I was a late entry for the Team Time Trial @ Multisport Expo promoted by our ToAD series friends and founders. The idea was to get as many WCA road teams as possible (up to 8) to race as teams in head to head match-ups until the best 3 teams rose to the top. At stake were bragging rights along with a fair amount of cash. I was contacted by Jeramey to be the 4th man for Team Extreme (along with Brian & Grant). At first I was thinking "who in their right mind would race in the middle of winter on Computrainers?". That line of rational thinking didn't last long as I justified this event as being just another training session: up to 3 intervals of Z4 @ 6.2 miles each. No problem! Yeah, and then there's the fact that this was a race!!

Once we found out that each team's time would be based on the average of all 4 members (not by the last across the line) we set our first strategy. The strategy changed several times as we prepared for the event, and during each TT. Yes, I did say each because there were 5 teams total with us winning round #1 making a 2nd round our reality. We did it by riding together somewhat during the first half (drafting allowed for less power by the draftee) but ground was being slowly lost by doing so (we didn't quite have the drafting figured out, or the best way to rotate the paceline). Then two of us split off because it seemed that two groups of two would be more effective; there was a significant difference in our functional threshold powers; we had two groups of two in that regard. Tactic deployed successfully with us taking the win by about 30 seconds (in a 15 to 16 minute race).

Our 2nd round put us against the newly formed Attitude Sport team. They were comprised of a collection of heavy hitters from various WCA teams. These guys had it all figured out leaving us scrambling from the start. They were all averaging 310 watts +/- 10, taking smooth pulls, and had extended a significant lead in the first 1/4 of this race. We deployed the two by two tactic again but could only hold steady with them for the last 3/4. It was painful as TT number 2 mostly because of being in catch-up mode from the start, but painful in a good way. Our goal was accomplished in that we were hoping to compete in at least 2 rounds with a chance to finish in the money while having some fun. That we did. Team Extreme finished 3rd place overall. Entry fee was returned with a portion of it being donated to the RACC. A great way to spend a Sunday afternoon. Thanks for the ride guys!