OBB TT Series Race #2 : Results and Recap

Another beauty evening for a TT, with a slight headwind on the way out and tailwind on the way back.  Tonight we had another huge turnout, with 24 riders out for the 20k TT.  Full results via webscorer available here. In the Youth Female category, Meghan Gillmore pushed hard tonight to edge out Abigail Hare by 1 minute.. after Abigail bested her last week by 47 seconds.   In the Youth Male category, Ian Gillmore beat Aiden Hare, averaging a faster speed over a longer distance than last week. The youth categories should have some great friendly rivalries this year!

In the Female category, Janna Gillick set a new PB and womens course record for the 20k with a smokin 31:56.  Lorrie and Kiyomi held onto the same spots as last week in 2nd and 3rd.  Deb Epps made her season debut on her slick new bike and will only get faster and faster.  Colleen Wtorek made her triumphant comeback to the TT with a solid time, as did Sandy Przada.  Carole Phee also put the pedal down and upped her average speed over last week.

In the Male category, Nick Kupiak continued his assault on his own PBs, going 2 for 2 this season after winning with a 29:36 over the 20k.  Thats an average of 40.5km/hr, on a course with huge elevation gain.  Patrick 'Steam Train' Burnham also upped his average on last week coming in 2nd with a 31:05, and Justin Mark rounded out the podium with a 31:25 averaging over 38 km/hr.  Matthys Redelinghuys put in one of his best TT's ever with a 34:01, while Simon Menno Jim and Ross all rode their first TT of the season and shook the rust off as well.  Best crowd support goes to Lee Zavarise's family who set up shop with cowbells and cheered him in, great to see!  After only 2 weeks its impressive to see everyones speeds going up already, with Mike Gill, Ian Drown, Murray Walters, and Jason Hare all moving up.

Thank you to Pure Chiropractic for supplying fresh cut oranges and banana for post race!  It was like being a kid after soccer or hockey practice again.  Also thank you to Don Gillmore for acting as the holder for the starters.

Next week we go to 15k, registration open at 630pm, race starts at 700pm.  Note this is half hour later than our first two TT's, or just show up super early thats ok too.  We are trying out pre reg for this one, you can sign on with the webscorer link here, you don't pay anything (its just like our spin class sign ups).  You can enter your name, category, cycling bc (if you dont have it, just write 'not yet'), miva yes/no, and estimated 15k time.  This will streamline our registration process and keep your wait minimal to get racing.  Humour me and try it out this week, lets see how it works.

VOLUNTEERS!  If anyone can come volunteer it would be greatly appreciated.  I think I drove about 80k tonight back and forth back and forth to set up the signs/cones and take it all down.  A turnaround marshall would be great, as well as anyone who can spot racers on their way in for me to input times quicker.  And if you're interested in timing (many survey respondents answered yes) I'd be happy to suffer for a TT while you time (don't need to know webscorer, you can do it old school)