Sunday's TTT had a little different flavor than past editions. Most notable was the complete and utter lack of our "elite" riders. So much were we lacking that I ended up being a team "captain". We also did three laps instead of the normal two. Some things never change though. Like being damn cold. Maybe it was the humidity but the low to mid-30's yesterday morning felt more like the 20's. My fingers went numb quickly and only when we got the blood flowing in the time trial did they start to loosen up. Along the way to the start we spotted a bald eagle about 25ft up in a tree. That was cool.

My group of six was good mix. Besides me, there was Amy, Loran, tri-guy Ryan Roth and two others, Robert and Tim who are either new or also tri's. We were not blindingly fast but the whole time we kept a nice rotating paceline going. I was happy with that. In my mind it was an exercise and teamwork and everything went smoothly for the most part. We lost Tim at the end of lap one because he needed to work on his bike so that he could shift into the big ring. He fixed the problem at some point and got rolling again. We caught him on the third lap so he latched back onto the group and we finished with everybody.

In the end we did the 34 or so miles in 1:42. Eight minutes slower than the winning time. I said we weren't quick.

Ride time: 2:30??? about 52 miles