THIS WEEK'S 30KM TIME TRIAL. The turnaround is marked (about 1.5km before the end of pavement. Temperature on the Nanaimo River Road. is a few degrees cooler than in town and there's lots of shelter from the trees. See you all there on Thursday.
HILL CLIMB INFORMATION CThis season, we are running 4 hill climbs plus the Nanaimo Hill Climb Championship. To see profiles of the courses, go here, scroll down, and click on the "00" entries at the start of the list.
NEW COURSE FOR 30KM TIME TRIAL.
For next week's 30km time trial, we will be using a new course - almost the same as the 33km course but turning 1.5km short. This will mean only one turn but it will make the event a little more hilly. Go here and scroll down to the public routes. Our course is the first one: 00 30km tt course. If you look under the map, there is a button to remove the toggle markers so you can see more clearly.
AUGUST 12TH, 2010 3.25km HILL CLIMB, DEPARTURE BAY RD./UPLANDS RD. There was an excellent turnout for the first hill climb of the season. Starter Dave Steen sent thirteen competitors on their way up the Departure Bay Rd./Uplands Rd. climb. This hill is a 5%-6% gradient for the first two km; it then eases to about 4% for another three hundred meters and then kicks up to almost 13% before leveling off for the final 300 meters.
Derek Brain, who was first off, posted a time that was not beaten until the last starter, Don Gillmore, Schwalbe came into site, having passed both his minute and two minute men. He only beat the young Everti rider by 31 seconds.
The sole women competitor, Janna Gillick, HCTC did a very creditable ride, finishing 8th. overall.
Thanks to Dave Steen for starting, and to Leigh Blaney and Mike Woodworth, both of whom did an excellent job of marshalling and traffic control.
Full results here.
Next week’s event is back on the regular Nanaimo River Road – a thirty km individual time trial with just one turn.
LA Z BOY BOXWOOD CRITERIUM Tonight’s Boxwood criterium had fewer riders than usual but was considerably faster due to the presence of Don Gillmore. S Soon after the 3 neutral laps, Don took off and settled down into time trial mode, taking about 10-15 seconds per lap out of the rest of the field.
After 14 laps, the bunch was caught and Gillmore rode straight past them. Only Warren Muir was able to stay close to him and sprinted out of the saddle to try and get on the speeding Schwalbe rider’s wheel. Just at that moment, Warren’s carbon fork and column seemed to part company causing Muir to lose control and crash heavily. The riders then voluntarily neutralized the race until they were sure Warren was OK and then they resumed racing.
After another 9 laps Don Gillmore lapped the field for a second time and then chose to stay with them until the last lap where he handily won the bunch sprint by 4 seconds. Full results here.
Thanks to Anita, Ian and Meghan Gillmore, Mike Woodworth, and Alex for their help
Of concern to organizers Dave and Peter was the continued low turnout to these La Z Boy events. If numbers of participants don’t increase significantly for the rest of the season, We won’t be running these criteriums next year.