Last week's training sessions at the ADT Center in Los Angeles were capped by Taylor setting a new world record for juniors at 3000 meters. In March at the UCI Track World Championships, Taylor had ridden through 3K in 3:17.5 en route to his 8th place 4K ride of 4:22 but the UCI did not recognize the record. Based on Taylor's training efforts and the fact that he was going to be doing a simulation for Beijing on Sunday and Monday, we decided to have Taylor attempt an official junior world record. On Sunday, Taylor rode a 3:16.2 which is well under the standing record of 3:17.775. Monday, though, was the day set for the official record attempt - with a UCI commissaire there to weigh and measure his bike to make sure it was within regulations, as well as to have USADA there for Taylor to perform post-ride drug screening necessary to ratify any records. On Monday, Taylor rode two 3K efforts - the first one in 3:16.589 (breaking the world record) and then even more impressively posting a 3:16.9 ride less than 2 hours later! All of this bodes very well, and indicates that the training so far is going according to plan. We now have 2 weeks back in Boulder prior to our departure for Cape Town, South Africa.
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