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2008 Low-Key Hillclimbs
Week 8 Results: Lomas Cantadas
22 Nov 2008

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Jennie and Marie-Claire on the final steep grade (Pat Parseghian photo)

The Action

We have Stephen Fong's warm-up photos, Pat's photos and Michael's photos posted!!

Crystal clear sunshine warmed the chilled morning air just in time for the start today: it was pure Low-Key weather for week 8 of the 2008 series, as we visited Lomas Cantadas and the Berkeley Hills for the first time.

Despite coordinator Patrick Gordis taking us to his northern stomping grounds, it was usual suspects at the head of affairs, as Bill Bushnell blitzed the climb with his famous hybrid-electric recumbent. A few minutes later, Low-Key series leader Tim Clark finished 12 seconds ahead of series men's runner-up Clark Foy to hold onto the lead he reclaimed last week. Carl Nielson was third, finishing just ahead of yours truly.

In the women's standings, Sisters of No Mercy remained to a degree victims of their own overwhelming success, placing 4 of the top 5 on the day. It was Jennie Phillips, Janet Martinez, and Holly Harris with the 1-2-3, followed by Spike's Laura Jump, then Sister Alison Chaiken. Stephanie Jenson (See You Med) and Marie-Claire Vacher (Western Wheelers) rounded out another strong women's turnout. Still, median times in the women have been faster with the Sisters Super-Team, and they've been unable to overtake series leader San Jose Bike Club. The gap is closable, though, with one climb to go.

Special thanks to the fantastic volunteers, led by Coordinator Patrick Gordis, for making this week go super-smoothly.

Thanks to coordinator Patrick Gordis, with help from Michael Barnes, Cara Coburn, Dan Connelly, Ilyse Gordis, Martin Hyland, Howard Kveck, Justin Lucke, Pat Parseghian, and Jonathan Walden for making today's climb possible!

Results

Hybrid-Electric

median time = 12:13

pl  #   rider                  team                          category                  time       mph  fph score
1   244 Bill Bushnell          Low-Key                       Hybrid                    12:13    13.21 5815 100.00

Men

median time = 21:12

pl  #   rider                  team                          category                  time       mph  fph score
1   210 Tim Clark              Red Octane                    35+                       15:16    10.57 4653 138.86
2   39  Clark Foy              San Jose Bike Club            40+                       15:28    10.44 4593 137.07
3   141 Carl A. Nielson        Wells Fargo Racing Team       45+                       16:16     9.92 4367 130.33
4   1   Dan Connelly           Low-Key                       3                         16:20     9.88 4349 129.80
5   622 Floyd Long             Oakland                       Southern Expatriot        17:12     9.38 4130 123.26
6   213 Tom Gardin                                           35+                       17:35     9.18 4040 120.57
7   555 Roland Freund          Davis Bike Club               45+                       17:44     9.10 4006 119.55
8   278 Chris Heisterkamp      Google                        Male                      18:23     8.78 3864 115.32
9   536 Andreas Freund         Davis Bike Club               Junior                    18:53     8.55 3762 112.27
10  452 Bruce Gardner          Monta Vista Velo              35+                       18:57     8.52 3749 111.87
11  435 Russ McCrary           Sisters of No Mercy           45+                       19:05     8.46 3723 111.09
12  600 Tom Brown              Google                        Bad Veggie                19:20     8.35 3674 109.66
13  273 Calvin Do              Skinny slow guys              35+                       19:23     8.33 3665 109.37
14  590 Ode Bernstein          Term of Enchantment           Positive                  19:45     8.17 3597 107.34
15  397 Michael Williams       Sisters of No Mercy           35+                       19:56     8.10 3564 106.35M
16  457 Robert Palassou        Sisters of No Mercy                                     20:38     7.82 3443 102.75
17  480 Arley Lewis            Field of Rabbits                                        21:11     7.62 3354 100.08
18  631 Frank Vegh             Webcor/Alto Velo              2πR                      21:12     7.61 3351 100.00
19  280 Patrick Kenny          Google                                                  21:19     7.57 3333  99.45
20  509 Alexander Freund       Davis Bike Club               Junior                    21:40     7.45 3279  97.85
21  591 Neal Herman            Team Spike                                              22:05     7.31 3217  96.00
22  473 Steve Youtskey         Dolce Vita                    45+                       22:34     7.15 3148  93.94
23  372 Ryan P.C. Gibson       Google                                                  22:37     7.14 3141  93.74
24  34  Stephen Fong           Blubber Busters               5                         22:39     7.13 3136  93.60
25  97  Greg McQuaid           San Jose Bike Club            35+                       22:54     7.05 3102  92.58
26  649 Jan Novak              TJ                            4                         23:00     7.02 3089  92.17
27  641 James Deitrich         TJ                            Merlot                    23:00     7.02 3089  92.17
28  73  Barry Burr             One Leg to Stand On           45+                       23:08     6.98 3071  91.64
29  809 Phil Dubach            Western Wheelers              35+                       23:32     6.86 3019  90.08
30  351 Jeff Swan              Team Spike                                              23:43     6.81 2995  89.39
31  567 Yuri Zhovnirovsky      Field of Rabbits              -1                        25:21     6.37 2802  83.63
32  478 Patrick Callahan       Western Wheelers              35+                       25:32     6.32 2782  83.03
33  615 Bob Corman             Team Spike                                              25:32     6.32 2782  83.03
34  800 Michael Ahern          LGBRC                         40+                       26:06     6.18 2722  81.23
35  484 Wolfgang Timm          Western Wheelers              40+                       28:06     5.74 2528  75.44

M : mishap

Women

median time = 22:57

pl  #   rider                  team                          category                  time       mph  fph score
1   449 Jennie Phillips        Sisters of No Mercy           45+                       20:01     8.06 3549 114.65
2   240 Janet Martinez         Sisters of No Mercy           40+                       21:07     7.64 3364 108.68
3   394 Holly Harris           Sisters of No Mercy           45+                       21:31     7.50 3302 106.66
4   356 Laura Jump             Team Spike                                              22:57     7.03 3095 100.00
5   256 Alison Chaiken         Sisters of No Mercy           40+                       26:05     6.19 2724  87.99
6   612 Stephanie Jenson       You See Med                   Good Veggie               26:45     6.03 2656  85.79
7   511 Marie-Claire Vacher    Western Wheelers                                        29:04     5.55 2444  78.96

Team Rankings

pl  team                             score scoring
1   Sisters of No Mercy             334.43 (Jennie Phillips, Russ McCrary, Janet Martinez)
2   Davis Bike Club                 329.66 (Roland Freund, Andreas Freund, Alexander Freund)
3   Google                          324.43 (Chris Heisterkamp, Tom Brown, Patrick Kenny)
4   Team Spike                      285.39 (Laura Jump, Neal Herman, Jeff Swan)
5   Western Wheelers                252.07 (Phil Dubach, Patrick Callahan, Marie-Claire Vacher)
6   Low-Key                         229.80 (Dan Connelly, Bill Bushnell)
7   San Jose Bike Club              229.65 (Clark Foy, Greg McQuaid)
8   TJ                              184.35 (Jan Novak, James Deitrich)
9   Field of Rabbits                183.71 (Arley Lewis, Yuri Zhovnirovsky)
10  Red Octane                      138.86 (Tim Clark)
11  Wells Fargo Racing Team         130.33 (Carl A. Nielson)
12  Oakland                         123.26 (Floyd Long)
13  Monta Vista Velo                111.87 (Bruce Gardner)
14  Skinny slow guys                109.37 (Calvin Do)
15  Term of Enchantment             107.34 (Ode Bernstein)
16  Webcor/Alto Velo                100.00 (Frank Vegh)
17  Dolce Vita                       93.94 (Steve Youtskey)
18  Blubber Busters                  93.60 (Stephen Fong)
19  One Leg to Stand On              91.64 (Barry Burr)
20  You See Med                      85.79 (Stephanie Jenson)
21  LGBRC                            81.23 (Michael Ahern)

Dan Connelly