As far as I understand the organizer decided to hang it up sometime last summer. Texas Time Trials was a big event for our group in DFW and everyone was bummed when the email came out saying it was canceled last year. Doesn’t sound like anyone has picked it up to date.
Main goal for me is finishing the RAAM Stampede 200 in about 3 weeks 
Considering entering the Intelligentsia Cup in Chicago, and trying to be competitive rather than just get a workout in while at the back of the peloton. I’m frankly terrified of crits though 
The South Chicago Kermesse stage of Intelligentsia might be a good fit. It has corners, but the course is longer than a typical crit. Plenty of time to recover, doesn’t feel so much like you’re racing from one corner to the next, etc.
funny how gravel has crept into my roadie goals 
Was going to try and do Gravel Worlds AND the new Gravel Nationals, but it’s just too much time in Nebraska (would be 3 weeks away, just can’t stomach it).
I think Gravel Nats takes precedence, and that would allow me to also do Master’s Nats in GA.
And maybe a couple in Upstate NY!
I stink at making a calendar these days. Anyone going to Bootlegger Gravel in NC in april!?
STP (Seattle to Portland) is my 2023 goal - aiming to complete it under 10 hours.
Thanks, I’ll keep that in mind. I’ll likely put some real effort in the spring/early summer to get good at asphalt cornering, as I’ve already done for cyclocross. If I feel i’ve made real improvement, I may just race the whole series…we’ll see.
Yes, I will do the Bootlegger 100
I’ve been consistently training with TR for about three months and I hope to keep that going well into the fall. I’m doing a 60 mile event in May (more of a fondo than a race) and hope to smash my time from the same course last August. My primary goal is to get as good as I can this year by focusing on structured training and rest/recovery.
Revisiting this. Ditched Bessies Creek for Iowa Wind and Rock( 
) Bessie’s had some road work cause some rerouting and I wasn’t interested in having to cross traffic twice each lap on a TT course.
Silver State 508 is now my sole focus. Some big names on the list(@Meaghanhackinen and David Goggins)!
The event has happened and it went well overall. I put out more power and my time was better but I kind of lost focus towards the end. So ultimately it wasn’t my best but it was still a lot of improvement over 5 months of a lot of indoor riding. This is now my 2nd event where the IF was over 1.0 which I think means I need to update my FTP.
Route - 64 miles, 3740ft of climbing
October 2022:
May 2023:
Strava link to the latest: https://www.strava.com/activities/9064536809/overview
The segments in strava look like this so I guess I did okay:
Bike setup was the same for both rides. I carried one dry bottle with mix but no water since the turn around where you refill is at the top of the mountain and I thought it would be nice to save a little weight and it worked out well. I had three scoops of roctane in each 800ml bottle for a total of 750 calories from drink then I ate two pouches of bonk breakers. One at the start and one at the top of the mountain. The start was fast, first five miles was ~28mph when the group split and paces became a little more reasonable.
My goal is to just train consistent, no silly accidents, after having a bad one last year and also year before.
Also want to go Cat 3, half way there on points after 2 races. And get a bit closer to 4 w/kg.
I “won” to Lotoja lottery again… so goal is to finish the race again. Faster would be great, but it’s a LONG race and a lot can happen.
Does cyclocross count as roadie goals? I’ll say yes lol.
Go into October fresh.
Practice skills consistently and bunny hop anything less than the UCI 16" barrier smoothly
Move up to cat 3
Dont burn out from riding too much/too hard through the summer - related, get through short power build and CX specialty
Better watt/kg than last year in the fall
Cyclocross is absolutely a road discipline.
hahaha, CX is so damn hard, kudos to you animals.
Love the goals; get that Cat 3!!
for your burn out, if you’re open to suggestions, be strict on one thing: the whole riding too hard, too often. Come into CX fresh and hungry. Summer is kinda almost your base period. It’s easy to come in kinda of flat from a YOLO summer; stick to your guns!!!
good luck!
Man, you have no idea. The last 2 years has been the same pattern…screaming fast in July…burn out, fitness tanks and I’m strong enough to fight at the front for top 10 or top 5 every week in the fall, but not enough fitness left to get on the podium. All I need to do is keep same fitness, peak 3 months later and I think I can ride away from most of the field…save maybe the 1 or 2 guys that are bound to rip through the ranks from 5 to cat 2 or 3 in the first handful of races.
I’m telling the guys I ride with I’m intentionally slow right now . I have a history of pulling my whole team for long stretches on group rides. Sundays I’m letting the slowest people drop me now so I can get a big day of easy zone 2 in.
sounds like you’ve figured it out, now just make sure you execute it!! That is tough to do!
Just explain what you are doing and why if others give you a hard time; and let the results do the talking!
You got this!!!
Yea man. No it’s nothing like that. It’s moreso I’m typically the strongest guy on our club rides and pull for 10 miles at a time a lot; nobody believed I was actually going to chill out, because I tend to thrash myself. I’m kind of a big fish in a small pond
great! easy thing to fix! 
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