There is something about a time trial that lets you go spelunking in undiscovered caverns of The Cave. Contort your body into the sleekest position you can, make the bike as uncomfortable as possible, and then rev your cardiovascular system up to the anaerobic threshold for as long as possible. Its food for legend.
Being a diesel helps, churning the legs over under sustained effort with little variation in effort. Being the perfect amount of dumb doesn’t hurt either – you have to be just smart enough to be to push yourself to your limits without chasing someone, but not so smart that you realize it would hurt less to go easier. If I was made for a discipline, its this one.
It’s September, the leaves are starting to turn, and the VSP keeps chugging along, this time with the VVomen’s World Championship ITT. Stay tuned for a busy week of events as we’ll be doing both the Road Race and IIT for both the Men and the VVomen.
If you can find the start list, study it. Then the study the stars, tea leaves, and anything else you believe will make your picks not suck.
Good luck.
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VSP PICKS:
1. Van Dijk
2. Evelyn Stevens
3. Emma Johannsen
4. Elisa Longo Borghinin
5. Inga Cilvinaite
VSP PICKS:
1. Linda Villumsen
2. Emma Johansson
3. VOS Marianne
4. LONGO BORGHINI Elisa
5. Evelyn Stevens
Overthinking...
VSP PICKS:
1. Linda Villumsen
2. Ellen van Dijk
3. Evelyn Stevens
4. Shara Gillow
5. Audrey Cordon
Don't say it....
VSP PICKS:
1. Van Dijk
2. Johanssen
3. Borghini
4. Ramsden
5. Worrack
VSP PICKS:
1. Evelyn Stevens
2. Emma Johansson
3. Ellen Van Dijk
4. Elisa Longo Borghini
5. Loes Gunnewijk
And that last one is to help me get educated by forcing me to pay attention to the whole race. Tracking an ITT is mind-numbing unless you have some kind of skin in the game. Hence, I will be pulling for Enkhjargal Tuvshinjargal, the hope of Mongolia.
VSP PICKS:
1. Evelyen Stevens
2. Emma Johansoon
3. Linda Villumsen
4. Ellen Van Dijk
5. Enkhjargal Tuvshinjargal
Hup Hup Ellen
VSP PICKS:
1. E. van Dijk
2. C. Small
3. S Gillow
4. L. Villumsen
5. A. Burchenkova
VSP PICKS:
1. E. van Dijk
2. C. Small
3. S Gillow
4. E. Stevens
5. L. Villumsen
@eightzero
Losing the faith?
VSP PICKS:
1. Evelyn Stevens
2. Emma Pooley
3. Emma Johannsen
4. Van Dijk
5. LONGO BORGHINI Elisa