Northern California - Low Key TT on the 28th March. Who's in ?
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rumbutter
03-21-09, 02:03 AM
http://www.bikereg.com/events/register.asp?eventid=7783
I am signed up . Anyone else here going to give their early season time trial legs a workout ? Its for a good cause.
Both Velodiva and I will be there. This is the Canada Road TT course. http://www.scaledup.com/beattheclock/venues.html#canada
Are you riding your recumbent?:D
uspspro
03-21-09, 11:03 AM
Maybe.. but probably not.
I need to go recon the Brisbane circuit course sometime before Sunday.
BlastRadius
03-21-09, 03:08 PM
I was going to sign up for the Canada TT, then realized I'm racing both days of Ronde Van Brisbeen.
Marco, how about Monday evening for a recon?
uspspro
03-21-09, 05:45 PM
I was going to sign up for the Canada TT, then realized I'm racing both days of Ronde Van Brisbeen.
Marco, how about Monday evening for a recon?
Perhaps, sure, I might get there kinda late though.
I am also going to check it out on Saturday, while you guys are doing the Crit.
rumbutter
03-21-09, 06:07 PM
Both Velodiva and I will be there. This is the Canada Road TT course. http://www.scaledup.com/beattheclock/venues.html#canada
Are you riding your recumbent?:D
I am actually going to ride my old Klein road bike with aero bars. I am curious to see what sort of time I can do on the old beast. I am saving the recumbent for later in the season :)
Velodiva
03-21-09, 11:47 PM
Hermes and I are doing the individual TT. I am really jazzed up about this Beat the Clock TT since I was not able to participate in the first one last month. There will be some great competition among the women!!
As a heads up...Beat the Clock is nearly sold out. Register now if you are interested.
Velodiva
03-23-09, 07:04 PM
Only 3 more slots left!! It is great to see such a response for this great cause.
bikingshearer
03-25-09, 04:02 PM
Isn't "low-key TT" an oxymoron?
Isn't "low-key TT" an oxymoron?Highest time wins! DNF is the ultimate honor!
Velodiva
03-30-09, 12:50 AM
The March 28, 2009 Beat the Clock Canada Time Trial results are posted at http://www.scaledup.com/beattheclock/results.html.
Another great event with a fantastic turn out for a good cause – registration closed early when the 100 person limit was reached. Thanks to Patt along with the volunteers who make this event a success. And good to see our friends and team mates!
We arrived at 6:30 AM and it was still dark. The registration desk was operating by flashlight. My start time was 7:49:30 so I had enough time for an adequate warm up. Not so for Hermes who had a 7:11 start time. There was still a chill in the air (about 49 degrees), slight dampness and light breeze. Not conditions for record setting TT times but a pretty nice morning. My group was starting in 30 second intervals (later groups were starting at one minute intervals). My thirty-second and one-minute rabbits were men; ahead of them were three SugarCRM women. Behind me was a fast Velo Bella woman, so one of my goals was not to get passed. I had a good start (I think my practice at the track camp last week helped me) and just kept focused on pressing hard. I saw the Velo Bella at the turn around and it didn’t appear that she was making too much of a gain. On the way back I passed the three SugarCRM women and the guy that was my 30-second rabbit. I finished in 27:00, good enough for 3rd out of 22 women. The winning woman’s time was 26:18.
Afterwards, Hermes and I did a practice team time trial with my Webcor team mate Phyllis on the Canada course. Phyllis and I are part of a 4-women team at Altamont TTT next Saturday and wanted to get some practice in. Hermes and I then did a nice tempo ride out to Peet’s in Los Altos Hills and back on our road bikes. What gorgeous weather!