Trail Creek Time Trial

First morning after arriving in Twin Falls at 1430, I was up at 0500 to get ready to head up to Sun Valley for the Trail Creek Time Trial. When getting to the late registration area we noticed no one around. We decided to ride up the road and even found the finish line, yet no people. on the way down the hill we found some people at a small turn off the road. Turns out the flier that stated 0800 start time was wrong, start time 0900. Registration was a tad bit un organized as the lady registering was not exactly sure of what was going on. Secondly it was BLOODY COLD! 45 degrees, Im used to 70 degree plus weather. I put on every item of clothing I had; tights, bibs, base layer, jersey, jacket and beanie. Yet I was still cold! Finally go to my start time and I decided to shed the jacket as the weather was warming up a tad.

Race was a down the hill turn around then back up past the start line. The start wasnt really down hill, more gently rolling downward. The start I was feeling pretty darn good getting right up to 28 mph and holding that for most of the first part to the turn around. The around was pretty tough as the road is fairly narrow.

The ride back to the start line I could start to feel the pain of my lungs and legs. I wasnt getting the oxygen, nor did i get the proper warmup i needed. The next little bit still inst much of a hill, however i could tell it wasnt going right. The last 1 mile is around a 15% grade all the way to the finish. By the top I had had it, my lungs wanted to explode, my legs ached, and I couldnt breathe. The ride down was sadding as I thought about how horiable of a race I had just had. I got caught by the rider behind and failed to catch my minute man. I dont know the place I got or my offical time. I have around 29 minutes, with a dismal avg of 19mph. What got me was the elavation, 36 hours before I was at 0 feet, then flew for 12 hours, and rode a race at 6,700 feet elavation. Abit from the race it was a nice trip up and some great scenery.