3 minutes 51 seconds...

...of pure pain! That's the conclusion after my first competition 3km pursuit at the Australian Masters' Championships. The time was in the ballpark for what I'd been doing in training, so wasn't a surprise. At least I avoided another ride by qualifying 5th fastest - the top four went through to the medal round. Happy with the result.

For the tech-heads: first kilo was 1.10 (maybe I should be doing 1km TT's?), I lost time vs schedule in the second kilo and came home on schedule for the third km. Out of the blocks too fast I'm afraid. Rode a 49 x 13 = 102 inch gear. Note the aero gear...sweet as. Right on the black line too...nice. Now I just need the legs & lungs to match!

Next up - 30km points score tomorrow. Can't wait.