Let’s start this report with two facts: 1) I train and race with a power meter; and 2) I do not have a power meter on my disc wheel. So because I’m used to seeing power data all the time and the fact that this was my first 40K TT ever left me a little worried about my ability to do a good ride simply by feel. But as Molly said on the drive out, if I was the main character in a movie I definitely wouldn’t have a power meter. So I pretended I was some 2009 version of Breaking Away. Okay, not really, but it was a decent joke.

Anyway, I ended up doing a good ride even though it felt like there was a headwind throughout the entire course. I passed several people, but more importantly, did not get passed. When it was all said and done and they posted the results I wasn’t even on them! Must have been because I flew by the finish line so fast they couldn’t read my number! Actually, I owe a big “thank you” to Tom for giving me a call to let me know that my name wasn’t up. It was the only time I didn’t stick around to see the results posted. Luckily, we’d only gone about a mile down the road, so I turned around and contested. After a long wait, they found me scribbled on the page of a notebook. I turned in a 56:25 (26.4 avg mph), which tied me for 4th place with Stephen Wahl.