week 3
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Page Mill Road

Week 3 of the 2011 Low-Key Hillclimb Series

Adela Skidmore pushes her father Ammon up Page Mill Road (Kieran Sherlock)
Thanks to coordinator Janet LaFleur, with help from Axel, Pom Bajar, Carola Berger, Cara Coburn, Andy Crews, Vince Cummings, Heidi Fraser, Josh Hadley, Rich Hill, Shelly Hill, Laura Hipp, Martin Hyland, Howard Kveck, Lovorka, Brian Lucido, McLovely, Christian Paquet, Noelle Paquet, Luther Pugh, and Kieran Sherlock for making today's climb possible!

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Report

For week 3, Low-Key returned to Page Mill Road in Palo Alto for the first time in 5 years. And for the first time ever, we rode it not as an individual time trial but as a small-group start. This worked nicely as Low-Keyers rode the bottom, relatively flat portion safely, then the steeper slopes following Story Hill broke up the groups.

From the "fast" group, hybrid-electric Bill Bushnell set a steady 20 mph tempo from the beginning. Others in the group could follow this without difficulty until following Story Hill the road pitched upwards and the real sorting began. The one who clung the closest to Bill's relentless pace was week 1's men's winner Tracy Colwell. Although a few of the riders were later able to close the gap to Tracy, in the end Tracy was able to drop everyone, winning by a clear 19 seconds ahead of Carl Nielson, with Murray Swanson a close third.

In the women's grouping, Metrimint's Kelly Crowley took the top spot followed byLisa Penzel and Helen Casabona, a repeat of last week's "podium" with a different order this time. There was a great turn-out this week among the women with 21 total. Hopefully this momentum continues!

And it was another very strong week among the juniors. Riley Auten, Justin Leung, Adela Skidmore, and Skyler Colwell all produced excellent results. Liam Colwell, on a pace to PR the course, was distracted by llamas along the way, but I'm sure he'll be back...

In the weekly team standings, it was Pen Velo flexing serious muscle to score an outstanding 372 points. Sisters and Misters (even without team star Janet Martinez) and Bike Trip were a close second and third. Western Wheelers was reduced to fourth on the day after some questionable predatory recruiting by an unnamed team, but we move onward...

Thanks to everyone who came out and especially to coordinator Janet Lafleur and her spectacular team of volunteers!

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 Its All About The Bike 25:31 20.27 5222 105.60

Men
pl # name team cat time mph fph score
1 48 Tracy Colwell Team Colwell 40+ 34:01 15.20 3917 128.07
2 248 Carl Nielson Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy M50+ 34:27 15.01 3868 126.46
3 140 Murray Swanson Pen Velo/Pomodoro 40+ 34:29 15.00 3864 126.34
4 1 Daniel Connelly Low-Key 3 35:30 14.57 3754 122.72
5 106 McLovin The Brown Zone 1 36:15 14.27 3676 120.18
6 114 Steve Peck Silicon Valley Triathlon 45+ 36:21 14.23 3666 119.85
7 246 Clark M. Natwick Pen Velo/Pomodoro 50+ 36:22 14.22 3664 119.80
7 59 Mark Edwards Bike Trip/Symantec 50+ 36:22 14.22 3664 119.80
9 33 Bill Brier Team Fremont FFBC p/b Chipotle 45+ 36:23 14.22 3663 119.74
10 329 Dave Blizard Pen Velo/Pomodoro 40+ 36:30 14.17 3651 119.36
11 144 Nils Tikkanen Bike Trip/Symantec Honey Badger 36:31 14.16 3649 119.31
12 342 Kevin Susco Webcor/Alto Velo 50+ 36:49 14.05 3620 118.33
13 7 James Porter Western Wheelers 3 37:17 13.87 3574 116.85
13 308 Rune Dahl Western Wheelers 45+ 37:17 13.87 3574 116.85
15 225 Chris Furgiuele Dolce Vita Cycling 35+ 37:37 13.75 3543 115.82
16 63 Joe Fant San Jose Bike Club 50+ 37:38 13.74 3541 115.77
17 325 Kevin Keenan Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy 55+ 37:40 13.73 3538 115.66
18 133 Dai Sieh The Brown Zone Robusto 37:41 13.72 3536 115.61
19 44 Tim Clark Low-Key 40+ 37:45 13.70 3530 115.41
20 96 Bennett Chi Lee Speedy Bees 45+/Ponytail 37:51 13.66 3521 115.10
21 316 Cesar Guillen   37:55 13.64 3515 114.90
22 344 Jamie Willin Olympic Club 55+ 37:57 13.63 3511 114.80
23 53 J.D. Daniels Eden Bikes 35+ 38:48 13.33 3435 112.29
24 273 David Nader Pen Velo/Pomodoro 40+ 38:50 13.32 3432 112.19
25 251 Dan Perry Bike Trip/Symantec 40+ 38:58 13.27 3420 111.80
26 311 Brian Edwards Dirkless 39:05 13.23 3410 111.47
27 61 Steven Enns   39:17 13.17 3392 110.90
28 900 Mike Robles Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy 45+ 39:20 13.15 3388 110.76
29 226 Tom Gardin   45+ 39:23 13.13 3384 110.62
30 129 Tim Sawyer Bike Trip/Symantec 50+ 39:34 13.07 3368 110.11
31 94 Jim Langley Bike Trip/Symantec 55+ 39:47 13.00 3350 109.51
32 237 Justin Lucke LGBRC Plant Based 40:00 12.93 3332 108.92
33 52 Rob Cosaro Doogie 50+ 40:03 12.91 3327 108.78
34 112 Shance Ordell Western Wheelers 35+ 123 40:12 12.87 3315 108.37
35 242 Peter Mehlitz   Too-Old-To-Count 40:15 12.85 3311 108.24
36 216 Mark Debbage   40+ 40:28 12.78 3293 107.66
37 64 TOM FERREIRA Eden Bikes 45+ 40:34 12.75 3285 107.40
38 127 Naoto Sato   45+ 40:40 12.72 3277 107.13
39 85 George Janour Bike Trip/Symantec 40+ 40:48 12.68 3266 106.78
40 309 Bryn Dole Blekko 40+ 40:55 12.64 3257 106.48
41 312 Rick Ferrell Bike Trip/Symantec 50+ 40:57 12.63 3254 106.39
42 92 KP The Brown Zone None Of Your Bee'S Wax 41:01 12.61 3249 106.22
43 27 Sam Beal Chain Reaction 60+ 41:21 12.51 3223 105.36
43 69 John Freeman Dolce Vita Cycling 4 41:21 12.51 3223 105.36
43 336 Erik Salander Pen Velo/Pomodoro 50+ 41:21 12.51 3223 105.36
46 338 Chuck Spiteri Pen Velo/Pomodoro 50+ 41:25 12.49 3218 105.19
47 104 Scott Martin Bike Trip/Symantec 50+ 41:27 12.48 3215 105.11
48 105 Russ McCrary Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy 50+ 41:29 12.47 3212 105.02
49 122 Doug Reynolds Alberto's Steak House 60+ 41:35 12.44 3205 104.77
50 235 Mark LaForge SSL Cycling Club Club 50+ 41:59 12.32 3174 103.77
51 119 Thomas Rabedeau SLACer 50+ 42:02 12.30 3170 103.65
52 267 Alan Weatherall San Jose Bike Club 42:11 12.26 3159 103.28
53 203 Brent Bertsch San Jose Bike Club 30+ 42:14 12.25 3155 103.16
54 268 Jens Weber Doogie 30+ 42:39 12.13 3125 102.15
55 20 Ron Abidog San Jose Bike Club 40+ 42:57 12.04 3103 101.44
56 335 Mikael Rousson   30+ 43:01 12.02 3098 101.28
57 121 Carlos Reyes   20+ 43:07 12.00 3091 101.04
58 263 Jim Torrence Eden Bikes 50+ 43:14 11.96 3082 100.77
59 210 Crist Clark Webcor/Alto Velo 40+ 43:24 11.92 3071 100.38
60 87 Dane Johnson Google 25+ 43:29 11.89 3065 100.19
61 305 Gino Cetani Western Wheelers 40+ 43:39 11.85 3053 99.81
62 310 Giles Douglas Google 35+ 43:43 11.83 3048 99.66
63 30 George Bonanto Google 30+ 43:49 11.80 3041 99.43
64 81 Brandon Iles Google 25+ 43:55 11.78 3034 99.20
65 120 Vinay Ravuri Georgia Tech 44:07 11.72 3021 98.75
66 35 Nic Brummell Atlas 50+ 44:18 11.67 3008 98.34
67 332 Take Ogawa   35+ 44:20 11.67 3006 98.27
68 153 Jim Williams Alberto's Steak House 60+ 44:23 11.65 3002 98.16
68 334 Markus Roccaro Pen Velo/Pomodoro Master 40+ 44:23 11.65 3002 98.16
70 116 Thomas Preisler LGBRC 55+ 44:37 11.59 2987 97.65
71 274 Riley Auten Silicon Valley Triathlon Junior 44:45 11.56 2978 97.36
72 341 Tim Sullivan Google 45+ 44:52 11.53 2970 97.10
73 149 Rick Wallace KTCC 50+ 45:17 11.42 2943 96.21
74 51 Richard Contreras Team Rhus 50+ 45:19 11.41 2941 96.14
75 97 Justin Leong San Jose Bike Club Junior 45:20 11.41 2940 96.10
76 319 Peter Ingram   55+ 45:24 11.39 2935 95.96
77 300 Ryan Borick   25+ 45:34 11.35 2925 95.61
78 108 Paul Melville Doogie 60+ 45:39 11.33 2919 95.44
79 55 Jon Degenhardt Alameda Velo 50+ 45:45 11.30 2913 95.23
80 24 MichaelsJ. Andalora   55+ 45:46 11.30 2912 95.19
81 38 Patrick Callahan Buttered Muffins 40+ 45:54 11.27 2903 94.92
82 21 Detlef Adam Bike Trip/Symantec 45+ 46:11 11.20 2885 94.33
83 326 Billy Lea   46:29 11.13 2867 93.73
84 232 Franz Kelsch Alberto's Steak House 60+ 46:31 11.12 2865 93.66
84 132 Jeff Shute Google 30+ 46:31 11.12 2865 93.66
86 313 David Fitch Western Wheelers 65+++ 46:41 11.08 2855 93.32
87 42 Steve Chapel Western Wheelers 65+ 46:51 11.04 2844 92.99
88 93 Romain Laboisse Palo Verde Velo 35+ 46:54 11.03 2841 92.89
89 337 Ammon Skidmore Team Roaring Mouse 35+ 51:54 9.97 2568 92.72T
90 321 Mike James Pen Velo/Pomodoro 47:01 11.00 2834 92.66
91 67 Boris Foelsch Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy 45+ 47:02 11.00 2833 92.63
92 102 Yukon M   40+ 47:06 10.98 2829 92.50
93 322 Felipe Jimenez VD 25+ 47:40 10.85 2796 91.40
94 111 Robert Navsca Pedalista 40+ 47:41 10.85 2795 91.37
95 65 Greg Finley   30+ 47:42 10.84 2794 91.33
96 28 Jan Berka   45+ 47:52 10.81 2784 91.02
97 317 Yihua He Eden Bikes 7 48:12 10.73 2765 90.39
98 219 Pierre Doussiere   50+ 48:13 10.73 2764 90.36
99 57 Frank Drobot   60+ 48:42 10.62 2736 89.46
100 243 Edward Miller SLACer 70+ 49:02 10.55 2718 88.85
101 231 John D Kastel Death Valley 45+ 49:05 10.54 2715 88.76
102 50 Miles Contreras Team Rhus 15+ 49:14 10.51 2707 88.49
103 320 Henry James Pen Velo/Pomodoro 49:18 10.49 2703 88.37
104 41 Jorge Chang   35+ 50:18 10.28 2649 86.61
105 128 Wink Saville Google 60+ 50:46 10.19 2625 85.82
106 46 Kevin Colagiovanni Team DUD 25+ 51:03 10.13 2610 85.34
107 39 Kley Cardona Alberto's Steak House 50+ 51:04 10.13 2610 85.31
108 204 Brian Birkeland Alameda Velo 45+ 51:22 10.07 2594 84.82
109 135 Jeffrey Schwardt Palo Verde Velo 45+ 51:27 10.05 2590 84.68
110 304 Chris Carstens Pen Velo/Pomodoro 50+ 52:40 9.82 2530 82.72
111 98 Simon Leong San Jose Bike Club 45+ 52:57 9.77 2517 82.28
112 146 Luis Valente Palo Verde Velo 50+ 52:58 9.76 2516 82.25
113 327 Thomas Maslen Western Wheelers 45+ 53:06 9.74 2510 82.05
114 247 Ronald Ng ADO Gang 45+ 53:13 9.72 2504 81.87
115 66 Klaus Fleischmann   40= 53:14 9.72 2503 81.84
116 253 Mark Pryor Alameda Velo 55+ 54:31 9.49 2444 79.91
117 399 Duane Stephens JC Rico Fort 50+ 56:21 9.18 2365 77.31
118 328 Kris McQueen   35+ 57:09 9.05 2332 76.23
119 343 Jeff Weitzman Palo Verde Velo 45+ 61:52 8.36 2154 70.42
120 47 Skyler Colwell Team Colwell Junior 66:23 7.79 2007 65.63

T : tandem score

Women
pl # name team cat time mph fph score
1 214 Kelly Crowley Metromint 40:01 12.92 3330 131.65
2 250 Lisa Penzel   45+ 41:42 12.40 3196 126.33
3 40 Helen Casabona Pen Velo/Pomodoro 50+ 42:16 12.24 3153 124.64
4 110 Kim Mygatt Plus 3 45+ 44:08 11.72 3019 119.37
5 131 Lynn Sestak San Jose Bike Club 50+ 45:03 11.48 2958 116.94
6 109 Sarah Murphy   40+ 49:16 10.50 2705 106.93
7 307 Julie Colwell Team Colwell Skyler Chaser 49:17 10.49 2704 106.89
8 62 Lori Fabris Plus 3 50+ 49:35 10.43 2688 106.25
9 323 Heather Johnson   40+ 49:48 10.39 2676 105.78
10 60 Lisa Emmerich Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy 50+ 53:41 9.63 2482 98.13
11 901 Jessica BRistol Team Colwell 30+ 53:56 9.59 2471 97.68
12 217 Danielle Dettling   30+ 54:44 9.45 2435 96.25
13 346 Adela Skidmore Team Roaring Mouse 5-/Toddler Tow 51:54 9.97 2568 92.72T
14 306 Alison Chaiken Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy 45+ 57:13 9.04 2329 92.07
15 229 Andrea Ivan Silicon Valley Triathlon 59:17 8.72 2248 88.86
16 345 Heidi Fraser   50+ 60:00 8.62 2221 87.80
17 318 Farah Hosseinian Alameda Velo 40+ 60:17 8.58 2211 87.39
18 77 Christine Holmes Low-Key 45+ 66:54 7.73 1992 78.74
19 330 Amy Nader Pen Velo/Pomodoro 40+ 67:26 7.67 1976 78.12
20 301 Heather Bristol Team Colwell Chasing Skyler 68:34 7.54 1944 76.83
21 4 Pat Parseghian Google 55+ 69:06 7.48 1929 76.24

T : tandem score

Teams
pl team score riders
1 Pen Velo/Pomodoro 370.78 Murray Swanson, Clark M. Natwick, Dave Blizard, David Nader, Erik Salander, Chuck Spiteri, Helen Casabona, Markus Roccaro, Mike James, Henry James, Chris Carstens, Amy Nader
2 Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy 352.89 Carl Nielson, Kevin Keenan, Mike Robles, Russ McCrary, Boris Foelsch, Lisa Emmerich, Alison Chaiken
3 Bike Trip/Symantec 350.91 Mark Edwards, Nils Tikkanen, Dan Perry, Tim Sawyer, Jim Langley, George Janour, Rick Ferrell, Scott Martin, Detlef Adam
4 Low-Key 343.73 Bill Bushnell, Daniel Connelly, Tim Clark, Christine Holmes
5 Western Wheelers 342.08 James Porter, Rune Dahl, Shance Ordell, Gino Cetani, David Fitch, Steve Chapel, Thomas Maslen
6 The Brown Zone 342.01 McLovin, Dai Sieh, KP
7 San Jose Bike Club 335.98 Joe Fant, Alan Weatherall, Brent Bertsch, Ron Abidog, Lynn Sestak, Justin Leong, Simon Leong
8 Team Colwell 332.64 Tracy Colwell, Julie Colwell, Jessica BRistol, Skyler Colwell, Heather Bristol
9 Eden Bikes 320.45 J.D. Daniels, TOM FERREIRA, Jim Torrence, Yihua He
10 Doogie 306.37 Rob Cosaro, Jens Weber, Paul Melville
11 Silicon Valley Triathlon 306.07 Steve Peck, Riley Auten, Andrea Ivan
12 Google 299.28 Dane Johnson, Giles Douglas, George Bonanto, Brandon Iles, Tim Sullivan, Jeff Shute, Wink Saville, Pat Parseghian
13 Alberto's Steak House 296.59 Doug Reynolds, Jim Williams, Franz Kelsch, Kley Cardona
14 Alameda Velo 267.43 Jon Degenhardt, Brian Birkeland, Mark Pryor, Farah Hosseinian
15 Palo Verde Velo 259.82 Romain Laboisse, Jeffrey Schwardt, Luis Valente, Jeff Weitzman
16 Plus 3 225.61 Kim Mygatt, Lori Fabris
17 Dolce Vita Cycling 221.18 Chris Furgiuele, John Freeman
18 Webcor/Alto Velo 218.72 Kevin Susco, Crist Clark
19 LGBRC 206.56 Justin Lucke, Thomas Preisler
20 SLACer 192.50 Thomas Rabedeau, Edward Miller
21 Team Roaring Mouse 185.45 Ammon Skidmore, Adela Skidmore
22 Team Rhus 184.63 Richard Contreras, Miles Contreras
23 Metromint 131.65 Kelly Crowley
24 Team Fremont FFBC p/b Chipotle 119.74 Bill Brier
25 Speedy Bees 115.10 Bennett Chi Lee
26 Olympic Club 114.80 Jamie Willin
27 Dirkless 111.47 Brian Edwards
28 Blekko 106.48 Bryn Dole
29 Chain Reaction 105.36 Sam Beal
30 SSL Cycling Club Club 103.77 Mark LaForge
31 Georgia Tech 98.75 Vinay Ravuri
32 Atlas 98.34 Nic Brummell
33 KTCC 96.21 Rick Wallace
34 Buttered Muffins 94.92 Patrick Callahan
35 VD 91.40 Felipe Jimenez
36 Pedalista 91.37 Robert Navsca
37 Death Valley 88.76 John D Kastel
38 Team DUD 85.34 Kevin Colagiovanni
39 ADO Gang 81.87 Ronald Ng
40 JC Rico Fort 77.31 Duane Stephens