For the second year in a row, the USCF Masters National Championships is in Utah. As I mentioned in my last post, the TT course is on Antelope Island. Today the weather was much nicer than yesterday during the pre-ride. There were tons of little bugs around the dirt/sand parking lot, but they didn’t seem to be biting. Later I learned that a couple weeks earlier all the Elite riders got eaten alive. Maybe all the mosquitos were still full!?

I got a decent warm-up but my legs weren’t feeling that great. I started out pretty tame as there is a small climb in the initial mile. Then I descended and had to fight (like everyone else) a headwind on the way out. When I turned around I started to pick it up and passed a couple of riders who started before me. I ended up riding a pretty good ride as far as my fitness goes, but it was still slower than last year. Last year’s masters nationals was in August when I typically peak (I’m a late bloomer). So I only got 15th this year as opposed to 9th last year.