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Purisima Creek Trail

Week 5 of the 2015 Low-Key Hillclimb Series

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A group approaching 1 mile to go (Darcy Collet)

Thanks to help from Bill Bushnell, Darcy Collet, and Carol Ordemann for making today's climb possible!

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Report

It was a great day on Purisima Creek fire road as a record number of Low-Keyers for a dirt ride came out to enjoy the excellent conditions the trail offered. Perhaps of all the dirt we've done this was the most balanced for the different bike types, with road bikes finding the limited dose of steepness, the generally solid traction, and the virtual total absence of wheel-eating ruts an opportunity to exploit their lower mass.

Instead of a single dominant mass start or isolated individuals today seemed to be mostly small organized groups, which was good because it allowed for friendly competition while dispersing the congestion on the trail.

It was a tight contest in the men's division with Murray Swanson breaking the existing Strava KOM time and finishing less than 2 seconds ahead of perennial Low-Key dirtmaster David Collet who also broke the existing Strava mark. The super-consistent Bill Laddish was a close third, with Carl Nielson also breaking the 20 minute barrier on his mountain bike. Among the women, ex-MITer Shaena Berlin let Stanford's Mirre Stallen, each coming under the existing QOM time.

But especially notable was the ride of Peter Colijn who rode from San Francisco then climbed the trail with a pannier full of doughnuts.

We had two other divisions today, with the Dixon tandem producing a remarkable result just finishing this challenging climb, in under 30 minutes. And Bill Bushnell, as has been his trend, walked the dirt at a remarkably brisk pace to lead the male runner division today before backtracking to take photographs.

Sisters and Misters were the top team today Janet Gardner, Jennie Phillips, and Carl Nielson leading the way. Bill Laddish-led Team CVC was a surprising second, while Low-Key finished ahead of 2015 Low-Key powerhouse LGBRC for third.

Thanks to all who came out today! The dirt climbs always mix things up and provide more variety to the series. Of the dirt climbs Low-Key has done, this was perhaps the most road-bike-accessible (Alpine Road a close second, but the bypass there is trickier than what's encountered here). So it turned out to be a great part of Low-Key 2015.

Results

KOM special mention qualifiers indicated with orange background.

Women
pl # name team cat time mph fph score
1 401 Shaena Berlin MIT-West 2 24:10.14 7.40 3339 122.32
2 243 Mirre Stallen Stanford Cycling ? 25:06.41 7.12 3214 118.60
3 8 Janet Gardner Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy 45+ 25:39.90 6.97 3144 116.50
4 122 Jennie Phillips Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy 50+ 25:57.96 6.89 3108 115.41
5 43 Sindy Cho Low-Key Just Make It To The Top 26:17.69 6.80 3069 114.23
6 49 Christina Davis LGBRC 4 28:17.50 6.32 2852 107.65
7 508 Christine Ryan SuperPro 31:58.50 5.59 2524 97.47

100 point reference time for division Women = 30:58.79

Men
pl # name team cat time mph fph score
1 510 Murray Swanson Pen Velo/Pomodoro 19:20.69 9.24 4172 125.86
2 46 David Collet Stanford & Sons 45+ 19:22.58 9.23 4165 125.69
3 90 Bill Laddish Team CVC 45's 19:45.35 9.05 4085 123.73
4 228 Carl Nielson Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy 55+ 19:48.93 9.02 4073 123.43
5 30 Jacob Berkman ThirstyBear p/b Akamai 35+ 20:32.56 8.70 3928 119.87
6 227 Rob Nast Plus 3 50+ 20:49.27 8.59 3876 118.57
7 70 Lyndsey Furtado Team CVC 3 21:09.04 8.45 3815 117.07
8 39 Paul Castonguay Low-Key 45+ 21:42.81 8.23 3717 114.60
9 78 Rich Hill LGBRC 50+ 21:52.34 8.17 3690 113.92
10 1 Daniel Connelly Low-Key 3 21:56.05 8.15 3679 113.66
11 91 Stephen Lamm Google 40+ 21:57.54 8.14 3675 113.56
12 212 Robert Easley Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy 45+ 22:12.29 8.05 3634 112.53
13 119 Jim Perreira LGBRC 45+ 22:13.33 8.05 3631 112.46
14 501 Peter Colijn SF2G 22:52.01 7.82 3529 109.88
15 503 David Engelbrecht Summit Chuters 45+ 23:10.23 7.72 3483 108.71
16 504 Parker Gara SunPower Racing Junior 23:14.67 7.69 3472 108.43
17 152 Stuart Taylor Tandem Team Taylor 40+ 24:07.72 7.41 3345 105.20
18 101 Paul McKenzie Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy 60+ 24:12.67 7.39 3333 104.90
19 306 Joseph Junio SOLO Havefun 24:13.69 7.38 3331 104.84
20 132 Caleb Richardson Team CVC 30+ 24:42.05 7.24 3267 103.21
21 44 Paul Chuck Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy 60+ 25:02.27 7.14 3223 102.08
22 143 Jeremy Scott LGBRC 45+ 25:40.50 6.96 3143 100.02
23 160 Jim Williams San Jose Bike Club 65+ 25:48.60 6.93 3127 99.60
24 150 Andy Sutterfield San Jose State University 25+ 25:55.18 6.90 3113 99.26
25 65 Andrew Fitzhugh Stanford Cycling 50+ 25:57.21 6.89 3109 99.15
26 12 Will Von Kaenel LGBRC 55+ 26:05.58 6.85 3093 98.72
27 509 Brian Schrader Fat Cake Club None 26:15.95 6.81 3072 98.19
28 35 Scott Byer Google 45+ 26:26.66 6.76 3052 97.66
29 116 Frank Paysen Chain Reaction 55+ 26:35.81 6.72 3034 97.20
30 131 Doug Reynolds NightRiders 60+ 27:03.07 6.61 2983 95.87
31 502 Nathaniel Dixon MIT 27:07.48 6.59 2975 95.66
32 500 Patrick Callahan Quadzilla Racing Single Speed 27:11.41 6.58 2968 95.48
33 118 Ramon Periquet Team CVC 50+ 27:43.35 6.45 2911 93.98
34 302 Fred Egley Clagnuts 50+ 27:54.84 6.41 2891 93.46
35 69 Brad Fox LGBRC 30+ 28:05.83 6.36 2872 92.97
36 85 Rupesh Kapoor Google Slightly Old 28:08.27 6.35 2868 92.86
37 507 Lucas Pereira Google 40+ 28:27.50 6.28 2836 92.01
38 506 Thomas Maltbaek Mountain View U27 29:12.38 6.12 2763 90.09
39 67 Joseph Fong Team CVC 4 29:25.39 6.08 2743 89.55
40 247 Brian Ward Low-Key 40+ 29:31.29 6.06 2734 89.31
41 219 Brian Kennedy Cordelia Climb Team 4 32:10.29 5.56 2508 83.29
42 159 Carl Werner LGBRC 50+ 32:32.53 5.49 2480 82.52
43 114 Dan Pankratz LGBRC 40+ 32:37.66 5.48 2473 82.34
44 505 Ryan PC Gibson Google 40+ 33:53.52 5.28 2381 79.84
45 125 Thomas Preisler LGBRC 60+ 34:17.17 5.21 2354 79.10
46 92 Garrett Lau LGBRC 50+ 34:28.19 5.19 2341 78.75
47 52 Gilles Denoyer Finisar 45+ 35:38.19 5.02 2265 76.65
48 155 S.V. Vasudevan   48:20.38 3.70 1669 59.85

100 point reference time for division Men = 25:40.94

Tandem
pl # name team cat time mph fph score
1 55 Emma Dixon Google 35+ 29:44.24 6.01 2714 96.08
56 Jonathan Dixon Google 35+

Male Runner
pl # name team cat time mph fph score
1 6 Bill Bushnell Low-Key Recumbent 44:58.84 3.98 1794 71.84

100 point reference time for division Male Runner = 29:55.57

Teams
pl team score riders
1 Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy 355.34 Janet Gardner, Jennie Phillips, Carl Nielson, Paul Chuck, Paul McKenzie, Robert Easley
2 Team CVC 344.01 Bill Laddish, Caleb Richardson, Joseph Fong, Lyndsey Furtado, Ramon Periquet
3 Low-Key 342.49 Sindy Cho, Brian Ward, Daniel Connelly, Paul Castonguay, Bill Bushnell
4 LGBRC 334.03 Christina Davis, Brad Fox, Carl Werner, Dan Pankratz, Garrett Lau, Jeremy Scott, Jim Perreira, Rich Hill, Thomas Preisler, Will Von Kaenel
5 Google 307.29 Lucas Pereira, Rupesh Kapoor, Ryan PC Gibson, Scott Byer, Stephen Lamm, Emma Dixon, Jonathan Dixon
6 Stanford Cycling 217.75 Mirre Stallen, Andrew Fitzhugh
7 Pen Velo/Pomodoro 125.86 Murray Swanson
8 Stanford & Sons 125.69 David Collet
9 MIT-West 122.32 Shaena Berlin
10 ThirstyBear p/b Akamai 119.87 Jacob Berkman
11 Plus 3 118.57 Rob Nast
12 SF2G 109.88 Peter Colijn
13 Summit Chuters 108.71 David Engelbrecht
14 SunPower Racing 108.43 Parker Gara
15 Tandem Team Taylor 105.20 Stuart Taylor
16 SOLO 104.84 Joseph Junio
17 San Jose Bike Club 99.60 Jim Williams
18 San Jose State University 99.26 Andy Sutterfield
19 Fat Cake Club 98.19 Brian Schrader
20 SuperPro 97.47 Christine Ryan
21 Chain Reaction 97.20 Frank Paysen
22 NightRiders 95.87 Doug Reynolds
23 MIT 95.66 Nathaniel Dixon
24 Quadzilla Racing 95.48 Patrick Callahan
25 Clagnuts 93.46 Fred Egley
26 Mountain View 90.09 Thomas Maltbaek
27 Cordelia Climb Team 83.29 Brian Kennedy
28 Finisar 76.65 Gilles Denoyer