The Course is up!

The official course for the Utah State Time Trial has been announced and my entry fee paid! Apparently, the race flier went up about a week ago with little or no fanfare. As of right now I'm the only Cat 5 racer signed up, but I'm sure as the word gets out someone will join me.

As it turns out, the course is on the same stretch of road going past Saltair that I've been doing my testing on for the last six months. It's a dead flat, out and back course that runs from the International Center, past Saltair, out to the State Marina and back. The distance is 36k for everyone except Cat 4 women, Cat 5 men, Jr's and masters 60+ who go only 25k.

Having the race be only 25k is a little disappointing after training for 40k. But, it is what it is and truthfully, I don't think my training would have been much different if I had know the shorter distance up front. My primary goal when I set out to train for this race was to put myself in position to contest for the Cat 5 State Time Trial Championship. In 15 days we'll see how all the preparation and training has paid off.

Train Hard and Smart,

Pat

Comments

[Rachel Ann]

Good luck this weekend! Feeling ready?

[Pat Morton]

Hi Rachel,
The last week before a race is always tuff. I usually want to stuff in some last minute training, but I'll stick to the plan. Today I'm off to ride the race course (at 90%) which should be a "not too hard" 45 minute workout and then tomorrow is just short lower intensity intervals workout to keep my legs fresh. I'm excited to race and a little nervous about where I go after it's over.
Pat