26 racers came out on a nice night for TT'ing on Nanaimo River Road..

For the skimmers: Results from tonights race Series Standings 15k Course Records

Janna Gillick narrowly missed out on the female course record of 23:09 by just 2 seconds, averaging 38.8km/hr. Lorrie Baildham took second in 24:48 while Kiyomi Schulz put in the third fastest time in 25:12.

Series sponsor Sean Lunny showed he's in fine form already this season by taking his first TT win in 22:25, averaging 40.1km/hr. Orphee Bernard was just 21.3 seconds back in second (22:46) with Joel Lutz making his season debut and taking third in 23:01 (1 second off his estimated time at pre registration). Nice to see first timer Devon Norris put in a strong ride in his debut on this course.

Ayden Houle continued his strong start to the season by setting a new youth male record of 25:08 (previous record 26:55) while wearing a borrowed helmet. Ian Gillmore came in 2nd with a PB of 26:52, with Aiden Hare in third in 31:13.

Personal Bests (7) Sean Lunny (-31 seconds) Matthys Redelinghuys (-1 second) Mark Wieler (-12 seconds) Kiyomi Schulz (-3 seconds) Tamara Zavarise (-22 seconds) Wendy Hicks (-18 seconds) Ian Gillmore (-3 seconds)

Thank you to Don Gillmore for acting as holder, and to Glenn Houle for volunteering as the turn around marshall.  Thanks to Peter McCaffery of the Nanaimo Velodrome Association for assisting at the finish line as well.

Next week's race is a 20k TT, again starting at 7pm. Pre register now with this link.

A QUICK REVIEW OF THE RULES AND A FEW NOTES: *Stay to the right shoulder. The RCMP will be patrolling to assist in speeders with the summer season bringing more and more vehicles out to the Lakes, and they have asked MIVA before to be courteous and stay to the right *Start line: Socializing is great but please stay to the side of the road. *Pre reg! There are at least 5, sometimes 10 posts reminding people of the TT. Its free to pre register and it has been instrumental in making the timekeepers life easier. If you find that you cant make it send miva.president@gmail.com a quick email, no problem.

RACE RULES

• – Centre-line rule in effect. Riders must stay as far to the right as practicable. Riders caught crossing the centre-line will be disqualified. (When the RCMP came out to crack down on speeding here they noted a few of our riders not staying to the right as well)
• – There is to be no drafting. Standard TT rules apply, riders must stay 10m behind unless overtaking another rider (5 bike lengths)
• – Pass only on the left. Common courtesy is to notify the rider by calling out “On your left”.
• – A pass occurs when the overtaking athlete’s front wheel passes the leading edge of the athlete being overtaken. Failure to complete a pass within 20 seconds will result in a drafting violation.
• – Once overtaken, rider must fall back 7m before attempting to regain the lead.
• – Be gracious to your fellow competitors. If you are overtaken, do not feel compelled to re-pass unless you are confident you can hold the lead until the finish.
• – No blocking or impeding the forward progress of other athletes.
• – No parking west of the start line

Upcoming Schedule:

Link here: https://www.webscorer.com/register?raceid=68526&owner=1 Start list posted on MIVA Facebook Page at 430 race day.

Note: Start time 7pm now

Race #3 in the Rock City Cycles TT Series was another great night of TT'ing on Nanaimo River Road.  28 racers showed up, with 4 in the youth category, of which 2 of them tried there hand at the 40k distance even. For the skimmers, here is the results link: http://www.webscorer.com/race?raceid=67971 Series standings are here. Note that some duplicate names exist, when time permits they'll be merged.

Emile de Rosnay of Victoria made the trek up north to take part in the 40k, winning the event with a smoking time of 55:01 (43.6km/hr), good for second best 40k on this TT ever. Second place went to Don Gillmore in 58:50, and third to Paul Auton also squeezing in under one hour in 59:58.

Janna Gillick took the female top placing in 1:04:23, followed by Kristy Mighton in 1:11:42. Kiyomi Schulz was just 5 seconds behind to round out the podium.

Abigail Hare led the youth female category again in 45:06, while the youth male category had 3 battle it out. Youth points only count to how they place in the 20k TT, however some youth choose to race the 40k to test themselves against the full distance. In these cases MIVA scores their first lap (20k) towards the category placings. Aiden Houle took the honours in 35:10, followed by Ian Gillmore in 387:33, and Aiden Hare in 44:11. Of note is seeing newcomer Aiden Houle place 10th OVERALL for the 40k in a 1:10:36 averaging 34.6km/hr over the 40km course.

This weeks TT is a 15k. Special note that it starts at 7pm from now on. The pre registration link is open here, take a moment right now to pre reg and save some stress for the volunteers. Soon all TTs will be pre reg so keep making it a habit.

Please click this link and sign up for the 40k TT this Thursday. Having a 40k earlier in the season is beneficial as you can use it as a landmark to results later in the summer and see your vast improvements. The Rock City Cycles TT Series consists of 16 Time Trials in all, 6x15k, 6x20k, and 4x40k. MIVA is phasing out the on site registration as it adds a ton of time, which the volunteer timekeepers don't have much of these days. The start list can be created early and less confusion/delay at the start.

YOUTH Distance is 20k as far as point awarding goes. If a youth wishes to race the 40k, MIVA will count their first 20k lap towards the standings/points. The 40k time will be given to the youth as well for their own record keeping purposes.

 

A new MIVA record of 36 riders showed up tonight for the first 20k TT of the year in the Rock City Cycles Series. The large southern contingent of out of towners were a welcome sight as we had 11 first timers out tonight! For the skimmers, here are the results on webscorer or scroll to the bottom of this post: https://www.webscorer.com/race?raceid=67408

Series Standings

20k Course Records

Homegrown BMX standout Ayden Houle continued his assault as he shifts into road biking. Ayden rode the MIVA 100k on Saturday, his first criterium race Tuesday (and held his own), and tonight was his debut time trial. The 16 year old obliterated the youth male record for the 20k course (which stood at 37:07) by hammering a 33:49 and knocking 3 minutes 21 seconds off the record. That is an average speed of 35.5km/hr over the hilly TT course, nicely done! Not to be outdone, 11 year old Ian Gillmore blew peoples minds once again with a 35:14 time, good for second place all time. Aiden Hare also won his father's $20 bet finally and rode a very strong 43:20 barely a minute off his PB.

Abigail Hare took the youth female honours tonight with a respectable 43:50 holding 27.4km/hr.

Janna Gillick led the female category with a speedy 32:48 (36.6 avg), followed closely by Lorrie Baildham at 34:20 and Kristy Mighton at 34:23 set herself a new PB on the 20k by over a minute! Kiyomi Schulz fresh off a California hill climbing camp took fourth with Glenda Harling coming in fifth in the female group. It was great to see  a large group of FIFTEEN women out tonight to take on the TT, including first timer Joanne Brear. A big shoutout to the group from Duncan who made the drive up to try their first MIVA TT, with Glenda, Lynn, Amy, and Loraine all putting in strong first efforts on the course.  Also setting a personal best was Tamara Zavarise cutting 11 seconds off of hers and chasing down her husband Lee.

The mens race was won by last years Best All Around Rider winner Don Gillmore with a 28:19 (42.4km/hr), with Paul Auton and Nicolas Kupiak rounding out the podium. Nick once again set a PB shaving 14 seconds off, on a road bike. Look out if he ever gets on a TT bike.. Series sponsor Sean Lunny and his flashy kit rode a 30:38 into fourth with Patrick Burnham taking 5th less than a minute off his own PB.  Nice to see Stephen Price come up from Victoria for this race (32:08 in his debut), Alex Mann from Duncan on the Cycle Therapy crew, and Daryl Chase making the drive out of Port Alberni.

Thank you to Peter McCaffery (and Wendy's daughter) for manning the turn around point, and to the many volunteers who helped with holding at the start as well as finish line help.

Next week's TT goes to the 40k distance. MIVA will be taking a lap split at the half way point 20k so you'll be able to analyze your performance afterward. Youth are still able to race the 20k distance however. Pre register here please.