average speed out to a full 40K would give me a time of 55:34. The fastest time of the day was about 51:30, which extrapolates out to a 52:48. So basically, to compare to a standard 40K, add about 1min20sec to the faster times.

Since the course was 2 laps, I recorded splits on my Garmin (The start and finish were not in the same spot, so the 2nd lap is a little longer). I slowed a little on the 2nd lap, but my ave HR was higher. My ave cadence and HR are exactly where I like to see them.

Lap 1:
12.04mi
26:40
168bpm ave
91rpm ave
27.1mph ave

Lap 2:
12.21mi
27:32
175bpm ave
91rpm ave
26.6mph ave

Overall:
24.25mi
54:12
171bpm ave
91rpm ave
26.845mph ave
184bpm max