East Ohio TT

Ray Sielski, Steve Marlette, Henry Dimmick and Randy McCracken took part in an 8am start,  moderately windy but sunny, Race #5 Finale of the 2011 East Ohio Time Trial Series.

On the line leading into this race was (1) Steve's lead in the Men's 40-49 Series Standings, and (2) Henry's Podium Position in the Men's Fixed Gear Series.

By the time the suffering was over, the results of the race, and the series, shook out as follows:

Race #5
Men's 40-49:
1st Place - Steve Marlette

Men's 50-59
2nd Place - Randy McCracken

5th Place - Ray Sielski (P.R. by 20 seconds)

Men's Fixed Gear
1st Place - Henry Dimmick (P.R. by 80 seconds)

...then the awards ceremony turned to the...

2011 Overall Summer Series:
Men's 18-29
3rd Place - Steve Brewer

Men's 40-49
1st Place - Steve Marlette
8th Place - Donnie Panizales

Men's 50-59
2nd Place - Randy McCracken
9th Place - Kirk Morrison
11th Place - Ray Sielski
17th Place - Henry Dimmick
19th Place - Rich Allen

Men's Fixed Gear
1st Place - Henry Dimmick 

Afterwards, Randy held Steve from falling under the weight of ALL his 2011 Series medals...

...and ALL the Series winners got to pose for a photo :)

A great series run by Brian Baird ...and a great way to END the ROAD season!

From here (~Akron, Ohio), Randy headed home...Steve headed to Ireland for a warm Guinness...

...while Henry & Ray left for (~Cleveland) for a 1pm start CycloCross race! 

Stay tuned for these DAILY DOUBLE results to be posted next!

Snake Bite CX

Kirk Morrison, Hannah Brewer and Steve Brewer ventured to Elyria, Ohio to compete in the North East Ohio CX Series (NEOCX).

...and guess what?  YUP. You guessed it, Steve had a mechanical during the race...AGAIN!!!

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Kirk tells HIS side of the story like THIS:
I joined Hannah and Steve Brewer at the Snakebite NEOCX race #2 in Cascade Park, Ohio. The weather was much cooler for this second edition of the Series with temps in the high 70’s. This was a fairly fast course with lots of grass, a paved section, two climbs, and NO SAND!!!

However, the MUD BOG was almost a foot deep which made it pretty much unrideable (as I demonstrated by trying to ride it ....... several times...

Photo by Gregg Brekke

To add further insult to injury, my photo appeared publicly on the NEOCX site HERE:

http://neocx.wordpress.com/2011/09/14/cascade-park-cx-results

In the first lap of the SS race, I met rider in front of me as he was running back into the mud bog to retrieve (as in “dig out”) his shoe which the mud had claimed for its own.

Hannah took top honors for the day from our group with a 5th Place finish in the Womens Open Race.

Photo by Gregg Brekke

Steve was on his way to a top 2 finish in the Cat3/4 Open race when he had the misfortune of a flat front tire. Unfortunately, Steve was snakebit again as the front wheel that he borrowed to get back in the race flatted too (which ended his racing day)...DNF.

Photo by Gregg Brekke

I raced in both the SS Open race finishing in 7th Place, and the Cat3/4 Open race (w/gears!) finishing in 15th place.

Below is a link to the results page.
www.snakebiteracing.com/Newsletter/CascadeCrossResults.pdf\

The weather took a drastic turn midway through the subsequent Cat1/2/3 race when a thunderstorm hit with heavy rain, wind and lightning.

While we were envious of the chance to ride in the “new mud” created by these conditions, this race ended about 15 minutes early as a result of the lighning.

Nice event, good course and great teammates !!

Kirk

Erie TT

Steve Marlette, Ray Sielski, Donnie Panizales and Randy McCracken attended the Iroquois Sports Presque Isle Time Trial...a race that has long been held as the END OF THE ROAD SEASON!!!

In order of age...top down(!)...

Ray finished in 19th Place (M50-59) & 49th Place Overall
...setting a new Personal Record by 5.4 seconds!

Randy finished in 11th Place (M50-59) & 26th Place Overall

Steve finished in 4th Place (M40-49) & 11th Place Overall

Donnie finished in 13th Place (M40-49) & 46th Place Overall

Let the CX Season begin!

West Virginia State TT

Dan Schar returned to the 2011 Appalachian State TT Championship as the 2010 Men's 40+ Champion.

http://ag3r.blogspot.com/2010/09/wva-state-tt.html

This year, despite having a faster time by 12 seconds, Dan ended up in 6th Place Overall.

Congratulations on your Personal Record Dan  :)

Strongland Road Race

Day #2's, road race in the Strongland Chamber of Commerce's racing weekend was enough to attract Brian Hopkins to "come home" in order to line up beside Mike Maher ...just like the good ole dayz :)

Representing Ag3r-ButlerHealthSystem can be accomplished in many ways.  Brian and Mike selected Way #3b... which came with it's own unique "challenges"!

~12th Place - Brian Hopkins
~13th Place - Mike Maher

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Mike recalls:
Brian and I attacked off of the back spectacularly on the first major climb.

Brian then soft pedaled for a mile or two until I bridged up.

I then spent the rest of the day suffering twice.

Once trying to hang onto his wheel, and then again having to look at his ass for that long!

Strongland MTB

Mike Maher and Kirk Morrison got their DIRT-WORM on at the day#1 mtn bike race of the 2-day (mtn/road) Strongland racing weekend.
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As Kirk tells the story:
Mike Maher and I raced in the Intermediate II Class at the Tour de Strongland Mtb race at Roaring Run Park (near Apollo).

This was a well attended race with fairly treacherous trails (lots of wet rocks and roots). The course was technically challenging (for me anyway) with spectacular scenery.

Mike got off to an early solo lead and rode smart (and fast)...

...to a 1st place finish in both the Overall and Masters (40+) categories.

I was further back in the pack and ended up finishing in 2nd place in the Senior (50+) category as well as 15th place in the overall Intermediate II field.

The results should appear at the following website
(http://www.strongland.org/bikerace.html).

After taking advantage of the local stream for some cleanup...

...I enjoyed some Uncle Charlie’s (the sponsor) burgers before the award ceremonies. Excellent event ……… I’ll definitely be back.

Attached are a few pics taken by Mike and me.

CX Season Team Bug #3

Another contender has thrown their name in the hat for the position of Ag3r-ButlerHealthSystem CycloCross Season Team Bug.

Spicebush Swallowtail Catepillar
Contract Negotiations by Joy Claypoole

As worthy a contender as this BUG may be, (his?/her?) success is threatened by metamorphosis!

The others who have applied remain:

(1) http://ag3r.blogspot.com/2011/08/team-bug.html

(2) http://ag3r.blogspot.com/2011/08/bug-resumes-rolling-in.html

Final selection will not be made until the ABRA Kick-Off Cross...so keep those Resumes coming :)

Camp Manatoc CX

The name of this race makes it sound like "A Day in the Park", when it was actually more like "A Day at the Beach"!!!  After what appears to be more running than riding...

Hannah Brewer finished in 6th place of the B2 Womens Cat 1,2,3 Race

Steve Brewer finished in 7th place of the B2 Mens Open Cat 3,4 Race

Brian Hopkins finished in 8th place of the B2 Mens Open 3,4 Race

...and Kirk Morrison finished in 16th place of the B1 Masters Men 45+ Cat 3,4 Race. No pic :(

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Kirk says:
Despite temps in the mid 90’s I couldn’t resist the opportunity to join Hannah, Steve and Brian at the NEOCX Camp Manotoc cyclocross race.

Camp Manotoc Boy Scout Camp is located in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park (between Cleveland and Akron) and is only open to bikes during this one week/year. This was a well attended day with the camp opened to Mtn bike trail rides and about 10 vendor tents including a large Specialized factory booth (with loaner bikes).

The course was fairly flat with an extensive, u-turn sand pit, one set of barriers and two tight technical sections through wooded areas. The days biggest challenge was the heat and high humidity (with a heat index of almost 100 degrees).

I rode in the 1pm “B1 Masters Men 45+ Cat 3,4 race” which ran before the combined 2:15pm “B2 Mens Open Cat 3,4” and “B2 Womens Cat 1,2,3” races (which Hannah, Steve and Brian raced).

After my race I found a shady spot near the sand pit to cheer on Hannah, Steve and Brian. In the spirit of Cx, I was offering beer handups to my teammates (Shockingly, I noted that I was the ONLY spectator offering this (!?)). As their finishing places demonstrate, my teammates were more interested in being fast than my handups...so "I" had to drink them ALL!!!

Attached are a few pics that I was able to take near the sand pit area (including one of Brian after a tumble in the sand pit …….. a gallant effort to ride where almost everyone else was running). Also, a video that shows Steve riding the sand pit. While many tried, Steve was the only person I saw who was (pretty much) successful at this.

B1 (Master's) Race Video
Kirk running past at: 37 sec, 3 min 33 sec & 5 min 35 sec
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xGvdrGZElw

B2 Race (Men's & Women's) Video
15 sec - Brian and Steve running the pit
1 min 10 sec – Hannah running the pit
1 min 54 sec – Brian running & Steve riding (most of) the pit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7L_nCN0SRE&feature=related

Below is a link to the results:
http://lakeeffectracing.com/2011-cyclocross/big-valley-results

Well organized event with great attendance. Highly recommended but, Cx races are definitely meant for cooler weather !!

Kirk

Henry Clay 30K MTB

Kirk Morrison and Rich Allen traveled down past Morgantown to Coopers Rock State Park for the Henry Clay 30K Mtb XC race ...with the following Results:

10th Place - Rich Allen

11th Place - Kirk Morrison

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Kirk Writes:
The weather was great with partial clouds and temperatures in the low 70’s for the noon start. This race is put on by Gunnar and Betsy Shogren who did a super job at organization.  This was a super race with pizza and pop at the finish. Thanks to Gunnar, Betsy and the rest of their volunteers !

Rich and I both competed in the Men Sport Master (45+) category. The course was fairly fast with some tight single track and a few rocky climbs.  Unfortunately, I had an early spill shortly after our race group funneled into the first trail section.

This was my first “mass start” XC race and I obviously need to work on my ability to ride in a tight group, at speed, over rocky, rooted trails. After picking myself up, I lost about 15 places as I waited for a break in the line of racers to allow me to jump back in.

From there I worked my way back up through the group only to discover that Rich had flatted at about the halfway point. I stopped to give him a “Big Air” canister (he had used up his little CO2 cartridge) and continued. Rich repaid my kindness by passing me a few miles later and giving me a rabbit to chase for several miles!!!

Attached is a pic of the WVMBA flat screen monitor which provides an instantaneous race results status. Very cool.

Yellow Creek MTB

Hannah Brewer was accompanied by Steve Brewer and Mike Maher to the latest edition of the Yellow Creek Grassroots MTB Race.

2nd Place (Women) - Hannah Brewer

11th Place (Men) - Steve Brewer
12th Place (Men) - Mike Maher

Rumor has it that Steve was hiding behind a BIG TREE along the trail, waiting for Mike to race by... then sprinted around him to take 11th Place!!!

Getting CROSSED

Chris Mayhew (http://jbvcoaching.com/ChrisMayhew.asp) and ProBikes (http://www.probikesllc.com/) have sponsored a CycloCross Clinic & to date, two weeknight CX practices in Frick Park to get ready for the upcoming CX Seeason.

So far, Dan Schar....

...as well as Kirk Morrison and Rich Allen have attended at least one of these events.  As Kirk writes, the night Richy went, things did not go quite as smooth as he would have liked!

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From: Kirk Morrison
A Tough nite for Rich !

1. Forgot his helmet (Todd sent over a shop loaner)
2. Forgot to switch out his cassette (from 9 to 10). He realized this when he shifted into his spokes.
3. Pulled a calf muscle which sidelined him for most of the practice.
4. Ripped out his valve stem while experimenting with tire pressure.

His CX season can only IMPROVE from here!!!

Swinging the Chains

This reporter has uncovered that Ag3r-ButlerHealthSystem rider Steve Brewer has signed a contract with Cannondale Bicycles to help develop a new Shaft Drive Bicycle.

An un-named source from the bike's development team said, "By breaking 6 or more perfectly good chains per year, Steve and his Sequoia sized tree-trunk legs made him a perfect test subject for this project.  When we are done with him, the Government has expressed their own interest in experimenting on Steve."

The bike has been named "The Harpoon".

Ag3r teammate Brian Hopkins was quoted as saying, "No one is happier than me that Steve has finally gotten the SHAFT"...!

Well said, Brian  :)

PMVC Master's Criterium

Henry Dimmick and Kirk Morrison were joined by Ken DeFurio at the final PMVC Friday Night race of the 2011 Season.  While these races were shorter than (normal) due to the fading daylight of a late August evening, they were no less intense..as the only old guys that show up for this stuff are the FAST OLD GUYS!!!

50+ Criterium
6th Place - Kirk Morrison
8th Place - Henry Dimmick
Mid-Race Prime Winner - Henry Dimmick

40+ Criterium
8th Place - Henry Dimmick
10th Place - Ken DeFurio
16th Place - Kirk Morrison
Mid-Race Prime Winner - Henry Dimmick

...and then we hung out in the Police Parking Lot (replenishing our carbos) until 10:00pm!

5 Hour SMILES?

Read all about it at:
http://wagthestick.blogspot.com/2011/08/you-cant-write-stuff-like-this.html

BUG Resumes Rolling IN

Ag3r-ButlerHealthSystem CX Season Team BUG Candidate #2:

Photo by Leslie Boehmer

THIS candidate comes with the name:  Hickory Horned Devil.

Negotiations are being conducted by Leslie!

Colavita East Ohio TT

One a Month...and One to Go.

The Colavita East Ohio Time Trial, near Akron Ohio...takes place on a rolling and often raining out and back course!

The August event found Ag3r/FoxVelo riders Steve MarleTTe, Henry Dimmick, Randy McCracken and Donnie Panizales all braving the RAIN and LIGHTNING for a chance to ...get wet!

Warm-Ups on the bike were more like Warm-Ups in the Pool!  We all noticed that our tires were slipping on our trainers; the resistance was light. So we told ourselves we were STRONG like BULL!

Photo by Sonic Imaging

After all the others had left for the Start, Henry noticed his resistance go up, and when he took the bike off the trainer for the start, he realized he had worn the rubber off the center of the tire. With no time to spare, he headed for the line.  After the race, while telling the story, they all looked at the tire to see THIS!  Randy commented that it was a good thing the race wasn't (twice) as long!

Photo by Sonic Imaging

At the end of the day, we all had won something:

Photo by Sonic Imaging

Steve Marlette
2nd Place - Men's 40 to 50yrs Division
Door Prize - Water Filter

Photo by Mike Briggs!

Henry Dimmick
2nd Place - Men's Fixed Gear Division

Photo by Mike Briggs!

Randy McCracken
3rdPlace - Men's 50 to 59 yrs Division
Personal Record by 6 seconds!

Photo by Mike Briggs!

Donnie Panizales
5th Place - Men's 40 to 49 yrs Division
Door Prize - Road ID

Photo by Mike Briggs!

Afterwards, Steve and Donnie recovered using unrecognizable bio-engineered solids and liquids from a Laboratory, while Randy and Henry recovered "The Traditional Way"!

Photo by Sonic Imaging

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In the Season Points Series, with ONE RACE left to go, the standings are:

Men's 40 to 49 yrs Division
Steve MarleTTe - 1st Place
Donnie Panizales - 6th Place

Men's 50-59 yrs Division
Randy McCracken - 5th Place
Kirk Morrison - 9th Place
Henry Dimmick - 14th Place
Ray Sielski - 16th Place
Rich Allen - 17th Place

Men's Fixed Gear
Henry Dimmick - 3rd Place

Hopefully the September Finale will be dry!

Team Bug!

Steve Brewer is in negotions with this critter to become the Official 2011 Ag3r-ButlerHealthSystem CX Season Team Bug!

If the deal goes through, what nickname shall we assign said BUG?!!!

NOTE:If you are having trouble leaving a COMMENT using your gmail-loggin, don't fret.  So are we.  Try commenting using "Anonymous" ...that is how WE are solving the problem  :(

Track Bike Night

Newbie-to-Fixies, Kirk Morrison, made his debut at PMVC's Friday's Track Bike Night.

Photo by Sonic Imaging

Not keen on missing a chance to see Kirk forget NOT to stop pedaling, Henry Dimmick tagged along for the fun  :)

Photo by Kirk Morrison

As usual, the competitors were a mix of dedicated racers, bicycle couriers, and hipsters!  But by the time the beers came out, the evening had shaken out as follows:

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Results Report by Oscar Swan

Photo by Sonic Imaging

Results of Friday Night Track, August 12, 2011 A beautiful night. Not much of a turnout for the last event of the year, but everyone who showed up got a good workout. Thanks to Henry Dimmick and Kirk Morrison for providing after-event beer.

Event A:  2-Lap Time Trial
1st Place (Tie) - Kirk Morrison
5th Place - Henry Dimmick

Event B:  1-lap Chariot
2nd Place - Henry Dimmick
5th Place - Kirk Morrison

Event C: 10-Lap Handicap
2nd Place - Henry Dimmick
4th Place - Kirk Morrison

Event D:  Miss 'n Out
3rd Place - Henry Dimmick

Event E:  Olympic Sprint
1st Place - Dimmick/Andreyo
4th Place - Morrison/Aderholt

Event F:  Chariot of Last Men Standing
2nd Place - Henry Dimmick
4th Place - Kirk Morrison

OMNIUM WINNERS

2nd Place Overall - Henry Dimmick

Photo by Kirk Morrison

5th Place Overall - Kirk Morrison

...which is pretty good for a Newbie, eh?!!!

X-Terra Appalachia Triathlon

Hannah Brewer is becomming a (Dirt) Worm!

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Hannah writes:
The Xterra Tri was a VERY muddy, but super fun race.  I'm slowly getting away from the road and getting into the dirt!

I finished in...

1st Place - Women's 25 to 29 yrs

3rd Place - Women's Overall (Link HERE)

26th Place - Event Overall (Link HERE)

...and you can go their FaceBook page HERE

Run with the Deer Flies

Shouldn't the race be named, "Run FROM the Deer Flies"?!!!?

Anyway, Hannah Brewer not only ran away from the flies, but RAN away from most of the field in this year's Run with the Deer Flies, 15k, off-road running race.

Hannah finished in:

2nd Place - Women's 25-29 yrs

7th Place - Women's Overall (33 total)

14th Place - Event Overall (57 total)

Only Tarzan can catch Hannah in the woods  :)

ACA 50 mile Criterium

YIKES...!!!

Kirk Morrison choose to spend his Saturday morning pedaling 100 Laps around-and-around the Bud Harris Track on Washinton Blvd in Pitsburgh, Pa.

Kirk ended up in 15th Place in what he referred to as,
"...a Long Race around a Short Course"!

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The Hook
by Chris Popovic:
The ACA is proud to announce a 100 lap, 50 mile race at the Bud Harris Cycling Track on Saturday, August 6th, 2011 starting at 9:30 a.m.  As most of you know, the Bud was resurfaced last year. We've seen most every time record fall now that the track is free of bumps and cracks. One record that remains unset is the 100 lap, 50 mile test. We'd like to address that by inviting out any USA Cycling Category 1-4 rider next Saturday at 9:30 a.m.

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The Line
by Kirk Morrison:
Chris Popovic and Nick Rossi hosted this event since it appears that the Mass Start 100 lap record had never been set at this venue. This unique race started at 9:37am in a light rain with about 20 riders. CAT Racing had the biggest team with 6 racers followed by Sette Nove. The initial pace was brisk with a few team and individual breakaway attempts to lap the field in the first 50 laps. None of these were successful.

However, with coordinated team support a 3 rider mixed-team break comprised of Ray Russell (Sette Nove) and 2 CAT riders (including Samson McHugh and ?) lapped the field with about 25 laps remaining (good team tactics). In the end Samson McHugh took the win.

While it was a well run event, I'm not looking to enter another of these round and round races again in the near future !

99 laps to ride at the Bud
99 laps to ride
Spin one 'round
Hammer and pound
98 laps to ride at the Bud...

BTW - Did I mention that it RAINED the whole time(?)!!!

Sorry, no pics !

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The Sinker
by Oscar Swan
A respectable 100-lap record was established at the oval yesterday:

50 mi.;  100 laps;  1.58.20;  25.3mph;  Samson McHugh; 8/6/11

It has been posted to:
http://polish.slavic.pitt.edu/pmvc

PMVC 10 mile TT

With the summer winding down, the Pittsburgh Master's Velo Club conducted it's last 10 mile Individual Time Trial of the year.  In attendance were SIX one way, a half dozen the other way, Ag3r-ButlerHealthSystem & FoxVelo riders!

3rd Place - Steve Marlette
Personal Record by 8 seconds!

12th Place - Kirk Morrison
4th Place - Men's 50+
Personal Record by 22 seconds!

15th Place - Donny Panizales
Personal Record by 2 minutes & 44 seconds!

21st Place - T. Lyle Ferderber
8th Place - Men's 50+

23rd Place - Ray Sielski
9th Place - Men's 50+

24th Place - Rich Allen
10th Place - Men's 50+

Pittsburgh Triathlon

FoxVelo member Jim Miller pedaled the bike leg for Team BOB.

This year, they finished in 7th place of the International Triathlon Relay category, with a total time of 2:35:38 for the 1500 meter swim, 40k bike, and 10k run.

Excellent effort Team BOB!

Eric Paszkowski (Run)

Craig Dietz (Swim)

Jim Miller (Bike)

Their Overall Results can bee seen HERE

Their Splits Results can be seen HERE

Lost Race Report

Mark Briercheck wrote a race report for the ACA Criterium where Steve trashed his kit (bad boy Steve!)... but I somehow let it get buried in my InBox :(

I inserted what Mark had to say at the bottom of the original post on the race. 

To read Mark's story, go HERE

Pro Bikes Criterium

Kirk Morrison added Criterium Racing to his racing repertoire.  In particular, the Appalachian Bicycle Racing Association (ABRA) Criterium Series... and as it turns out, his effort was worth a SERIES PODIUM position!

Congratulations Kirk!

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COMPLETE Race Report, Links & Pics by Captain Kirk!
This past Saturday’s Pro Bikes Criterium was the 5th and final race of the ABRA Criterium Series. The race course was a 1.5 mile loop through an industrial park that has been used in past races (near the Ohio River in W. Aliquippa).

As usual, JR and Gina did a great organizational job assisted by officials Chris Popovic and Doug Riegner.

The conditions were HOT (over 90F) at the 1pm start with sun and a light breeze.

I had a 5th place finish in this race ...

(the results state 6th but Jack Neyer had a flat on the last lap and DNF’d)

...which gave me a 2nd place overall ranking in the series for the Mens 50+ age group!

The fact that I was able to compete in all of these races was a key factor in my final placing in this series. I was pleased with these results since this seasons ABRA Crit Series opener in early April was my first Crit race (held in downtown Clarksburg, WV). The introduction of some mid-season sprint intervals really helped my ability to hang with this fast group of riders.

Thanks to JR, Pro Bikes and all of his volunteers for a great series !

Attached are a few pics from the race. They are from Fred Jordan unless indicated otherwise (Mike Briggs) in the title.

Results Link: http://www.abraracing.com/Results/2011ProBikesCrit.html

The overall series online point totals haven’t been published online yet but they should be available soon at the following link: http://www.abraracing.com/Results/2011ACSstandings.html

Thanks,
Kirk

PMVC 25 mile TT

The LONG race of the year...the Pittsburgh Master's Velo Club 25 mile Individual Time Trial is always when I schedule my out of town vacation!!!

Luckily, those stuck behind properly "represented" Ag3r  :)

3rd Place - Steve Marlette
Personal Record by 29 seconds!

7th Place - Donnie Panizales
Personal Record by 7 minutes & 54 seconds!

12th Place - Ray Sielski
1st Place 50+

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Text by Stephanie & Oscar Swann:
RESULTS OF 25 MILE TT
It was one of those nights when you say the air was heavy, but it didn’t prevent some good times.

Gray Patton broke her existing women’s record by more than a minute, and she went on to establish a women’s one-hour record of some 25.7 miles. We’ll measure the distance carefully during the week.

Four people got into, or confirmed their membership in, the One-Hour Club.

Steve Marlette posted both a personal best and established the most times under one hour (12 total)during the 10 years the Friday time trials have been held.

Congratulations to all finishers.

Colavita TT

One of our new favorite TTs is the Colavita East Ohio Monthly Time Trial Series.  The July race ended up as follows:

1st Place (Men's 40-49) - Steve Marlette
2nd Place Overall

3rd Place (Men's 50-59) - Randy McCracken

DNF* (Men's 50-59) - Kirk Morrison

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Story by Steve MarleTTe:
Photos by Steve & Kirk Morrison:
It was a nice summer morning in Ohio at the Colavita TT. I was concerned about a slow leak in the tire on my disc. Kirk kindly offered to lend me his disc, but I was able to seal the leak with some Stan's sealant.

Unfortunately, *Kirk then found a roofing nail out on the course and needed ride back in the promoter's car.

Randy put in a good ride and landed on the podium!

Skip and me were were still feeling the effects of the Friday night 20 mile TT. We both struggled to put in a good effort but we both got top podium finishes. Skip managed to beat me by 4 seconds for the Overall Title. I think he has some psychic power to know just how many seconds he needs to best me!  I was still lucky enough to end up on the top step for my Age Group!