Competed with Rich on the tandem in the Beat the Clock TTT in preparation for the Berkeley Hills TTT next Saturday. We had a late start time of 8:25 so were able to get up at a reasonable hour and did a good 30 minute warm-up on the trainer. The air was heavy which would effect the times. We also practiced a couple starts to make sure we would start in the right gear for us. Good standing start and we settled into a strong steady power the entire way and pushing hard on the hills. Our max. speed was 37.1 mph. We have our cranks 90 degrees out-of-phase which works best for us especially on the hill climbs. We both had enough energy to push hard toward the finish. We passed our 1 min. and 3 min. teams (2 min. team restarted behind us) and no one passed us. Our time was 25:48 (4th out of the 13 teams – no other tandems). My goal was 25 minutes, but we were overall pleased with our team effort. Ready to take on Berkeley Hills TTT next Saturday. Good to see our friends and we enjoyed breakfast at Woodside Cafe and Bakery with Pam and Jan before heading off to the Hellyer velodrome for a track work out.
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