Dove Creek 16K TT - 23:15

2nd in age catagory (very small field though...) but 5th overall. So not too bad.

Mike Secov was about 22:57, Duane Martindale 23:09.

Dove Creek is 16km course with about 60m of climbing over the first 5km, 3km along Island Highway, then small drops for 4km, and finish with 4km effectively flat (with two 90 degree turns.)

Because of the initial climb this course has to be attacked for the first 5km.

Normally this course would run very fast in the last 4km, but today there was a significant southerly wind. This made the Island Highway portion much faster at the expense of the last 4km. Which meant you had to save enough for the last 4km to keep your speed up there.

This is shown in the chart, peak 10 minutes is the first 6 km (345 watts average). And the last 3km is the peak 5 minutes (350 watts average).

Overall I managed to do 333 watts average for the 23:15.

Dove Creek 16K TT