Pace judgement is everything in the hour record. If you can ride 16.1 or 16.2-second laps constantly for 221 laps, and not go 15.9s or 16.4s, it's keeping it on the line every lap, lap after lap.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I can say when it comes to championships it's a tactical race and normally you don't have a pacesetter who can set a pace for fast times. That is why you see that obviously we fall around 1:43 because that is the most favorable one can run from the front.
Even if the pace is slow in championships, you can still sprint well and still power in the last 200, which is always the main part when the race is slow.
As a driver, you want to race every lap possible, especially when you've got a good car.
The hours, minutes and seconds stand as visible reminders that your effort put them all there. Preserve until your next run, when the watch lets you see how Impermanent your efforts are.
I track some long hours.
That time is important. It gives a comforting illusion of permanence not found in running by the mile.
I said at the start of the race that the Tour is about being good for 21 days, being consistent every day, not having super days and bad days.
Time means a great deal to every runner. It means everything to me, because most days miles don't count; only minutes do.
Speed eventually neared its peak. The records forced me to work ever harder to drop a less and less time. These time trials came to feel like races, which are fun to run sporadically but not daily.
So in fact the only thing you can judge in this sport its the longterm. You can judge a career or a season, but not one race.