Originally Posted by
Voodoo76
Looked at that yesterday and was not surprised to see 99% out, 93% back. At the time I felt like I was riding not racing if that makes sense. I needed to be more aggressive with the tail wind. Thinking about this on my off day, going to some over/under intervals. I'm riding too controlled.
Due to time constraints all of my interval work has been indoors. The week prior to this race I had two tempo rides on my TT bike outside. The time change will help that I hope.
Tailwind and downhill sections, especially when they are "max speed", can often make a big difference in elapsed time. I've run as big as a 56 front ring on some courses; Gila in particular was a downhill tailwind where I hit 56 mph and change at around 280w. If you figure the fastest coasting speed would have been low 50's or even high 40's, that's going to translate into a lot of time.
Learning how to keep pushing on these sections is a good tool to develop.