Zwift World Championship Time Trial Championships

It's been a few weeks since I've written. Why? I posted most of my workouts but didn't want to draw too much attention that I was training to defend my World's Time Trial title from last year. It was a huge ask at 30 km of hills. Actually, the hills are in my favor as they present themselves as intervals with 30 seconds or so of rest.

I trained on the Yorkshire course as soon as it opened. Then I had to change with only a week's notice that the course would be the Pump 8 course and not two laps of Harrogate circuit. I had a good run in practice, then a race. I followed it with a long steady Alp and readied myself for the day.

I knew my limits and felt great, so I went hard all the way. Maybe the opening was a little soft for the first five minutes, but it is a long race and I was saving my strength for the many hills to come. I averaged 260 watts, an all time record for me! My normalized power was 273 at 4.0 w/kg. I can't even remember how hard I went at the very finish. By then, I knew I had done better than expected. My time was about 48:30 but it's always placed higher. I had an official 48:52. Better than my 50:09 and my 50:39 in practice. I did both hills at about 275-280 and had a 3:13 and a 2:57.

I had gone into the race blind, so I was eager to see the past results....and I saw I had the QOM for the race course! All I had to do was survive in the lead for four more events and I would repeat as the winner. I didn't see any big hitters (over 4 w/kg avg). I got up at 2:30 to see the results of the last race. There was a second place finisher. I did the near impossible. I knew it last night. I knew I had it.

I'll watch the men's races tonight and add the finalists. Here's the official women's results:

2019 Women's Elite Time Trial World Championships:

1 Zee Kryder          48:52
2 Miho Shina          49:47
3 Joy Murphy          50:58
4 Rhianon Norton    51:58
5 Tasha                    52:43 (no Strava)
6 Emma Tod            53:05
7 Gabrielle Pelchat  53:16
8 Sophee Coyne      53:25
9 Claire Joyce          53:39
10 Maaaike Van der Plas 54:42

Men's Elite Time Trial

1. Sean Vintin       1:12:30

2 Shabi Blaowah  1:14:52

3. Jesper Pihl        1:14:58

4 YHM                 1:15:13

5 Fordy                 1:15:16

6 WGKS               1:15:19

7 Ed Ray              1:15:45

(Second place not verified)