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Week 2 of the 2010 Low-Key Hillclimb Series

Skyler Colwell scoring for Team Colwell (Judy Colwell)
Thanks to help from Michael Barnes, Brenda Brunner, Debbie Brunner, Bill Bushnell, Gino Cetani, Juliana Chen, Cara Coburn, Judy Colwell, Phil Dubach, Lisa Emmerich, Martin Hampton, Howard Kveck, Greg McQuaid, Jennifer Morris, Thomas Novikoff, Emilee ONell, Steve Peck, and Tim Sutton for making today's climb possible!

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Due to it being Day of the Horse in Woodside on Kings Mountain Road, Low-Key made a late switch to the classic climb of the Bay Area, if not the entire continent of North America, Old La Honda Road.

We had a great turnout of riders today and an even greater turn-out of volunteers, including Bill Bushnell who joined the results crew after absolutely blitzing the climb in sub-11 on his hybrid-electric bike, despite some mechanical issues. When asked if his machine had been "upgraded" for this year, his only response was a subdued, "I made some changes..."

On the men's side, Brian Lucido took control from the first group to cross the line in 16-even, matching Tracy Colwell's 1990's Low-Key record, so a very solid time from Brian. Michael ONeill, whose wife Emillee was providing excellent finish-line assistance, finished in an excellent 16:16, just ahead of Low-Key legend Tim Clark. John Novitsky and Kieran Sherlock also broke the 16:30 barrier.

On the women's side, Kelly Crowley was back, shattering the 20-minute barrier with her time of 19:17. Helen Casabona and Janet Martinez finished off the top 3 in the strong 17-rider women's field, each of these three women qualifying for a Strava T-shirt by finishing ahead of Linda Jackson's existing Strava QOM. None of the men were able to beat Chris Phipp's KOM time today. Notable in the women's standing was Kirsten Do's impressive junior debut, finishing well under the 30 minute barrier with her excellent 28:12, moving her into second place in the junior overall standings behind Andre Swart.

Brian and Janet combined with Carl Nielson to score top points for last year's series champion team, the Sisters and Misters of No Mercy. Low-Key was second with Western Wheelers a close third. The points weren't enough to tip Western Wheelers from the lead of the team standings, however. Next week the standings go to two qualifying races rather than one, so Western Wheelers strong result today will help.

Chris Phipps stays in the overall lead for the men, although that will change next week when Chris won't be joining us, putting Brian Lucido in prime position to move to the top spot from his present #2. It's a tight fight for third with Tracy Colwell, who rode tandem today with his son Liam, presently in that slot. Tracy and Liam were joined on Team Colwell by Tracy's other son Skyler, who returned for his second solo ride. Skyler had another impressive finish to take the lead in the Endurance competition.

On the women's standings, Kelly's impressive climb today put her in the top spot, with Helen Casabona in second, and Leah Toeniskoetter, week one's top woman rider, in third. None of the top five women have done both climbs so far, so Portola State Park, next week, will have a big effect on these standings.

We are debuting a new Low-Key scoring category this week: the Most Consistent Rider. I won't bother describing wo leads that standing, as any minor change in results can have a big shake-up in these standings at this point. It will be interesting to see how this one pans out as the series progresses. It is restricted to riders who've qualified for max points on the overall (attendance at at least half the climbs, one less for volunteering once, two less for volunteering at least three times, with in this case at least two climbs actually ridden) since it is much easier to "get lucky" here with only two or three climbs than it is riding more of the series. This one is sure to be highly competitive, since just one week's weakness, bad luck, or excessive enthusiasm can wreck an otherwise excellent score.

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 10:37 18.93 7290 123.21

Men
pl # name team cat time mph fph score
1 109 Brian Lucido Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy Tandem 16:00 12.56 4838 132.19
2 119 Michael ONeil Third Pillar 30+ 16:16 12.36 4758 130.02
3 53 Tim Clark Low-Key 40+ 16:21 12.29 4734 129.36
4 237 John Novitsky VOS Racing Team 50+ 16:27 12.22 4705 128.57
4 141 Kieran Sherlock Western Wheelers 40+ 16:27 12.22 4705 128.57
6 88 Rich Hill LGBRC 45+ 16:57 11.86 4566 124.78
7 236 Carl Nielson Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy 50+ 17:06 11.75 4526 123.68
8 7 James Porter Western Wheelers 3 17:22 11.57 4457 121.79
9 84 Shon Grabbe San Jose Bike Club 40+ 17:29 11.50 4427 120.97
10 72 Brian Edwards The Dirkers 17:43 11.35 4369 119.38
11 212 Mark Drayton London Dynamo 30+ 17:49 11.28 4344 118.71
12 218 Tom Gardin   45+ 17:56 11.21 4316 117.94
13 209 Colin Daw Wheel Away U23 17:58 11.19 4308 117.72
14 39 Ron Brunner Low-Key 40+ 18:04 11.13 4284 117.07
15 170 Ryan Bickerstaff PowerBar 25+ 18:06 11.10 4276 116.85
16 120 Shance Ordell Western Wheelers 35+ 18:07 11.09 4272 116.74
17 217 Mark Foster Coretechs Cycling Team 45+ 18:09 11.07 4264 116.53
18 123 Christian Paquet Doogie 50+ 18:11 11.05 4257 116.32
19 96 Martin Hyland Western Wheelers 50+ 18:22 10.94 4214 115.15
20 139 Tim Sawyer Bike Trip 50+ 18:28 10.88 4191 114.53
20 213 Chris Evans Bikeforums.net 30+ 18:28 10.88 4191 114.53
22 146 Brian Sterling Webcor/Alto Velo 45+ 18:29 10.87 4188 114.43
23 225 Justin Lucke LGBRC Vegan 18:31 10.86 4180 114.22
24 262 Carmelo Rios Plus 3 50+ 18:34 10.83 4169 113.91
25 219 Bruce Gardner Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy 35+ 18:48 10.69 4117 112.50
26 65 J.D. Daniels Eden Bikes 35+ 18:49 10.68 4113 112.40
27 243 John Richardson Pen Velo/Pomodoro 55+ 18:52 10.65 4102 112.10
28 214 Joe Fabris Plus 3 50+ 18:55 10.63 4092 111.81
28 215 Jeff Farnsworth San Jose Bike Club 50+ 18:55 10.63 4092 111.81
30 222 Dane Johnson Google 20+ 19:04 10.54 4059 110.93
31 27 Michael Barnes   50+ 19:06 10.52 4052 110.73
31 104 Michael Kolb Google 45+ 19:06 10.52 4052 110.73
33 246 Chuck Spiteri Pen Velo/Pomodoro 50+ 19:19 10.41 4007 109.49
34 37 Adam Brinkman The Dirkers 30+ 19:21 10.39 4000 109.30
35 87 Josh Hayes Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy 30+ 19:25 10.35 3986 108.93
36 152 Stewart Thompson Pen Velo/Pomodoro 55+ 19:31 10.30 3966 108.37
37 136 Curtis Ruegg Pen Velo/Pomodoro 45+ 19:32 10.29 3962 108.28
38 244 Naoto Sato   45+ 19:48 10.15 3909 106.82
39 228 Russell McCrary Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy 50+ 19:50 10.13 3903 106.64
40 252 David Tobin Palantir 20+ 19:53 10.11 3893 106.37
41 58 Kevin Comerford Eden Bikes 30+ 19:54 10.10 3889 106.28
42 211 Bryn Dole Blekko 35+ 20:07 9.99 3848 105.14
43 253 Bob Truel Blekko 40+ 20:10 9.97 3838 104.88
44 21 Tony Amadio Fueled by Wendy's 25+ 20:12 9.95 3832 104.70
44 133 Carlos Reyes   20+ 20:12 9.95 3832 104.70
46 71 Ron Dunn   50+ 20:14 9.93 3825 104.53
47 73 Fred Egley Dos Egleys 45+ 20:17 9.91 3816 104.27
48 172 Hu Liang Currenex 35+ 20:30 9.80 3776 103.17
49 50 Eric Chi Nvidia 30+ 20:33 9.78 3766 102.92
50 200 Andrew Adelman Coretechs Cycling Team 40+ 20:36 9.76 3757 102.67
51 103 Larry Klein Doogie 50+ 20:37 9.75 3754 102.59
52 266 Joe Karbowski Team Joe Karbowski 20:50 9.65 3715 101.52
53 240 Ramon Ochoa Bikeforums.net 35+ 20:51 9.64 3712 101.44
54 98 Peter Ingram Independent 55+ 20:52 9.63 3709 101.36
55 241 Ryan Powell Team Joe Karbowski 30+ 20:59 9.58 3689 100.79
56 226 Bogdan Marian Bikeforums.net 30+ 21:00 9.57 3686 100.71
57 142 Jeff Shute Google 30+ 21:03 9.55 3677 100.48
58 132 Thomas Rabedeau SLACer 50+ 21:06 9.53 3668 100.24
59 158 David Vrane Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy 45+ 21:07 9.52 3665 100.16
60 61 Rob Cosaro Doogie 50+ 21:09 9.50 3660 100.00
61 105 Mark LaForge SS/L Cycling Club 50+ 21:10 9.50 3657 99.92
62 75 David Engelbrecht Summit chuters 40+ Tandem 21:22 9.41 3622 98.99
63 78 Bob Falkenberg Webcor/Alto Velo 45+ 21:24 9.39 3617 98.83
64 60 Richard Contreras rhus 50+ 21:32 9.33 3594 98.22
65 257 Loren Vorreiter   40+ 21:33 9.33 3592 98.14
66 229 Paul Melville Doogie 60+ 21:37 9.30 3581 97.84
67 64 Han Wen Grumpy Old Man (GOM) 40+ 21:44 9.25 3561 97.32
68 164 Robert Zeljko Almost There 40+ 21:57 9.16 3526 96.36
69 156 Dirk Veenema The Dirkers 30+ 21:58 9.15 3524 96.28
70 216 David Fitch San Jose Bike Club 65+ 22:15 9.03 3479 95.06
71 41 Patrick Callahan Hara 40+ 22:18 9.01 3471 94.84
72 238 Christopher O'Keefe Atomic Bonk 40+ 22:24 8.97 3455 94.42
73 208 Jay Cohan Spike the Wonder Dog 45+ 22:33 8.91 3432 93.79
74 63 John D Kastel Death Valley 45+ 22:46 8.83 3400 92.90
75 91 Frank Hislop Google 30+ 22:51 8.80 3387 92.56
75 66 Jon Degenhardt Argonauts 50+ 22:51 8.80 3387 92.56
75 51 Garry Chinn Silicon Valley Triathlon 22:51 8.80 3387 92.56
78 169 Harsha Bhat Currenex 40+ 23:01 8.73 3363 91.89
79 178 Tom Barry Poprad 35+ 23:05 8.71 3353 91.62
80 81 Stephen Fong San Jose Bike Club 40+ 23:08 8.69 3346 91.43
81 80 Andrew Fitzhugh   45+ 23:10 8.68 3341 91.29
82 231 Edward Miller SLACer 70+ 23:15 8.65 3329 90.97
83 85 Gary Griffin Bike Trip 55+ 23:16 8.64 3327 90.90
84 242 Thomas Preisler LGBRC 55+ 23:19 8.62 3320 90.71
85 206 Oliver Chan Voler 4 23:29 8.56 3296 90.06
86 48 Steve Chapel Western Wheelers 65+ 23:36 8.52 3280 89.62
87 54 Barry Burr Femur Fantastic 4/45 23:40 8.49 3270 89.37
88 121 Marco Palmeri Bikeforums.net Tandem 26:13 7.67 2952 89.11T
89 264 Mangesh Ampalkare   40+ 23:57 8.39 3232 88.31
90 107 George Lee Team Pain 24:16 8.28 3190 87.16
91 256 Tom VonReichbauer The Dirkers 25+ 24:22 8.25 3176 86.80
92 202 George Artz   55+ 24:26 8.23 3168 86.56
92 235 David Newstrom   30+ 24:26 8.23 3168 86.56
94 157 Scott Violet Google 35+ 24:35 8.18 3148 86.03
95 108 Arley Lewis Field of Rabbits 40+ 25:01 8.03 3094 84.54
96 12 Will von Kaenel LGBRC 50+ 27:55 7.20 2773 83.69T
97 223 Rich Karlgaard Western Wheelers 55+ 25:18 7.94 3059 83.60
98 42 Kley Cardona   45+ 25:21 7.93 3053 83.43
99 44 Rusty Carter Season 1 Racing 35+ 25:51 7.78 2994 81.82
100 86 Bob Gumaer UID 50+ 26:07 7.70 2964 80.98
101 207 Chris Chang old & slow 45+ 26:11 7.68 2956 80.78
101 254 Plamen Velikov SLACer 50+ 26:11 7.68 2956 80.78
103 204 Rich Brunner Team Santa Clara 26:19 7.64 2941 80.37
104 52 Piotrek Chojnowski The Dirkers 25+ 26:20 7.63 2939 80.32
105 201 Alon Albert Google 45+ 26:35 7.56 2912 79.56
106 251 Peter Thana   35+ 26:36 7.56 2910 79.51
107 250 Jim Tappan Sans O2 Bank 50+ 26:41 7.53 2901 79.26
108 247 Tom Stanis Google 30+ 26:47 7.50 2890 78.97
109 166 Christian Hilty Team America 40+ 27:06 7.42 2856 78.04
110 57 Tracy Colwell Team Colwell 40+ 27:15 7.38 2840 77.61T
110 269 Liam Colwell Team Colwell Junior 27:15 7.38 2840 77.61T
112 220 Tom Grote   Slow 27:17 7.37 2837 77.52
113 20 Michael Ahern LGBRC 40+ 27:56 7.20 2771 75.72
114 144 Matt Slater UID 40+ 27:57 7.19 2769 75.67
115 230 Mark Mervich Bent Riders Unite 60+ 30:10 6.66 2566 70.11
116 260 Ulrich Wiedmann   40+ 30:24 6.61 2546 69.57
117 210 Vivek Dlima Google Noob 30:27 6.60 2542 69.46
118 149 Tim Sutton Plus 3 50+ 30:44 6.54 2518 68.82
119 56 Skyler Colwell Team Colwell Junior 34:56 5.75 2216 60.54
120 155 S.V. Vasudevan Mocha Cookie 40+ 40:12 5.00 1925 52.61T
120 268 Arjun Vasudevan Mocha Cookie 10+ 40:12 5.00 1925 52.61T

T : tandem score

Women
pl # name team cat time mph fph score
1 265 Kelly Crowley Team Rwanda 30+ 19:17 10.42 4014 132.62
2 205 Helen Casabona Google 45+ 20:18 9.90 3813 125.98
3 227 Janet Martinez Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy 40+ 20:53 9.62 3706 122.46
4 90 Laura Hipp Western Wheelers 4 21:55 9.17 3532 116.69
5 249 Laura Stern Coretechs Cycling Team 45+ 22:24 8.97 3455 114.17
6 140 Laura Schuster San Jose Bike Club 40+ 24:10 8.32 3203 105.82
7 77 Lori Fabris Plus 3 50+ 24:42 8.14 3134 103.54
8 113 Karis Mcfarlane Eden Bikes 30+ 24:43 8.13 3131 103.47
9 74 Laura Egley Dos Egleys 45+ 25:26 7.90 3043 100.55
10 258 Janet Wagner Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy Tandem 26:17 7.65 2945 97.30
11 26 Sophie Barbier   40+ 26:23 7.62 2934 96.93
12 47 Alison Chaiken Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy W 40+ 27:33 7.30 2809 92.83
13 263 Julie Rohloff Plus 3 45+ 28:01 7.17 2763 91.28
14 270 Kirsten Do Monta Vista Cross Country Junior 28:12 7.13 2745 90.69
15 122 Ruth Palmeri Bikeforums.net Tandem 26:13 7.67 2952 89.11T
16 13 Lynn von Kaenel LGBRC Tandem 27:55 7.20 2773 83.69T
17 232 Jennifer Morris Silicon Valley Triathlon 30+ 58:37 3.43 1320 43.63

T : tandem score

Teams
pl team score riders
1 Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy 378.33 Brian Lucido, Carl Nielson, Bruce Gardner, Josh Hayes, Russell McCrary, Janet Martinez, David Vrane, Janet Wagner, Alison Chaiken
2 Low-Key 369.63 Bill Bushnell, Tim Clark, Ron Brunner
3 Western Wheelers 367.10 Kieran Sherlock, James Porter, Shance Ordell, Martin Hyland, Laura Hipp, Steve Chapel, Rich Karlgaard
4 Google 347.64 Dane Johnson, Michael Kolb, Helen Casabona, Jeff Shute, Frank Hislop, Scott Violet, Alon Albert, Tom Stanis, Vivek Dlima
5 San Jose Bike Club 338.60 Shon Grabbe, Jeff Farnsworth, David Fitch, Stephen Fong, Laura Schuster
6 Coretechs Cycling Team 333.37 Mark Foster, Andrew Adelman, Laura Stern
7 Pen Velo/Pomodoro 329.96 John Richardson, Chuck Spiteri, Stewart Thompson, Curtis Ruegg
8 LGBRC 329.71 Rich Hill, Justin Lucke, Thomas Preisler, Will von Kaenel, Lynn von Kaenel, Michael Ahern
9 Plus 3 329.26 Carmelo Rios, Joe Fabris, Lori Fabris, Julie Rohloff, Tim Sutton
10 The Dirkers 324.96 Brian Edwards, Adam Brinkman, Dirk Veenema, Tom VonReichbauer, Piotrek Chojnowski
11 Eden Bikes 322.15 J.D. Daniels, Kevin Comerford, Karis Mcfarlane
12 Doogie 318.90 Christian Paquet, Larry Klein, Rob Cosaro, Paul Melville
13 Bikeforums.net 316.68 Chris Evans, Ramon Ochoa, Bogdan Marian, Marco Palmeri, Ruth Palmeri
14 SLACer 271.98 Thomas Rabedeau, Edward Miller, Plamen Velikov
15 Team Colwell 215.77 Tracy Colwell, Liam Colwell, Skyler Colwell
16 Webcor/Alto Velo 213.26 Brian Sterling, Bob Falkenberg
17 Blekko 210.01 Bryn Dole, Bob Truel
18 Bike Trip 205.43 Tim Sawyer, Gary Griffin
19 Dos Egleys 204.83 Fred Egley, Laura Egley
20 Team Joe Karbowski 202.31 Joe Karbowski, Ryan Powell
21 Currenex 195.06 Hu Liang, Harsha Bhat
22 UID 156.65 Bob Gumaer, Matt Slater
23 Silicon Valley Triathlon 136.19 Garry Chinn, Jennifer Morris
24 Team Rwanda 132.62 Kelly Crowley
25 Third Pillar 130.02 Michael ONeil
26 VOS Racing Team 128.57 John Novitsky
27 London Dynamo 118.71 Mark Drayton
28 Wheel Away 117.72 Colin Daw
29 PowerBar 116.85 Ryan Bickerstaff
30 Palantir 106.37 David Tobin
31 Mocha Cookie 105.22 S.V. Vasudevan, Arjun Vasudevan
32 Fueled by Wendy's 104.70 Tony Amadio
33 Nvidia 102.92 Eric Chi
34 Independent 101.36 Peter Ingram
35 SS/L Cycling Club 99.92 Mark LaForge
36 Summit chuters 98.99 David Engelbrecht
37 rhus 98.22 Richard Contreras
38 Grumpy Old Man (GOM) 97.32 Han Wen
39 Almost There 96.36 Robert Zeljko
40 Hara 94.84 Patrick Callahan
41 Atomic Bonk 94.42 Christopher O'Keefe
42 Spike the Wonder Dog 93.79 Jay Cohan
43 Death Valley 92.90 John D Kastel
44 Argonauts 92.56 Jon Degenhardt
45 Poprad 91.62 Tom Barry
46 Monta Vista Cross Country 90.69 Kirsten Do
47 Voler 90.06 Oliver Chan
48 Femur Fantastic 89.37 Barry Burr
49 Team Pain 87.16 George Lee
50 Field of Rabbits 84.54 Arley Lewis
51 Season 1 Racing 81.82 Rusty Carter
52 old & slow 80.78 Chris Chang
53 Team Santa Clara 80.37 Rich Brunner
54 Sans O2 Bank 79.26 Jim Tappan
55 Team America 78.04 Christian Hilty
56 Bent Riders Unite 70.11 Mark Mervich