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Kennedy Trail

Week 7 of the 2012 Low-Key Hillclimb Series

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Climbing Kennedy (Pat Parseghan)
Thanks to coordinator Pat Parseghian, with help from Brad Ford for making today's climb possible!

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Report

Early light rains were barely a deterrant as warm temperatures in the high-50F's and a firm trail made for an excellent day on Kennedy Fire Trail. And for those who waited until the afternoon, dry conditions made for a perfect, if not super-fast, day to ride.

It was a popular day for runners as Lisa Penzel, yours truly, Andy Crews, Blue Crews, Paul Chuck, Bill Bushnell, and Pat Parseghian (taking photos) all took to the trail by foot. Pat took some wonderful shots on her stroll up and down the trail, Bill produced a very credible score with a brisk hike, while the others all ran. Early on, I led Lisa Penzel up to the lookout before convincing her that the top of the climb had been reached. This resulted a DNF for me, leaving only split times to show for the run, but I extrapolated Lisa's time based on her previously sustained VAM for the final 40 meters of missed climbing. It was an unfortunate error, but Lisa showed her incredible versatility as she has been nothing short of dominant on the bike this year, and today she produced the top score of the day among runners and the fourth best score among all participants: approximately 120 points. She is now a lock to win both the women's cycling and women's runner rankings this year.

Soon after, Blue Crews paced Andy Crews to the top, clearly deciding he was more likely to get post-run treats if he let Andy win. They finished a strong 1-2 in the men's run rankings, and Andy is now a virtual lock for the overall top spot in the 2012 Low-Key men's runner standings, while Blue takes strong consolation in being the first-ever Low-Key champion in the Dog category.

Among riders, it was a surprisingly large turnout with some very competitive riding. In the women's division, Lisa Emmerich took a close win over newcomer Christy Cooley and Low-Key regular Laura Hipp. Lisa moved into 6th overall, while Laura consolidated her 5th overall position going into the final climb of the series. In the men's group, the top 3 were within an incredible 10 second margin, as Alex Kramer finished ahead of David Collet with Strava KOM Clark Foy in third. Tim Clark and Carl Nielson were 4-5. Clark's close third moved him back into the overall lead for the series: a lot will depend on whether super-junior Adrien Costa shows up at Hamilton with his A game.

Among teams, Western Wheelers put a huge stake in the ground with a very solid score. Sisters and Misters were second, while Team Brown Zone, which has been dominant so far in the series, finished a more relaxed third. Brown Zone's position at the top of the standings is likely secure, but Western Wheelers moved into second place with its excellent result. Sisters and Misters is just three points behind in third, however. Western Wheelers has a slight advantage going into Hamilton because their lowest counting score at present is slightly lower than Sisters and Misters': this gives them more headroom for improvement at Hamilton. But never underestimate Sisters and Misters. They pulled out an amazing result last year on Thanksgiving to take the overall victory.

This experiment in self-ride was a spectacular success. There were a few hiccups, for example riders starting their Garmins too early, or shutting them off too soon after crossing the finish line (no reason to shut off data recording at all). And the time extraction was generally in excellent agreement with manual timings for those who used manual timing as a back-up to GPS. We'll definitely see more of this format next year.

This was the last week this year for your humble reporter's direct participation, since I will be traveling for Thanksgiving. But with Low-Key founder Kevin Winterfield in town from the frozen tundras of New York, it will be a climb to not be missed. From me, thanks to all for the great series this year!

Results

Strava T-shirt qualifiers indicated with orange background. Note riders can only qualify once per series, so may not be listed even if they beat the target time for this week.

Women
pl # name team cat time mph fph score
1 79 Lisa Emmerich Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy 50+ 49:46.00 4.65 2264 102.49
2 707 Christie Cooley San Jose Bike Club 35+ 53:03.13 4.37 2124 97.59
3 215 Laura Hipp Western Wheelers 4 57:15.86 4.04 1968 92.03

reference time for division Women = 51:23.22


Men
pl # name team cat time mph fph score
1 112 Alex Kramer Western Wheelers 35+ 30:36.56 7.57 3681 128.83
2 59 David Collet Buycell/Jakaby Engineering 40+ 30:43.00 7.54 3668 128.49
3 212 Clark Foy Western Wheelers 45+ 30:44.14 7.54 3666 128.43
4 56 Tim Clark Low-Key 45+ 33:26.50 6.93 3369 120.38
5 230 Carl Nielson Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy 50+ 34:11.25 6.77 3296 118.37
6 95 Jared Hudson SquadraSF 30+ 34:32.34 6.71 3262 117.44
7 703 Rob Nast Quadzilla Racing 45+ 34:38.55 6.69 3253 117.17
8 92 Rich Hill LGBRC 45+ 35:46.88 6.47 3149 114.30
9 429 Paul McKenzie Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy 55+ 37:15.80 6.22 3024 110.80
10 203 Adam Brinkman Team Fremont FFBC p/b Chipotle 30+ 37:48.00 6.13 2981 109.60
11 421 Mark King Team Fremont FFBC p/b Chipotle 45+ 39:02.17 5.93 2887 106.93
12 44 Ciaran Byrne Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy 40+ 39:40.00 5.84 2841 105.62
13 36 Bobby Brown The Brown Zone 50+ 40:24.57 5.73 2788 104.13
14 45 Pat Callahan Quadzilla Racing 40+ 41:03.26 5.64 2745 102.87
15 151 Tom Stanis Google 35+ 41:18.92 5.61 2727 102.37
16 37 Dino Brown The Brown Zone Dual Suspension Beast 41:56.78 5.52 2686 101.19
17 704 Lucas Pereira Google 35+ 42:22.09 5.47 2660 100.42
18 619 Bob Scott Western Wheelers 40+ 43:11.23 5.36 2609 98.96
19 240 David Vrane Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy 45+ 43:34.90 5.31 2585 98.27
20 102 Tom Jakaby Buycell/Jakaby Engineering 50+ 45:25.30 5.10 2481 95.20
21 700 Gino Cetani Western Wheelers 40+ 45:27.78 5.09 2478 95.14
22 67 Richard Contreras Team Rhus 55+ 46:21.84 5.00 2430 93.72
23 626 Larry Klein GOM 50+ 46:42.00 4.96 2413 93.20
24 58 Kevin Colagiovanni Team DUD 25+ 46:44.01 4.96 2411 93.15
25 147 Jeff Shute Google 30+ 46:57.67 4.93 2399 92.80
26 300 MichaelsJ. Andalora Bike Trip/Symantec 60+ 48:13.69 4.80 2336 90.93
27 127 Bart Niechwiej Google 35+ 49:06.84 4.72 2294 89.67
28 705 Michael Riepe Webcor/Alto Velo 40+ 49:12.01 4.71 2290 89.55
29 702 Ken Misin Quadzilla Racing 45+ 52:04.42 4.45 2164 85.73
30 100 Tim Irvine LGBRC 40+ 52:33.00 4.41 2144 85.14
31 169 Nic Brummell Atlas 50+ 52:44.40 4.39 2137 84.90
32 173 John Kastel Pan y Agua 50+ 53:37.00 4.32 2102 83.84
33 441 Han Wen GOM 40+ 54:34.80 4.24 2064 82.70M
34 706 Richard Tasker Quadzilla Racing 35+ 56:17.55 4.11 2002 80.77
35 12 Will von Kaenel LGBRC 50+ 56:52.00 4.07 1981 80.14
36 84 Stephen Fong CyclePath Racing 45+ 60:19.00 3.84 1868 76.60E

E : extrapolated
M : mishap

reference time for division Men = 42:35.99


Male Runner
pl # name team cat time mph fph score
1 70 Andy Crews Diablo 40+ 39:46.32 5.82 2833 105.41
2 701 Blue Crews Diablo Dog 39:51.00 5.81 2828 105.25
3 326 Brad Ford Silicon Valley Triathlon 35+ 40:17.00 5.75 2797 104.38
4 406 Paul Chuck Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy 55+ 46:46.00 4.95 2409 93.10
5 6 Bill Bushnell Low-Key It's Mostly The Bike 63:18.19 3.66 1780 73.82

reference time for division Male Runner = 42:35.99


Female Runner
pl # name team cat time mph fph score
1 129 Lisa Penzel The Brown Zone 45+ 40:03.00 5.78 2813 121.05E

E : extrapolated

reference time for division Female Runner = 51:23.22


Teams
pl team score riders
1 Western Wheelers 356.22 Alex Kramer, Laura Hipp, Gino Cetani, Clark Foy, Bob Scott
2 Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy 334.79 Ciaran Byrne, David Vrane, Carl Nielson, Lisa Emmerich, Paul Chuck, Paul McKenzie
3 The Brown Zone 326.37 Lisa Penzel, Bobby Brown, Dino Brown
4 Quadzilla Racing 305.78 Richard Tasker, Rob Nast, Ken Misin, Pat Callahan
5 Google 295.59 Bart Niechwiej, Jeff Shute, Tom Stanis, Lucas Pereira
6 LGBRC 279.58 Tim Irvine, Rich Hill, Will von Kaenel
7 Buycell/Jakaby Engineering 223.69 Tom Jakaby, David Collet
8 Team Fremont FFBC p/b Chipotle 216.52 Mark King, Adam Brinkman
9 Diablo 210.65 Andy Crews, Blue Crews
10 Low-Key 194.20 Bill Bushnell, Tim Clark
11 GOM 175.90 Larry Klein, Han Wen
12 SquadraSF 117.44 Jared Hudson
13 Silicon Valley Triathlon 104.38 Brad Ford
14 San Jose Bike Club 97.59 Christie Cooley
15 Team Rhus 93.72 Richard Contreras
16 Team DUD 93.15 Kevin Colagiovanni
17 Bike Trip/Symantec 90.93 MichaelsJ. Andalora
18 Webcor/Alto Velo 89.55 Michael Riepe
19 Atlas 84.90 Nic Brummell
20 Pan y Agua 83.84 John Kastel
21 CyclePath Racing 76.60 Stephen Fong