(by Peter)COAL CITY CYCLES BOXWOOD CRITERIUM 160524 35 laps, 40.25km 40.5kph

The scheduled event was 42laps but, since there were just 13 starters, the distance was cut to 35 laps. On lap 2, Phil Birrer (MIVA) ws at the front of the pack but he was soon absorbed and Cycle Therapy's Neil Bryant took over the lead, with the pack at his heels.On the 4th. Lap, the horn signalled the first of 4 intermediate primes and at the line, it was ATAC's feisty female, Janna Gillick, taking the flag just ahead of Nick Kupiak (Broad St. Cycles, with fast junior, Ayden Houle (MIVA) in 3rd. Then James Sage (MIVA) opened up a 5 second gap which he held for a couple of laps and then Janna and Nick came across. After one more lap, Normon Thibault (Frontrunners) made a great effort and succeeded in bridging to the dynamic duo. The quartette stayed clear of the bunch until just before the second prime, which was won by Kupiak, with Gillick in second and Thibault filling out the top 3, Sage having been swallowed up by the pack. With 18 laps to go, Normon paid for his earlier efforts and drifted back to the pack. By this time both Phil Birrer and Patrick Burnham had been lapped but Patrick hung onto the leaders and secured 2nd. Place for the next prime which was again won by Nick, with Janna in 3rd. At last, with 1 prime still remaining, Kupiak and Gillick lapped the remains of the field. Janna was content to stay with the bunch but Nick went on to grab the prime, with stragglers Burnham and Birrer taking second and third some way behind. Nick continued to take several seconds per lap for the last 4 circuits and cruised in for his solo win with Janna 51 seconds behind. The spots from 3rd. To 5th. Went to James Sage, Neil Bryant (Cycle Therapy) and Normon Thibault. Thanks to our course set up people and to our marshals, who received some compliments about their diligence from passing motorists.

1 Nick Kupiak Broad Street Cycles 1h 00'06” S2 12 2 Janna Gillick ATAC At 51” W2 12 3 James Sage MIVA At 1 lap MB 10 4 Neil Bryant Cycle Therapy “ MB 9 5 Normon Thibault Frontrunners/MIVA “ MB 8 6 Lee Zavarise MIVA “ MB 7 7 Dave Beggs Cycle Therapy “ MC 6 8 Mike Sevcov Cycle Therapy “ MD 12 9 Ayden Houle MIVA “ Jun 5 10 Mark Wieler Rock City Cycles/MIVA “ MB 4 11 Patrick Burnham MIVA lapped MA 3 12 Phil Birrer MIVA lapped MA 2 13 Menno Jongsma MIVA lapped MB 2

Primes 1st. Janna Gillick, Nick Kupiak, Ayden Houle 2nd. Nick Kupiak, Janna Gillick, Normon Thibault 3rd. Nick Kupiak, Patrick Burnham, James Sage 4th. Nick Kupiak, Patrick Burnham, Phil Birrer

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In anticipation of the sixth race in the Coal City Cycles Criterium series, the current points tally is as follows:

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Super Duper Hill Climb Recap The idea was simple, ride all of the MIVA hill climbs in one go. Basically up every big hill in Nanaimo and regroup at Whitesails brewing afterwards for food, beer and stories.

61km and 1200m of climbing in one shot.

Despite the event being held on mothers day we had twelve riders show up ready and eager to tackle the challenge.

Prior to the race start we discussed the course.  Despite the route being laid out on Strava the idea was to hit all five checkpoints in whatever order they wanted by whatever route they chose.  To prove they reached the summit of each climb riders were asked to take a selfie with a unique poster placed at the top.

At the first checkpoint Nick Kupiak showed his skill with a camera getting his selfie in one shot and quickly returning to Uplands drive to head for the next hill followed closely by Sean Lunney.

Further back in the pack, Bill Mcmillan followed by Aiden Houle, took the flexibility in the routing to heart by turning off Uplands onto the island highway to cut out two traffic lights and make up time on Chris Cameron and Janna Gillick who had decided to work together to try and gain time on Nick and Sean.

After the second climb up Biggs road Nick attacked successfully shaking Sean off his wheel along Jingle Pot road allowing him the luxury to tackle the third climb up Jameson Road onto Northwood more casually to recover some of his strength for the last two climbs.  It also allowed him a minute to admire the poster at the Northwood checkpoint which featured a picture of himself in a bright red onesie from the Waverly Cross Crit last September.

On the way to the Fourth climb Sean attempted to gain some ground by skipping the descent down Benson Meadows heading straight to the Withcraft lake climb.  While he did make some ground this way he still wasn’t able to close the gap on Nick.

Meanwhile at the back of the field after repairing a pinch flat suffered descending on the rough pavement of Biggs road Cheryl skipped out on the Northwood climb to join the group of Mike, Gary, Lorrie and Leslie who were enjoying the weather and the company regrouping after each climb before heading onto the next.

First back at Whitesails was Nick at 12:59 followed closely by Sean at 13:02.  Next in were Janna and Chris who had picked up Aiden after he jumped ahead of Bill and missed a turn missing the checkpoint on Northwood road.

Definitely a fun event which I hope to hold again next year.

1. Nick Kupiak 12:59 five hills
2. Sean Lunney 13:02 five hills
3. Janna Gillick 13:10 five hills
4. Chris Cameron 13:10 five hills
5. Bill “Big Ring” Mcmillan 13:16 zero hills (doesn’t believe in selfies)
6. Lorrie Baildham 13:43 five hills
7. Gary Argyle 13:43 five hills
8. Leslie Anderson 13:43 five hills
9. Mike McCarney 13:43 five hills
10. Brad Temple 13:52 Five hills
11. Aiden Houle 13:10 four hills (16years old)
12. Cheryl Morch 13:43 four hills and one dead tube
13. Peter McCaffery 12:45 four hills (wrong start time and a lap out to cedar)

More photos Here

A fast night for racing brought out 36 riders, equalling our MIVA all-time record turnout. As always, links for the skimmers (expand each to see your results history):Tonights Race Results TT Series Standings 20k Course Records

TWO course records broken. Youth Male: Ayden Houle (-39 seconds) Record now sits @ 33:10 Female: Janna Gillick (-32 seconds) Record now sits @ 31:02

10 personal bests. Ayden Houle (-39 seconds) Janna Gillick (-32 seconds) Lorrie Baildham (-12 seconds) Lynn Sanderson (-58 seconds) Amy Meerdink (-1 minute 11 seconds) Lorraine Hepting (-1 minute 58 seconds) Sean Lunny (-35 seconds) Orphee Bernard (-1 minute 1 second) Mike Sevcov (-5 seconds) Derek Steel (-12 seconds)

6 first timers at the TT.

The Duncan/Cycle Therapy contingent made another return to the TT, all cutting 1-2 minutes off their last time, proving that knowing this course helps. Six racers tonight were making their debut on the MIVA course as well, all putting in great times.

Abigail Hare took the youth female crown with a fast 41:25, her previous two times this season have been 43:50 and 45:06, so she put the pedal down in a big way tonight.

In the youth male category we had a record 4 participants come out, including first time racer Tobin Bergman (12) who rode an excellent 39:24 averaging 30.4km/hr and almost holding his dad off at the line. Ayden Houle took the title setting a new youth male record in 33:10 knocking his own record down by 39 seconds. Ian Gillmore was off his normal blistering pace due to dehydration but he vowed to come back hard next week. Aiden Hare took 3rd with a 41:05, his seasons best, and like his sister he did it in style taking over 3 minutes off his last 20k.

In the female category Janna Gillick kept her streak alive with her fourth consecutive win, but more importantly set a new female course record in 31:02 (38.7km/hr)! Lorrie Baildham took second in 33:35, her fastest time ever on the 20k. Cycle Therapy's Lynn Sanderson took the last podium spot in 36:25, taking almost a minute off her PB and narrowly edging out her friend Amy Meerdink by a scant 10 seconds.

Last, the male group was won by Paul Auton in 28:37, followed by Peter Stevenson who rode to a fast 30:01 in his first ever TT on this course. TT Series Leader Sean Lunny of Rock City Cycles was only two seconds behind to take third place while setting his PB in 30:03. Orphee Bernard currently tied for 2nd place in the TT Series Overall, set a huge PB taking 1 minute 1 second off to take fourth in 30:24.

Next week is a 40k TT, sign up now via webscorer . Youth points are calculated on 20k, but if a youth rider wishes to race the full 40 we will score it via their first 20k lap while also timing their entire 40.

After four weeks of criteriums, we've tallied the results! Given the rain (no points awarded) and the neutralized finish (two points for all starters), the series is still wide open. A few notes on the categories and scoring. Like in previous years, we split the men and the women and the adults from the U19s from the final standings and assign points as follows: 12-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-2-2. As in, all finishers outside of the top nine receive 2 points. If you feel that there are any errors in the scoring that could materially affect the year-end results, please contact us and we'd be happy to reevaluate.