Fast forward to this weekend. We have had unbelievable weather in Salt Lake City this week. So nice, that I was able to ride dirt every day for the past three days! Yesterday, I decided to put my new skills to the test and drove to Corner Canyon for some downhill time-trialling. My fitness isn't race ready, but it really isn't too bad. I thought it would still be a valid test. My goal was 10 seconds faster. I did a short warm-up and then headed to my downhill trail for my moment of truth. I rode as fast as I could but never felt out of control or like I was pushing the limits to0 hard. When I got to the bridge (my finish line) I looked at the stopwatch and it read 2:37. I took 23 seconds off my time from last year! I then recovered and did it again. 2:30. Now I was going a full 30 seconds faster than last year! It was amazing and I felt so good on the bike. When I do the math, I reduced my downhill time by 17%.
How will this affect me? I'm hoping in a big way. Park City Point 2 Point took me 9.5 hours last year. Looking at my GPS file, approximately (and I mean really approximately) 3 hours were spent downhilling. If I reduce that by 17% I can take a full 30 minutes off my race time without even climbing any faster. and I will be climbing faster:)
This photo just shows off my cool/fast bike
Here it looks like I have floaties on!
Hammering out of a turn
Still working on drilling the corners
Your visor is slowing you down, girl.
ReplyDeleteMost excellent!
ReplyDeletewow the trail looks pretty dry!!!
ReplyDeletecongrats on finding your new speed.