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Caveman’s South African Time Trial Champs 2012
Caveman finishes 6th at South African Time Trial Champs
Time: 51.18. 38 Seconds behind the winner, Reinardt Janse van Resnburg. But only 4 seconds behind Darren Lill, who a year ago won and beat me by a minute, and 18″ behind SA cycling legend Robbie Hunter.
Speed: 46.77 km/h (28.5 mph)
Position: 6th Elite man
Normalized power 411W. Average 397W. What IS normalized power? Because of the serious rolling hills in the course. I had a 55×11 gearing but still spun out at 72km/h(45mi/h)- so I tucked and saved the powa for the climbs on thee way back.
I was happy with my ride- considering the TT was only 4 days after XTERRA Grabouw – from which I had some seriously sore quads for 3 days.
For the geeks, here is the power file:
http://www.trainingpeaks.com/sw/KVEQMHS27LBP3YZHZRKLMQVOLA
As you can see on the graph, (Click on the image above of follow link below to Training Peaks power file) the course in Nelspruit was very hilly. Big rollers, losing altitude on the way out and climbing the nasties on the way back. The course had a whopping 347m in elevation gain over 40km or 38.49- depending how you feel about GPS measuring distance and speed over hilly terrain…
