A beautiful night for a 15k TT brought 31 racers out, our 2nd largest turnout.   Once again, many PB's were set as our diligent group of racers here in Nanaimo (and area) keep improving and putting the hammer down!  A special congrats to Wendy Hicks and Valerie Capewell, well done for coming out and racing their first ever time trial! For the skimmers! Race results for tonight here 2015 OBB Series Standings here 15k Course Records here

TWO COURSE RECORDS were broken tonight, as Janna Gillick clocked a 23:21 to lower her previous mark by 4 seconds!  Aiden Hare also smashed the youth male course record tonight with a  29:44, the previous record was 30:02 held by Ian Gillmore.  Abigail Hare rode her lifetime best 29:11, just 1 second shy of the youth female course record held by Meghan Gillmore.

There was a tight finish at the top of the leaderboard as both Don Gillmore and Paul Auton topped 43km/hr average, with Don taking the win by under 5 seconds.  Come out to the Time Trials, the results speak for themselves.  96% of racers tonight improved on their previous seasons best time!  Mike Gill was a micro 1.3 seconds off his seasons best too or we'd have had a clean sweep, impressive everyone.  A big congrats to Carole Phee as well, one year ago she raced a 42:20, and tonight she clocked a 30:59, over 11 minutes knocked off over just 15k is incredible Carole!

2 Course Records Set Tonight:

Female: Janna Gillick 23:21 (previous mark Janna Gillick 23:25) Youth Male: Aiden Hare 29:44 (previous mark Ian Gillmore 30:02)

14 Lifetime PBs on this 15k Course set tonight Janna Gillick 23:21 Kiyomi Shulz 25:23 Lulu McCallum 25:38 Deb Epps 27:00 Tamara Zavarise 29:06 Carole Phee 30:59 Paul Auton 20:50 Nick Kupiak 21:35 Kim Sutherland 24:33 Matthys Redelinghuys 24:35 Mark Overton 24:39 Lee Zavarise 25:24 Fred Rockwell 28:35 Ross Palfery 30:23

22 Seasons Best Times (ridden 2 or more 15k's this year)

Don Gillmore 20:45 (21:48) Paul Auton 20:50 (21:31) Nick Kupiak 21:35 (21:36) Justin Mark 22:18 (22:51) Patrick Burnham 22:46 (23:08) Orphee Bernard 23:13 (23:20) Jason Hare 24:26 (25:14) Kim Sutherland 24:33 (25:35) Matthys Redelinghuys 24:35 (25:50) Lee Zavarise 25:24 (25:36) Fred Rockwell 28:35 (30:12) Ross Palfery 30:23 (30:58) Janna Gillick 23:21 (23:30) Kiyomi Shulz 25:23 (26:19) Lulu McCallum 25:38 (26:26) Deb Epps 27:00 (27:11) Tamara Zavarise 29:05 (30:21) Carole Phee 30:58 (32:38) Abigail Hare 29:11 (31:27) Meghan Gillmore 30:18 (31:51) Aiden Hare 29:43 (31:05) Ian Gillmore 31:49 (34:11) IMPRESSIVE!

Thank you to Colleen Wtorek for biking out to the turnaround to marshall, and to Veronica Capewell and Matt Evans for acting as holders and assisting in spotting.

Next week is a 15k again, see you then!

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Beauty night for a fast TT. Lots of PRs set tonight. Results here. Thank you all for coming out!  

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Join us for a nice lung busting 20k tonight out on a beautiful stretch of road.  Pre register here!

It was a warm 26 degree evening for a TT, which brought out 18 racers tonight.  It's great to see so many achieving personal bests and truly seeing the results of their hard work.  Many make the drive from Parksville, Shawnigan Lake, and Mill Bay, week after week, thanks for your dedication! Once again, to skip to the results:

• Tonights results
• Season points standings 

3 youth took part in the 20k Youth Division, while 15 adults raced the 40k.  For the 40k riders I recorded their half way splits, click on lap times to compare 20k/20k times.

The big news of the night was Lorrie Baildham proving her hard work this year has paid off, posting a PB of 1:07:56 on the challenging 40k course, posting a negative split by 1.1 seconds on the 2nd 20k.  That's nearly 3 minutes off her best time from last year.  Kiyomi Schulz came in 2nd with a 1:11:25, posting a very steady split of 35:24/35:52, with Mill Bay's Lulu McCallum coming in just behind in 1:12:03 just a few days after her triathlon.  Carole Phee rode a 1:32:38, her 2nd best time on this course ever, good job Carole.  With tonights win Lorrie snuck ahead of Janna in the series standings:

In the youth divisions, Ian Gillmore also showed good form and did a seasons best time of 43:02, while his sister Meghan also rode her fastest time of the year with a 41:24 (just 32 seconds off the course record for youth female).  Abigail Hare came in at 43:21, well off her best, but she did ride past the turnaround point as well as just raced hard this past Sunday AND last night.

In the male division we had a return of the King, Robin Dutton (one of MIVA's longest running sponsors, owner of Cowichan Cycles, and all-around-nice-guy award winner) made a triumphant return to the TT.. showing up on a whim and busting out the 40k.  Robin was steady freddie riding a 33:20/33:51 to come in 6th with a 1:07:11, on a cross bike.  Tonights winner was Paul Auton coming in at 58:56, after chasing down a rider well past the turnaround.  Justin Mark rode 1:03:04, 24 hours after the HCTC Tri Clubs Splash n Dash race, and Orphee Bernard rode a 1:04:17, his 3rd best time ever on this course.  Patrick Burnham threw himself off his game plan with a longish warmup and late start meaning it was pretty lonely for him on the course, yet still managed a 1:04:44 comprised of a 32:04/32:40 on his single speed.  Thetis' Dave Steen once again put on a clinic with a 1:06:40 (33:06/33:40) in his first 40k on this course, to round out the top 5.

Jason Hare avenged his 4 second loss to Matthys Redelinghuys last week, by taking tonights duel 1:09:02 to 1:10:29.  That was Jason's 2nd best time ever, and Matthys' 3rd best lifetime.  Mike Gill rode a huge negative split of 36:45/35:46 to come in at 1:12:32, and Lee Zavarise 1:16:03 knocked an incredible 6:13 off of his 40k PB!  Don Gillmore rode a fast first lap 20k in 28:38 then retired to cheer his kids in.  With another high placing tonight Justin Mark has taken over the series points lead with 45 points over Nick Kupiaks 42.  It's tight at the top of the standings at the 1/3 mark of the season:

Watching some of the turns at the 1/2 way point spurred Don Gillmore to offer a turning clinic before a TT at some point in the next few weeks, where valuable seconds (and cleats) can be saved.

Next week is a 20k TT, once again starts at 7pm.  Pre registration link is here, I'll be on a paddleboard off Quadra so there will be a special guest time keeper helping us out.

UP THIS WEEK:

Fri Sat Sun - Harbour City Nationals BMX at Beban Friday 5.29: Sprints on Maxey Rd, 6pm start.  Email pakamac@gmail.com for details Monday 6.1: Beginner Group Ride, 6pm at the NIC (new location, ice arena) Tuesday 6.2: Crit Night, 7pm @ Boxwood Weds 6.3: Intermediate/Advanced Group Ride, 6pm @ OBB Thurs 6.4: TT #6 - 20k, 7pm

Happy riding and have a great weekend.

-Corey