ToV Stage 1: Natural Bridge Time Trial

After a full day of traveling out to VA I drove out to our hotel and put the bikes together. Got a "high beam" warm up on the TT course Monday night at 10:45 pm local time. I went to sleep and got 6 hours, woke up at 3am CA time and headed out to the course.

We pre-rode the course another 5-6 times before they closed it off. They shortened the course some and the turnaround came after a shallow descent into a right hand bend. The course featured a short, 2-minute climb on the way out and a longer 3-minute false flat drag to the descent at the finish.

Despite the travel legs, I felt pretty decent during my warm up. I decided to keep it in the 55 for the whole TT, while trying not to blow on the first hill. I managed to ride the first hill exactly as I envisioned, but I think I missed the top end on the second climb to the finish.

I posted a 8:08, 4 seconds off the winning time. Now, back to the hotel to chill before the crit this evening.