Eugene “Bob” Black did alright.
http://www.usacycling.org/results/index.php?year=2005&id=1836&info_id=5039
http://www.usacycling.org/results/index.php?year=2005&id=1836&info_id=5075
from Bob:
"My 3:40 in Indianpolis was the second fastest time overall, beating all of the 30+, and 40+ times. Only Kenny Williams was faster with his 3:35. One quibble–I went out too fast. My time in the Kilo event was a 1:13. And my first kilo in the 3k was a 1:14. (that’s not good) I also reached a maximum speed of 35.1 miles an hour which is much too fast. With a more steady speed and a max at 33.5 I take 3-4 seconds off my time. On the plus side–having gone out too fast–I did a 2:25 2K. Not only did that equal Kent Bostick’s 2K time (50+ does 2K pursuit) it missed the 2K record by two seconds. And I still had a Kilo to go, and won my age division by two seconds.
My real abilities didn’t shine until the 4K Team Pursuit. I started in the last postion and had carte blanche to ride full laps (vs the normal 1/2 laps) any time I felt strong enough. I rode 1, 1, 1.5 (to include the windward straightaway) and 2.25 laps to the finish. That’s 5 3/4 out of total of 12 laps with me as the locomotion. Team Powercranks indeed. My last Kilometer was a 1:08 (see splits in email sent to Andy) That’s 33 MPH into the Finish. We missed the 45+ team pusuit record by .7 seconds on a notoriously slow track.
Here’s a note from multi-time national/ world champion, and elite level coach, (and PowerCranks teammate) Woody Cox on my performance (strengths and weaknesses)
Thank you Bob.
You are a VERY talented athlete. You have the potential to be a National/ World Elite class track racer. Very interesting on the splits for our ride. Years ago I put 100’s of different riders splits into a spread sheet. They were very interesting. That is when I made that chart. I saw that very few riders could ride a steady pace for the whole race. Riders that went out to fast almost always ended up with slower times. Some riders could start slower and pick it up but not very many riders could do that. The most consistent riders that would place well stayed very steady from the first kilo to the last. For races you must get someone to call your lap times…… Don’t worry about the person on the other side of the track. If you are riding your perfect pace there is nothing that you can do about it if they are going faster. After the start work on not accelerating. It takes huge energy to accelerate over riding a steady pace. With a little work and some control you could be placing high at Elite Nationals soon. VERY good job riding in our team pursuit. You really listened VERY well and pulled the entire team to a good time. You/ we put so much pressure on the Discovery team that they fell apart at the end. What ever you are doing for your base training is working fine for the track pursuit. For the points race you may need to consider a smaller gear so that when things change you can change with them without having to push that big gear back up to speed also you may need to work on some sprinting skills so that you don’t have to rely on pursuiting away from people in a points race. BUT for the pursuit you have plenty of speed/ power if you keep your pace even. Practice using that speed odometer – you can train with that and it will help you stay more even. Great to meet you and ride with you at Nationals. --Woody"
Congratulations to Bob Black.