{"id":185,"date":"2017-06-08T12:18:40","date_gmt":"2017-06-08T11:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mywindsock.com\/page\/?p=185"},"modified":"2017-07-13T11:01:12","modified_gmt":"2017-07-13T10:01:12","slug":"time-trial-forecasts-setup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mywindsock.com\/page\/time-trialing\/time-trial-forecasts-setup\/","title":{"rendered":"Time Trialists: 1. Setting up your forecast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Racing a time trial is all about squeezing every bit of your potential out within the distance and time set. Falling short in race preparation is a disservice to the efforts you make in training, lifestyle and during the race itself. In this series of posts I will guide you on how to get the most out of myWindsock.com cycling weather forecasts for your time trial event.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s take a look at how to get set up with the most accurate forecast.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_186\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-186\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mywindsock.com\/page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Capture.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-186\" src=\"https:\/\/mywindsock.com\/page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Capture-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Time trial course loaded\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-186\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Time trial course loaded<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The very first thing to do with any forecast is check the time and date of the forecast. If you have used the <a href=\"\/events\/ctt\/\">Open Events<\/a> directory or <a href=\"\/ttmap\/\">Time Trial Finder<\/a> this should be correct but it&#8217;s worth checking or adjusting for later start times. Click the <i class=\"fa fa-calendar\"><\/i> icon to reveal the available forecasts.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-185 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mywindsock.com\/page\/time-trialing\/time-trial-forecasts-setup\/attachment\/capture-12\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mywindsock.com\/page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Capture-3-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-194\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-194'>\r\n\t\t\t\tThe weather box shows the date and time the forecast relates to.\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mywindsock.com\/page\/time-trialing\/time-trial-forecasts-setup\/attachment\/capture-11\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mywindsock.com\/page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Capture-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-193\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-193'>\r\n\t\t\t\tSelect the correct date and time for your time trial.\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Before we start checking out the numbers we first of all I need to check that the physics engine is using good estimates for my expected performance on the day. Clicking the <i class=\"fa fa-gear\"><\/i> icon in the top left corner reveals the Performance options tab. From here I can set some loose parameters for the physics engine to use when making predictions and metric calculations.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_187\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-187\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mywindsock.com\/page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Capture-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-187\" src=\"https:\/\/mywindsock.com\/page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Capture-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Adjust the parameters for accurate forecasting\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-187\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adjust the parameters for accurate forecasting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t know what numbers to enter for Watts, Rolling resistance and CdA check out the advice here <a href=\"https:\/\/mywindsock.com\/page\/help\/options\/performance-options\/\">Performance Options<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the <a href=\"https:\/\/mywindsock.com\/page\/discussion\/time-trialists-2-the-map\/\">next article<\/a> we look at getting the most out of the myWindsock forecast maps and charts.<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Racing a time trial is all about squeezing every bit of your potential out within the distance and time set. Falling short in race preparation is a disservice to the efforts you make in training, lifestyle and during the race itself. In this series of posts I will guide you on how to get the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mywindsock.com\/page\/time-trialing\/time-trial-forecasts-setup\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Time Trialists: 1. Setting up your forecast&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":197,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mywindsock.com\/page\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mywindsock.com\/page\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mywindsock.com\/page\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mywindsock.com\/page\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mywindsock.com\/page\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/mywindsock.com\/page\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":236,"href":"https:\/\/mywindsock.com\/page\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185\/revisions\/236"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mywindsock.com\/page\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mywindsock.com\/page\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mywindsock.com\/page\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mywindsock.com\/page\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}