The third TT of the year happened last night at the Caloosahatchee Regional park here in Fort Myers, FL(check out mudcutters.org for details). There was a decent turn out of about 20 people for the mountain bike night TT. For you all who haven't ridden Alva, it is a pure single track trail that is extremely fast and windy in certain sections that has the occasional short and steep uphill. It has it's sections that test your technical skills, but also has sections that test your fitness levels. A great trail for time trailing on the mountain bike.



Last night was the start of what should be my best season yet. I won the TT with a time of 35:05, just over a minute ahead of Mark Gerard who gave a solid effort also. I am happy not only with my result, but also with Mark's. He and I will both be competing together in the 12 Hours of Santos 2 weekends from now on a 4 man Open Category team. It is good to see that both of us are in great shape at the start of the year. I felt the best I have since my college years back in 2000-2004 while competing in Track and Field. My body and legs feel loose and powerful. Considering I am only at the start of the year and have only starting building my Lactate Threshold level, I am very confident in a strong showing at the Nationals and SERCs starting a few months from now(check out http://www.goneriding.com/ for details on the SERC). Hope to see many of you out at the races. The 12 hours of Santos should be a great race so I hope to see many of you there in 2 weeks.