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Portola State Park

Week 3 of the 2010 Low-Key Hillclimb Series

Lisa Gibson (Ryan PC Gibson)
Thanks to coordinator Pat Baenen, with help from Rich Brunner, Cara Coburn, Judy Colwell, Bill Davis, Phil Dubach, Lisa Emmerich, Lisa Gibson, Ryan Gibson, Christine Holmes, Howard Kveck, Jennifer Morris, Pat Parseghian, James Porter, Alec Proudfoot, Mike Sullivan, and Peter Tapscott for making today's climb possible!

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Spectacular weather greeted week 3 of the Low-Key Hillclimbs as we embarked on a somewhat experimental climb: Portola State Park Road.

First, I want to thank the Open Space rangers for accommodating Low-Key with our week-to-go request for a permit to meet in the parking lot. There was some change of plans from our original, but it all worked out nicely in the end. If we return to this venue, we'll have things ironed out well in advance.

After a slightly, but only slightly chilly descent to the Portola State Park boundary, the Low-Key hoard set off for what's a first-ever climb for the series. This one had plenty of character: the alternating steep and gradual sections of the park road, then the much gentler West Alpine Road. Shifting and pacing became important, as did balancing efforts on the steeper sections with those on the more gradual sections.

The big group split up quickly as Portola State Park Road confronted riders immediately with steep grades: riders who forgot to shift out of their big rings after the descent to the start line immediately regretted their error. As usual, Bill Bushnell rode his hybrid electric at a pace even Contador could follow only under the influence of the finest Spanish beef. But behind Bill, Tracy Colwell started quickly followed by a group including Tim Clark, Kieran Sherlock, Brian Edwards, James Porter, Carl Nielson, and Rich Hill. One by one, however, riders fell off the pace, until only Tracy, Kieran, and Carl remained. Then it was only Tracy, who went on to cross the line alone, with Kieran and Carl 25 and 33 seconds behind.

Among the women, Janet Martinez scored strongly for the Sisters and Misters of No Mercy, finishing first. Karis McFarlane and Laura Egley were second and third.

Ruth and Marco Palmeri were back on their tandem this week. This was a tough one for a tandem, with the frequent shifting on the staircase climb requiring a well-coordinated pair. But Ruth and Marco are well-known in the Bay area for their expert tandem-riding, so were obviously up to the challenge. They take the lead in the overall tandem ranking.

In the juniors, Skyler Colwell continued his impressive run, showing he's not afraid of the steep stuff and moving into the overall junior points lead for the 2010 Low-Key series. He's also leading the Endurance standings.

Team Low-Key scored #1 this week, moving into second place in the overall rankings. Western Wheelers was a close second on the week, holding on to their first place overall, while the Sisters and Misters of No Mercy finished third to stay a close third in the overall.

Thanks again to our great volunteers this week for making a very challenging climb go so smoothly!

Added note: Carlos Reyes, who missed out on registration, rode the climb on his own and self-timed at an "off-the-record" 28:46.

Results

Strava T-shirt qualifiers indicated with orange background.

Hybrid Electric
pl # name team cat time mph fph score
1 6 Bill Bushnell Low-Key It Is About The Bike 19:25 14.65 5494 100.00

Men
pl # name team cat time mph fph score
1 57 Tracy Colwell Team Colwell 40+ 24:03 11.83 4436 130.54
2 141 Kieran Sherlock Western Wheelers 40+ 24:28 11.62 4360 128.32
3 236 Carl Nielson Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy 50+ 24:36 11.56 4337 127.62
4 53 Tim Clark Low-Key 40+ 25:03 11.35 4259 125.33
5 1 Dan Connelly Low-Key 3 25:24 11.20 4200 123.60
6 88 Rich Hill LGBRC 45+ 25:33 11.13 4175 122.88
7 332 Dave Morton San Jose Bike Club 35+ 26:08 10.88 4082 120.13
8 72 Brian Edwards The Dirkers 26:18 10.81 4056 119.37
9 170 Ryan Bickerstaff PowerBar 25+ 26:23 10.78 4043 118.99
10 326 Clark Foy San Jose Bike Club U23 26:29 10.74 4028 118.55
11 304 Rune Dahl Western Wheelers 45+ 26:42 10.65 3996 117.58
12 7 James Porter Western Wheelers 3 26:48 10.61 3981 117.14
13 165 Niall Murray Pacific Bikes 25+ 26:49 10.61 3978 117.07
14 218 Tom Gardin Low-Key 45+ 26:55 10.57 3963 116.64
15 213 Chris Evans Bikeforums.net 30+ 26:57 10.55 3958 116.49
16 301 Marcel Appelman Mission Cycling 40+ 27:03 10.51 3944 116.06
17 39 Ron Brunner Low-Key 40+ 27:13 10.45 3920 115.35
18 307 Joe Fant San Jose Bike Club 50+ 27:24 10.38 3893 114.58
19 325 Julian Bibl   20+ 27:25 10.37 3891 114.51
20 123 Christian Paquet Doogie 50+ 27:32 10.33 3875 114.02
21 338 Marcus Gosling contentworks 40+ 28:05 10.13 3799 111.79
22 96 Martin Hyland Western Wheelers 50+ 28:10 10.10 3787 111.46
23 219 Bruce Gardner Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy 35+ 28:11 10.09 3785 111.39
24 146 Brian Sterling   45+ 28:23 10.02 3759 110.61
25 262 Carmelo Rios Plus 3 50+ 28:24 10.01 3756 110.55
26 65 J.D. Daniels Eden Bikes 35+ 28:25 10.01 3754 110.48
27 214 Joe Fabris Plus 3 50+ 28:26 10.00 3752 110.42
28 341 Brendan Gibson   28:29 9.98 3745 110.22
29 104 Michael Kolb Google 45+ 28:39 9.93 3724 109.58
30 243 John Richardson Pen Velo/Pomodoro 55+ 28:48 9.88 3704 109.01
31 246 Chuck Spiteri Pen Velo/Pomodoro 50+ 29:05 9.78 3668 107.95
32 228 Russell McCrary Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy 50+ 29:06 9.77 3666 107.89
33 128 Wojtek Poppe Nvidia 25+ 29:07 9.77 3664 107.82
34 312 Thomas Novikoff Webcor/Alto Velo Post-Whipple 29:10 9.75 3658 107.64
35 136 Curtis Ruegg Pen Velo/Pomodoro 45+ 29:15 9.72 3647 107.33
36 124 Steve Peck Silicon Valley Triathlon 40+ 29:21 9.69 3635 106.97
37 30 Matt Beadon Nvidia 30+ 29:27 9.66 3622 106.60
38 46 Gino Cetani Western Wheelers 40+ 29:38 9.60 3600 105.94
39 151 Peter Tapscott Webcor/Alto Velo 60+ 29:46 9.55 3584 105.47
40 340 Calvin Do Silicon Valley Triathlon 40+ 29:48 9.54 3580 105.35
41 43 John Carrino Palantir 4 29:55 9.51 3566 104.94
42 71 Ron Dunn Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy 50+ 30:03 9.46 3550 104.48
43 73 Fred Egley Dos Egleys 45+ 30:08 9.44 3540 104.19
44 226 Bogdan Marian Bikeforums.net 30+ 30:11 9.42 3534 104.01
45 305 Harold DeGraff Pen Velo/Pomodoro 45+ 30:15 9.40 3527 103.78
46 58 Kevin Comerford Eden Bikes 30+ 30:29 9.33 3500 102.99
47 303 Robert Craun Silicon Valley Triathlon 20+ 30:42 9.26 3475 102.26
48 62 Vince Cummings Portolariders 50+ 30:42 9.26 3475 102.26
49 311 Jason Milliron   25+ 30:42 9.26 3475 102.26
50 241 Ryan Powell   30+ 30:44 9.25 3471 102.15
51 330 Donald Lee Bikeforums.net 40+ 30:45 9.25 3469 102.10
52 50 Eric Chi Nvidia 30+ 30:46 9.24 3467 102.04
53 103 Larry Klein Doogie 50+ 31:02 9.16 3438 101.16
54 259 Jens Weber Doogie 30+ 31:06 9.14 3430 100.95
55 211 Bryn Dole Blekko 35+ 31:08 9.13 3427 100.84
56 161 Alan Weatherall San Jose Bike Club 45+ 31:17 9.09 3410 100.36
57 158 David Vrane Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy 45+ 31:27 9.04 3392 99.82
58 132 Thomas Rabedeau SLACer 50+ 31:31 9.02 3385 99.61
59 142 Jeff Shute Google 30+ 31:31 9.02 3385 99.61
60 105 Mark LaForge SS/L Cycling Club 50+ 31:47 8.95 3356 98.78
61 328 Stefan Eberle RSC G 30+ 31:49 8.94 3353 98.67
62 322 Randy Erkson   30+ 31:53 8.92 3346 98.47
63 327 Nicholas Brummell Atlas 45+ 31:58 8.90 3337 98.21
64 45 Nathan Cauffman UID 30+ 32:12 8.83 3313 97.50
65 98 Peter Ingram Independent 55+ 32:17 8.81 3304 97.25
66 60 Richard Contreras rhus 50+ 32:31 8.75 3281 96.55
67 41 Patrick Callahan Hara 40+ 32:54 8.64 3243 95.42
68 61 Rob Cosaro Doogie 50+ 33:01 8.61 3231 95.09
69 164 Robert Zeljko Almost There 40+ 33:03 8.61 3228 94.99
70 238 Christopher O'Keefe Atomic Bonk 40+ 33:14 8.56 3210 94.47
71 323 Bill Facklerttug Coretechs Cycling Team 40+ 33:15 8.55 3208 94.42
72 333 Vinay Ravuri Georgia Tech 35+ 33:17 8.54 3205 94.33
73 216 David Fitch San Jose Bike Club 65+ 33:32 8.48 3181 93.62
74 316 Chris Toshok Mission Cycling 35+ 33:33 8.48 3180 93.58
75 319 Robert Wiser   30+ 33:33 8.48 3180 93.58
76 85 Gary Griffin Bike Trip 55+ 33:49 8.41 3155 92.84
77 68 Keith Devlin Western Wheelers 60+ 34:13 8.31 3118 91.75
78 208 Jay Cohan Spike the Wonder Dog 45+ 34:42 8.20 3074 90.47
79 324 Jack Holmgren SF Randonneurs 55+ 34:57 8.14 3052 89.83
80 137 Mark Sandori LGBRC 40+ 34:59 8.13 3049 89.74
81 63 John D Kastel Death Valley 45+ 35:03 8.11 3044 89.57
82 231 Edward Miller SLACer 70+ 35:13 8.08 3029 89.15
83 66 Jon Degenhardt Argonauts 50+ 35:17 8.06 3024 88.98
84 320 Paul Young Silicon Valley Triathlon 40+ 35:43 7.96 2987 87.90
85 342 Andreas Bibl Webcor/Alto Velo 35:48 7.94 2980 87.69
86 157 Scott Violet Google 35+ 35:52 7.93 2974 87.53
87 32 Bernard Bell   50+ 35:58 7.91 2966 87.29
88 36 Dan Brehmer SLACer 40+ 36:22 7.82 2933 86.33
89 306 Aron Digumarthi Term Gern 40+ 36:30 7.79 2923 86.01
90 81 Stephen Fong San Jose Bike Club 40+ 36:43 7.75 2905 85.51
91 121 Marco Palmeri Bikeforums.net Tandem 40:41 6.99 2622 85.24T
92 254 Plamen Velikov SLACer 50+ 38:00 7.48 2807 82.62
93 329 Brian Birkeland Alameda Velo 40+ 38:17 7.43 2787 82.01
94 42 Kley Cardona   45+ 38:31 7.38 2770 81.51
95 318 Walter Wang   35+ 38:55 7.31 2741 80.67
96 313 Michael Rowen SLACer 55+ 38:56 7.30 2740 80.64
97 335 Murali Krishnan Commuter 40+ 39:00 7.29 2735 80.50
98 334 Thomas Maslen Western Wheelers 45+ 39:03 7.28 2732 80.40
99 166 Christian Hilty Team America 40+ 39:11 7.26 2723 80.12
100 300 Angel Alvarez   40+ 39:53 7.13 2675 78.72
101 118 Ronald Ng Bikeforums.net 45+ 40:07 7.09 2659 78.26
102 107 George Lee Team Pain 40:34 7.01 2630 77.39
103 224 Robert Lensch F1 fans 50+ 42:34 6.68 2506 73.75
104 86 Bob Gumaer UID 50+ 44:00 6.46 2425 71.35
105 239 Tony Otoole F1 fans 55+ 46:21 6.14 2302 67.73
106 149 Tim Sutton Plus 3 50+ 47:03 6.04 2267 66.73
107 155 S.V. Vasudevan Mocha Cookie 40+ 48:35 5.85 2196 64.62
108 339 Jason Matt   30+ 54:40 5.20 1951 57.43
109 336 Tom Powell   70+ 57:41 4.93 1849 54.43
110 56 Skyler Colwell Team Colwell Junior 72:38 3.92 1469 43.22

T : tandem score

Women
pl # name team cat time mph fph score
1 227 Janet Martinez Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy 40+ 30:54 9.20 3452 122.86
2 113 Karis Mcfarlane Eden Bikes 30+ 37:19 7.62 2859 101.73
3 74 Laura Egley Dos Egleys 45+ 38:09 7.45 2796 99.51
4 47 Alison Chaiken Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy W 40+ 42:14 6.73 2526 89.89
5 122 Ruth Palmeri Bikeforums.net Tandem 40:41 6.99 2622 85.24T
6 171 Letitia Davis Plus 3 45+ 44:36 6.38 2392 85.12

T : tandem score

Teams
pl team score riders
1 Low-Key 365.57 Bill Bushnell, Tim Clark, Dan Connelly, Tom Gardin, Ron Brunner
2 Western Wheelers 363.05 Kieran Sherlock, Rune Dahl, James Porter, Martin Hyland, Gino Cetani, Keith Devlin, Thomas Maslen
3 Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy 361.87 Carl Nielson, Bruce Gardner, Russell McCrary, Ron Dunn, Janet Martinez, David Vrane, Alison Chaiken
4 San Jose Bike Club 353.26 Dave Morton, Clark Foy, Joe Fant, Alan Weatherall, David Fitch, Stephen Fong
5 Pen Velo/Pomodoro 324.29 John Richardson, Chuck Spiteri, Curtis Ruegg, Harold DeGraff
6 Bikeforums.net 322.60 Chris Evans, Bogdan Marian, Donald Lee, Ronald Ng, Marco Palmeri, Ruth Palmeri
7 Nvidia 316.47 Wojtek Poppe, Matt Beadon, Eric Chi
8 Doogie 316.14 Christian Paquet, Larry Klein, Jens Weber, Rob Cosaro
9 Eden Bikes 315.20 J.D. Daniels, Kevin Comerford, Karis Mcfarlane
10 Silicon Valley Triathlon 314.58 Steve Peck, Calvin Do, Robert Craun, Paul Young
11 Plus 3 306.08 Carmelo Rios, Joe Fabris, Letitia Davis, Tim Sutton
12 Webcor/Alto Velo 300.80 Thomas Novikoff, Peter Tapscott, Andreas Bibl
13 Google 296.73 Michael Kolb, Jeff Shute, Scott Violet
14 SLACer 275.09 Thomas Rabedeau, Edward Miller, Dan Brehmer, Plamen Velikov, Michael Rowen
15 LGBRC 212.62 Rich Hill, Mark Sandori
16 Mission Cycling 209.64 Marcel Appelman, Chris Toshok
17 Dos Egleys 203.69 Fred Egley, Laura Egley
18 Team Colwell 173.76 Tracy Colwell, Skyler Colwell
19 UID 168.85 Nathan Cauffman, Bob Gumaer
20 F1 fans 141.49 Robert Lensch, Tony Otoole
21 The Dirkers 119.37 Brian Edwards
22 PowerBar 118.99 Ryan Bickerstaff
23 Pacific Bikes 117.07 Niall Murray
24 contentworks 111.79 Marcus Gosling
25 Palantir 104.94 John Carrino
26 Portolariders 102.26 Vince Cummings
27 Blekko 100.84 Bryn Dole
28 SS/L Cycling Club 98.78 Mark LaForge
29 RSC G 98.67 Stefan Eberle
30 Atlas 98.21 Nicholas Brummell
31 Independent 97.25 Peter Ingram
32 rhus 96.55 Richard Contreras
33 Hara 95.42 Patrick Callahan
34 Almost There 94.99 Robert Zeljko
35 Atomic Bonk 94.47 Christopher O'Keefe
36 Coretechs Cycling Team 94.42 Bill Facklerttug
37 Georgia Tech 94.33 Vinay Ravuri
38 Bike Trip 92.84 Gary Griffin
39 Spike the Wonder Dog 90.47 Jay Cohan
40 SF Randonneurs 89.83 Jack Holmgren
41 Death Valley 89.57 John D Kastel
42 Argonauts 88.98 Jon Degenhardt
43 Term Gern 86.01 Aron Digumarthi
44 Alameda Velo 82.01 Brian Birkeland
45 Commuter 80.50 Murali Krishnan
46 Team America 80.12 Christian Hilty
47 Team Pain 77.39 George Lee
48 Mocha Cookie 64.62 S.V. Vasudevan