Week 3 Results: Bohlman/On Orbit
13 Oct 2007
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2007 Low-Key Hillclimbs Week 3 Results: Bohlman/On Orbit 13 Oct 2007 |
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| Micheal Grundmann confronts the steepness of Bohlman (photo by Ron Brunner) |
Last year, morning rains led to its cancellation, but this year, October rains blew through to leave crystal-clear skies for this year's ascent of what is arguably the most challenging long climb in the Bay area: Bohlman-On Orbit-Bohlman. 67 riders started, and 67 riders finished, an amazing turn-out on this very tough hill.
Speculation that electric-pedal hybrid would stall in a dense cloud of acrid smoke on Orbit's brutal slopes proved unfounded, as he was once again the first to the summit in an impressive time of 23:30.
In the women's division, Anny Henry of CRC was back, and is 3/3 in her Low-Key career, reaching the top in 0:00. Second and third went to Irene Franklin and Margie Biddick. Anny holds on to her lead in the women's overall competition.
In the men's category, another repeat, as last week's winner Tim Clark of Red Dragon finished first in 0:00, followed by Thomas Novikoff and Michael Grundmann in second and third. Yours truly didn't get a close look at any of them, as they shot out of the start at a ferocious pace, and were soon out of sight.
But these competitions were small change compared with the battle for the Endurance Award. Amy Tam showed up to the start with an impressively low gear: 30/34 w/ 650c wheels. Challenger Kwan..., whoops, I mean Chris Boardman was up to to the challenge, though, appearing with his 45 lb downhill mountain bike, smugly confident this would deliver him to the prestigious top position in the Endurance standings. Amy had an extra trick up her sleeve, though, and approaching the finish at the end of Bohlman, took a side excursion down and back up McGill Road, before crossing the finish line, victoriously strengthening her hold on the top spot.
In the team competition, Western Wheelers were tops for week 3, followed by Google and Webcor/Alto Velo.
Next up: Mount Diablo.
Thanks to coordinator Pete Heller, with help from Ron Brunner, Calvin Do, Greg Dougald, Clark Foy, John Franklin, Greg Heller, Pat Parseghian, Kim Payne, Lahary Ravuri, and Joey Wu for making today's climb possible!median time = 23:30
pl # rider team category time mph fph score 1 244 Bill Bushnell TNT Hybrid 23:30 10.49 5362 100.00
median time = 35:40
pl # rider team category time mph fph score 1 210 Tim Clark Red Dragon 35+ 26:51 9.18 4693 132.84 2 217 Thomas Novikoff Cambio 2 28:04 8.79 4489 127.08 3 248 Michael Grundmann UCSB 4 28:26 8.67 4431 125.44 4 224 Eric Balfus 2 28:44 8.58 4385 124.13 5 141 Carl A. Nielson Pegasus 45+ 28:57 8.52 4352 123.20 6 282 Ammon Skidmore Roaring Mouse 30+ 29:10 8.45 4320 122.29 7 97 Greg McQuaid Western Wheelers 35+ 29:12 8.45 4315 122.15 8 45 Rupert Brauch Webcor/Alto Velo 3 29:14 8.44 4310 122.01 9 17 Brian Edwards Hell Riders 25-29 29:32 8.35 4266 120.77 10 1 Dan Connelly TNT 3 30:09 8.18 4179 118.30 11 284 John Walker Google 40+ 30:55 7.98 4075 115.36 12 124 Jeff Farnsworth San Jose Bike Club 50+ 31:33 7.82 3994 113.05 13 16 Peter Mehlitz Tired 31:46 7.76 3966 112.28 14 116 Shance Ordell Western Wheelers 35+ 31:53 7.73 3952 111.87 15 142 Rich Hill LGBRC 40+ 32:00 7.71 3938 111.46 16 122 Michael Gonia Republic of Anaerobia 40+ 32:22 7.62 3893 110.20 17 278 Chris Heisterkamp Google Male 32:24 7.61 3889 110.08 18 37 Bill Lloyd Six Fifty 1 32:42 7.54 3853 109.07 19 290 Mike Schuster Google 40+ 32:51 7.51 3836 108.57 20 176 Dave Rossow Webcor/Alto Velo 35+ 33:39 7.33 3744 105.99 21 4 Fred E. Stamm Pen Velo/Kondra 55+ 33:43 7.31 3737 105.78 22 267 Crist Clark Webcor/Alto Velo 35+ 33:57 7.26 3711 105.06 23 316 Gary Broder San Jose Bike Club 50+ 33:58 7.26 3710 105.00 24 250 Ian Sowden 34:15 7.20 3679 104.14 25 264 Luke Burton LGBRC 5 34:44 7.10 3628 102.69 26 20 James Porter Western Wheelers Out Of Shape Dads 34:46 7.09 3624 102.59 27 301 Michael Wright SRI 50+ 35:17 6.99 3571 101.09 28 238 Michael Kim 45+ 35:25 6.96 3558 100.71 29 67 Martin Hyland Western Wheelers 50+ 35:26 6.96 3556 100.66 30 262 Chris Gaffney Republic of Anaerobia 40+ 35:40 6.91 3533 100.00 31 283 Dan Talayco Two Wheel Tango 40+ 36:03 6.84 3495 98.94 32 140 Gary Griffin Team Santa Cruz 55+ 36:20 6.79 3468 98.17 33 307 Christian Paquet Doogie 50+ 36:30 6.76 3452 97.72 34 303 Tom Workman STVC 40+ 36:47 6.70 3425 96.96 35 219 Sean Broeder Silicon Valley Triathlon Club 35+ 37:12 6.63 3387 95.88 36 232 Matt Rodnick Recreational 37:42 6.54 3342 94.61 37 34 Stephen Fong Blubber Busters 5 37:45 6.53 3338 94.48 38 201 Vinay Ravuri Georgia Tech Beginner 38:00 6.49 3316 93.86 39 229 Michael Czepiel Apple 20-24 38:05 6.48 3309 93.65 40 276 Genti Cuni Climbing Turtles 38:27 6.41 3277 92.76 41 77 Jorge Chang Blubber Busters Infinity 38:43 6.37 3254 92.12 42 286 William von Kaenel LGBRC 40+ 38:55 6.34 3238 91.65 43 110 Edward Miller SLACer 65+ 39:07 6.30 3221 91.18 44 64 Keith Devlin Western Wheelers 60+ 40:00 6.17 3150 89.17 45 280 Patrick Kenny Google 41:12 5.99 3058 86.57 46 212 Pete Jollymour 6 41:12 5.99 3058 86.57 47 268 Michael Navone Intermediate 41:30 5.94 3036 85.94 48 274 Simon Chan Liuchan 35+ 41:36 5.93 3029 85.74 49 272 Martin Hampton Pen Velo/Kondra 42:20 5.83 2976 84.25 50 259 Joshua Hadley Republic of Anaerobia 42:33 5.80 2961 83.82 51 306 C. Pistor 40+ 43:40 5.65 2885 81.68 52 228 Teodor Doru Cuturela 30+ 43:49 5.63 2876 81.40 53 103 Toby Booth Webcor/Alto Velo 30+ 46:00 5.36 2739 77.54 54 300 Wade Bastien 35+ 46:28 5.31 2712 76.76 55 231 Murali Krishnan Commuter 35+ 46:51 5.26 2689 76.13 56 266 Paul Schreiber Apple Slow 47:15 5.22 2667 75.49 57 49 Adam Tow Blubber Busters Infinity 48:45 5.06 2585 73.16 58 294 Doug Simpkinson Webcor/Alto Velo Bionic 61:40 4.00 2043 57.84 59 41 Chris Boardman The Cutters 5 67:47 3.64 1859 52.62
median time = 43:02
pl # rider team category time mph fph score 1 154 Anny Henry CRC 3 35:03 7.04 3595 122.78 2 252 Irene Franklin Old School 30+ 37:24 6.59 3369 115.06 3 332 Margie Biddick Bike Trip 4 39:03 6.31 3227 110.20 4 256 Alison Chaiken Western Wheelers 40+ 43:02 5.73 2928 100.00 5 95 Kelly Kasik Apple 47:15 5.22 2667 91.08 6 279 Nuria Bertran Climbing Turtles Beginner 51:28 4.79 2448 83.61 7 246 Amy Tam Velogirls 79:15 3.11 1590 54.30
pl team score scoring 1 Western Wheelers 336.60 (Greg McQuaid, Shance Ordell, James Porter) 2 Google 334.02 (John Walker, Chris Heisterkamp, Mike Schuster) 3 Webcor/Alto Velo 333.06 (Rupert Brauch, Dave Rossow, Crist Clark) 4 LGBRC 305.79 (Rich Hill, Luke Burton, William von Kaenel) 5 Republic of Anaerobia 294.02 (Michael Gonia, Chris Gaffney, Joshua Hadley) 6 Apple 260.22 (Michael Czepiel, Kelly Kasik, Paul Schreiber) 7 Blubber Busters 259.77 (Stephen Fong, Jorge Chang, Adam Tow) 8 TNT 218.30 (Dan Connelly, Bill Bushnell) 9 San Jose Bike Club 218.05 (Jeff Farnsworth, Gary Broder) 10 Pen Velo/Kondra 190.04 (Fred E. Stamm, Martin Hampton) 11 Climbing Turtles 176.38 (Genti Cuni, Nuria Bertran) 12 Red Dragon 132.84 (Tim Clark) 13 Cambio 127.08 (Thomas Novikoff) 14 UCSB 125.44 (Michael Grundmann) 15 Pegasus 123.20 (Carl A. Nielson) 16 CRC 122.78 (Anny Henry) 17 Roaring Mouse 122.29 (Ammon Skidmore) 18 Hell Riders 120.77 (Brian Edwards) 19 Old School 115.06 (Irene Franklin) 20 Bike Trip 110.20 (Margie Biddick) 21 Six Fifty 109.07 (Bill Lloyd) 22 SRI 101.09 (Michael Wright) 23 Two Wheel Tango 98.94 (Dan Talayco) 24 Team Santa Cruz 98.17 (Gary Griffin) 25 Doogie 97.72 (Christian Paquet) 26 STVC 96.96 (Tom Workman) 27 Silicon Valley Triathlon Club 95.88 (Sean Broeder) 28 Georgia Tech 93.86 (Vinay Ravuri) 29 SLACer 91.18 (Edward Miller) 30 Liuchan 85.74 (Simon Chan) 31 Commuter 76.13 (Murali Krishnan) 32 Velogirls 54.30 (Amy Tam) 33 The Cutters 52.62 (Chris Boardman)