Time Trial State Championships

            After last weekend's great result with the team, I was stoked for the individual State Championship Time Trial. For this one we went down to Phoenix for a couple of days before the event. Shea, my parents, and I stayed at the Point to chill by the pool and start the off season a couple of days early. We had a ton of fun, haven't chilled by a pool in a while. Lots of time was spent in the Lazy River and playing volleyball in the pool. Had a great time!

          Saturday it was time to get back to business though. I went out and did some openers on the TT bike. Legs felt ready, there was nothing left to do but go race. After a little more chillin at the pool we headed down to Arizona City. There's nothing much to do in Arizona City so we just watched some TV and went to bed.

            For the second weekend in the row, woke up early and headed out to the course. It was the same course from last weekend's TTT so I knew what to expect. This time I only had a 20k course though. This made it even more important to get in a really good warm up. Spun on the trainer and threw in some good intensity. When I got off the trainer I was in the zone. I headed to the start and got ready to go out and tear it up.

           I started hard and got up to speed quickly. There was a solid headwind but I knew I had to work hard through it,  there's no time to be conservative in this short of a time trial. A lot of juniors started ahead of me which gave me a lot of people to chase. I worked hard to catch as many as I could. I had caught quite a few before the turn around but I wanted to get a few more after.

         The turn around went smooth, kind of. I went in pretty hot and ended up sliding the back tire around the corner. Whatever, nothing wrong with getting a little loose! I got back up to speed quickly though. Having the tailwind on the way back totally reenergized me. I felt like I was flying. I was in my biggest gear the entire return trip. I gave it everything I could and came across the line, knowing I had put in a solid time.

        I ended up taking the win in the 17-18s with a time of 26:36 averaging about 28 mph. Really excited to get the State Championship!! Thanks to Flagstaff Cycling along with my parents and Shea for the great support!!

        Now to take a couple weeks off. Go to Interbike, play some soccer, and do other stuff that I normally don't!