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- People always used to ask me,
"What do you think about during a time trial?"
And I honestly didn't really know what to say.
So we thought we'd ask the pros at the 2018 Giro d'Italia.
Chad, what you do think about when you're time trialing?
- When I'm time trialing, What do I think about?
Well, I'm time trialing, it's a bike race.
That's what I'm thinking about, right?
- Wha...
That's a tricky one,
'cause the best ones, I don't think about much.
- [Emma] I agree, yeah.
- Yeah, I think like the ones where you're thinking too much
are the worst ones for myself.
You're just analysing and, and, yeah,
I think you put yourself in more trouble then.
But the best ones, you're just in a zone where.
Yeah, I think the only thing you're focused on is pushing.
And that's, that's it.
- Whoo.
Well, if you're...
if it goes good, then you don't think anything.
You, just think about the next corner, or the next.
If you start thinking about things, well,
that's, that's my feeling then you're not doing so good.
- Looking at the power number, but then,
comparing that to the speed,
'cause ultimately, people get too engrossed in the power.
It's kinda, everyone's sort of time trials becoming
a thing where, when you get back to the village hall,
or back to the bus,
it's like, how much power did you average
- It doesn't matter - No, no, no
When I was movie star it was brilliant,
'cause I'd always come back having real low power,
but, low power, high weight,
but I would've gone quite fast.
I actually have a lot of banter with Ryan Mullen
'cause, I think at the moment, I've beaten him
more than he's beaten me, but every single time
he's about 30 or 40 watts higher than I am and it bugs him.
- Not a whole lot of much,
(laughs) Not a whole lot much. Not much. Clearly.
Not how to construct sentences,
it's just about getting to the finish line,
always looking at the mileage and just counting them down
and, yeah, just trying to think about how good,
it's going to feel when this is over.
- (speaks in foreign language)
- It's pain, it's about giving everything,
it's about going to the limit,
but not too far, not too early.
So, it's also about finding the good rhythm
and just stay focused for the best power output as possible.
- Am I going fast enough, too fast, too slow?
am I hurting the appropriate amount
for how far into the race I am?
'Cause that's, that's how I go,
like okay, the first five minutes,
it shouldn't hurt too much, if it's a flat start.
- Mostly just about pain
and trying to get it over with as soon as possible.
But, nope, but it's also different
because if you feel like (bleep)
it's, it feel worse and if you feel good,
it's, almost enjoyable.
- That's a good question actually.
Every now and then, when you think a lot
that's. usually not the best time value.
So if you, for example start counting down
the kilometers and stuff like that,
then for me personally that's always a bad sign.
So you try to think as less as possible, I think.
Imagine a chain between you
and the motorbike in front of you.
- That's a really cool answer, never heard that before.
- Shouldn't have given that away then.
(laughs)
(speaks foreign language)
(laughs)
- (speaks foreign language)
- I know of course, you look, I like more to look
the speed. - Yeah.
- I mean. the power is important,
but always try to, have the referential for speed
and then try to be, to steal that,
to take the highest speed as possible no?
- And the TT was,
- Let's say, that once you came out from Trento
was really, was really fast
- I could see that I was most of the time 56, 57 per hour.
- Well, there you go.
There's clearly no single correct answer about
what you should be thinking of during a time trial,
but I do hope this video helps you,
if you're into time trialing.
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