Venturing Into The World Of Aero

I have had ongoing hip issues for the past few months which have prevented me from running altogether. However, throughout the last 4 weeks I have been slowly reintroducing running into my training and 'touch wood' all seems well. Yet, as running is so demanding on joints and muscles, the rehabilitation process is almost as long as time lost from the injury itself. This, for me, is an extremely frustrating period as all I want to do is run as fast I can for as long as I can but one must take the long term view in these situations of loose a little time here, gain ten fold from it in the future. 

It is still great fun though

Winter is a great period not only for training but for trialing new things, including new kit. #marginalgains and all that. One of the areas that I believed required some improvements were my aerodynamics on the bike. For a small guy (with lower power) it is incredibly important that I have an optimized aero position to ensure no power is going to waste i.e maximum efficiency. Therefore I have recently been on a quest to find a new TT helmet as my current helmet is as slow as they come. After much research I narrowed it down to 3: Scott Split, Lazer wasp air and giro air attack. Each had their benefits for example the giro is a very versatile helmet that can be used for both road and TT alike whilst the Scott has been proven fast by Sebastian Kienle winning Kona in 2014. I ordered all three to be able to test, compare and scrutinize, then subsequently after much deliberation I decided to keep the Lazer wasp air:

Reasons being:
-Quick to put on/take off due to ear flap hinges. A must for quick transitions.
-Very comfortable and great fit
-It scored highly in my high tech aero testing facility
-Looks cool.......

Don't worry I will be cutting those straps down and taking the labels off.

There we go, That will hopefully save me a few seconds. But I shall continue on my marginal gains journey in the pursuit of speed, armed with a laptop and a very limited budget. #betterneverstops