NE TT Championships

by Jonah Tower

I guess there really isn't that much excitement in an ITT to talk about, but since I placed 29th overall and 10th in Cat 3, I figure I ought to post something. The course itself went from Colebrook, CT to Otis, MA and back. the first few kilometers, after the start, were mostly downhill (a bad omen for the finish). Then, a bit of flats with the wind blowing hard in my face, before pitching up and then climbing for about 12 km to the turn around. The only notable action in the whole event was that I traded blows with another rider all the way up the climb, before he descended away from me on the return trip (he had a few lbs advantage). I had never done a ITT of this distance before, so I was pretty happy with my results (finishing in just under 58 minutes), and if I shave 1 minute off my time, I would pop into the top 20 overall.