Time trialling versus golfing?

After the first very intensive training phase I had couple days to recover and finish up the four week block in pair's time trial Nats. I paired up with Juhani and we enjoyed a good performance in terrible weather. I even had to remove my visor after only 15km, cuz I didn't see a thing which may be hazardous when slipstreaming, eh? The rain maybe slowed everyone down a tad bit, but anyway the winners were clear! Congrats Aki and Mikael. We ended up placing 5th, which we were happy about considering us being total time trial amateurs - or at least I was as the race was only my second during last 7 or 8 years... Long time anyway! All in all, fifth place in 54km ride in 1h15mins wasn't a bad results at all.

Changing shifts. (c) TeeCay

Earlier on the week I also rode my first kilo for a long long time and the performance was pretty much okay. I lacked the top end of it, but managed an easy 71 secs with training wheels, which lead me to conclusion that I'm on the right path. After the time trial I had a long ride, which made altogether 4+ hours before the rest day. And golfing I went. I played nine holes in Kurk Golf with my father in morning sunshine. I managed to birdie one hole and hit couple more decent shots and some worse. Who cares? We both played to the buffer zone, which made a nice round even nicer. In other words I scored 48, which is a decent result for me.

To answer for the headline, I'd say that I like golf, but I better stick on riding my bike. I think it is fair to say that I'm better on my bike than with the clubs. I'm certainly sure that my swing isn't good enough to earn any money... ;)

From now on were approaching the precomp phase of training, and the efforts will become more intense towards the targets. Better rest now to be ready to hit the efforts. See ya on the bike!

'To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.'
Chuang-Tzu