MIVA 20KM I.T.T. Nanaimo River Road

May 31st.

The turnout for tonight's 20km time trial was the best yet with 19 starters.

The evening proved to be a fast one as many people did their personal bests

for the distance. As usual, there was no traffic, apart from the few unlicensed

tor cyclists doing wheelies on trail bikes.

On a point of interest: Dave Steen, aged 70,  did a 32'50" ride tonight. Winner,

PDA, without a time bonus,  did a 28'14". For 20km itt handicapping purposes, riders are

given 8 seconds a year from 40-50, 9 seconds per year from 51 - 60, and 10

seconds per year from 60 - 70. Thus Dave's handicap would be 4'30". If we

take the 4'30" off Dave's time, he ends up with a handicap time of 18' 20", only

6 seconds behind Paul! Handicapping in time trials started nearly a hundred

years ago and was used to make up for the ravages of age.

Next week there is a forty kilometer 3 person team time trial. To ensure

that your team will ride in close formation with frequent changes of the lead,

pick your teams straight away and practise riding in a pace line. A good stretch

of quiet road for this is Maxey Road, just off East Wellington at the bottom of

the first hill. It's a straight, flat 2.5km long piece of road that finishes in a dead end.

Go here for an interesting article by one of  Health Net team's best time triallists.

POS	NAME	CAT	CLUB	TIME	PTS
1	Kirby Villeneuve	C	MIVA	52' 35"	12
2	Menno Jonsma	A	MIVA	s.t.	10
3	Iain Hay	B	MIVA	s.t.	9
4	Paul Thompson	B	MIVA	s.t.	8
5	Shepherd Stewart	B	MIVA	s.t.	7
6	Kyle Waring	C	MIVA	s.t.	6
7	Shawn Boyd	B	MIVA	s.t.	5
8	Fred Hodgson	B	MIVA	s.t.	4
9	Mark Wieler	C	Arrowsmith	s.t.	3
10	Ron Hewitson	B	MIVA	s.t.	2
11	Matt Allardyce	C	MIVA	s.t.	2
12	Mike Sevcov	A	Everti/MIVA	s.t.	2
13	Phil Birrer	C	MIVA	s.t.	2
14	Rob Russell	A	MIVA	s.t.	2
15	Bill McMillan	B	MIVA	s.t.	2
16	Janna Gillick (W)	B	MIVA	s.t.	12
17	Ray Wagner	A	CVCC	s.t.	2
18	John Lam	C	MIVA	at 2"	2
19	Brodie Hay (youth)	C	MIVA	lapped	12
20	Derek Steel	C	Arrowsmith/MIVA	lapped	2
21	Charlene Hay (W)	C	MIVA	lapped	10
22	Glenda Harling (W)	C	Everti/MIVA	lapped	9
P1	Menno Jonsma	4
P2	John Lam	4
P3	Iain Hay	4
P4	John Lam	4
	Volunteers
	Iain Hay	5
	Brodie Hay	5

MIVA BOXWOOD CRITERIUM, MAY 29TH. 2012 45 minutes plus 5 laps

Weather cool and calm

Tonight was the best turn-out ever for a midweek criterium, with 22 riders starting, including 1 youth and 3 women. There were many attempts to break but none was successful and, after each prime lap, the group came together again. At the line, it was Kirby Villeneuve winning handily form Menno Jonsma, who is showing remarkable improvement, and Iain Hay, the latter producing another of his top 3 placings. In the women's list, Janna Gillick stayed with the main pack throughout the race and so easily won her category, the other two having been lapped. Brodie as the sole youth rider did well to stay with the pack for 13 laps before being dropped and continued to ride with his mother for most of the remaining distance.

The riding tonight was quite dangerous at times, with several riders approaching the corners too fast and a number of others drifting over into the open left hand lane> although this is only a local event, if things don't improve, there will be penalties and/or disqualifications.

Thanks to Iain and Brodie Hay for course set up and take down.

BTW, a number of our club members will be travelling to Victoria at the weekend to compete in one or more of: the Russ Hays Dallas Road time trial, the BC provincial championships on the Mount Tolmie circuit and the Bastion Square criterium.

There are three days left for the early bird entries for Nanaimo's first top level bicycle race in nearly twenty-five years, so if you want to save $10, enter before midnight on May 31st. When the MIVA race committee first started planning for the event, it was agreed that there would have to be sufficient entries to make the race viable and to justify the considerable time and expense that had gone into the preparation. MIVA has publicised the Cobblestone Classic through the cycling media and via the provincial cycling associations and clubs, so most of the western Canadian provincial racing cyclists and all those on Vancouver Island have been aware of the event date and details for some time. There are paid radio, TV and newspaper advertising campaigns planned for June to help generate a crowd but these are on hold at the moment. Remember that, in the event that the event is a no go, all entries fees will be returned in full. The drop dead date for the Cobblestone Classic is June 10th.  If there are less than one hundred entries by this date, The club will consider cancelling the race  . Any grants and sponsorship monies received will be returned

The organiser of the Nanaimo Cobblestone Classic Criterium has a long history of putting on cycling competitions of all kinds, from local to national and this is the first time in over fifty years that one of his events may have to be cancelled. If any of you riders are still thinking about entering the race, DO IT NOW! Mid Island Velo Association has very rapidly gained a reputation for hosting well-organised bike races of all kinds in the Nanaimo region and it would be a great shame to lose this opportunity to showcase our sport to the public in Nanaimo.

The last three weeks have been the greatest for Canadian cycle sport. Ryder's triumph  in the Giro d'Italia should inspire every Canadian to celebrate the win by riding to work each day this week. All MIVA members can set an example by riding to their workplaces and letting everyone else there know how cycling has improved their fitness and general appreciation for life. Your editor is old and decrepit but he is going to ride to all his appointments this week and even do the shopping by bike. Unlike many of the club members, he doesn't possess panniers or a trailer, so don't be surprised if you read that he has caught a shopping

bag or two in the front wheel and is lying battered and bloody on the way home from the Superstore!

Seriously, All our readers should make a real effort this week to celebrate Ryder's achievement and to set a good example for others.