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OLH

Week 7 of the 2015 Low-Key Hillclimb Series

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LouLou Kelly, with aerodynamics better even than Cavendish at his best, outsprints her father David to crush her PR on OLH (Brian Ward)

Thanks to help from Carola Berger, Juliana Chen, Cara Coburn, Richard Contreras, Frank Drobot, Stephen Fong, Lindsey Furtado, Penny Hutchinson, Martin Hyland, David Kelly, Loulou Kelly, Carol Ordemann, Gregory P Smith, Frank Paysen, Caleb Richardson, Lynn Sestak, and Brian Ward for making today's climb possible!

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Low-Key returned to OLH for the first time in 5 years and it was a spectacular success! We hit our RSVP limit of 150 on Monday, a Low-Key record for our present system, a testament to the popularity of this iconic Bay area climb. Indeed, most people recognizer an OLH time has special significance... there's that extra desire to get every extra seconds out of your legs, lungs, and bike.

Among the men, it was a super-packed group 1 as the top 3 all broke that special 16-minute barrier on the climb, fourth place David Collet falling just short with a still fantastic 16:03 on our traditional bridge-to-stop sign timing. Todd Markelz, tied for 2nd on the Strava Bridge-to-Mailboxes segment, came oh-so-close to Chris Phipps' Low-Key record 15:35 from 2009.

On the women's side, Janet Gardner became only the second woman in Low-Key history to break the 20-minute barrier, finishing in a fantastic 19:48. Elizabeth Hamel and Katie Quinn completed the top 3.

in the running competition, Gary Gellin took a solid 1:27 off his time from 1995 to break his own Low-Key record. Gary, Mark Anderson and Dan Connelly were the three riders from that first season climb to finish today. Special note to Twain Mein who, after riding the hill in an excellent 19:10, ran it in 29:17.

For the hybrid-electrics, it was Bill Bushnell blitzing the route in his usual fashion, getting the 2nd best Low-Key OLH time in history. Bill was probably delayed by the Alto Velo B ride, however, which was on climb for the volunteer groups which rode ahead of the main groups.

A few riders this week do not appear on the results because they are not listed as checked off with their groups at the Park & Ride.

Results

KOM special mention qualifiers indicated with orange background.

Women
pl # name team cat time mph fph score
1 8 Janet Gardner Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy 45+ 19:48 10.15 3909 122.74
2 604 Elizabeth Hamel Stanford & Sons 3 20:17 9.91 3816 120.02
3 127 Katie Quinn MIT-West 25+ 20:22 9.87 3800 119.56
4 117 Lisa Penzel Low-Key 50+ 20:41 9.72 3742 117.86
5 43 Sindy Cho Low-Key Just Make It To The Top 21:03 9.55 3677 115.95
6 122 Jennie Phillips Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy 50+ 21:29 9.36 3603 113.78
7 270 Jill Stone LGBRC 4 21:41 9.27 3570 112.80
8 22 Mary Ellen Allen Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy 50+++ 22:39 8.87 3417 108.33
9 49 Christina Davis LGBRC 4 22:44 8.84 3405 107.96
10 51 Bonnie Denoyer LGBRC 45+ 22:59 8.75 3368 106.87
11 719 Holly Harris Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy 50+ 25:09 7.99 3078 98.29
12 61 Mel Dutkiewicz Diablo 50+ 25:21 7.93 3053 97.57
13 411 Kitty Metcalfe KKMetcalfe 55+ 25:41 7.83 3014 96.39
14 37 Kathleen Camp LGBRC 30+ 26:20 7.63 2939 94.18
15 714 Laura Egley Clagnuts 50+ 30:18 6.63 2554 82.67
16 730 Stephanie Majoulet LGRC Just Make It To The Top 31:02 6.48 2494 80.86
17 80 Christine Holmes Low-Key 50+ 32:33 6.18 2378 77.35
18 422 Mary Wholey   Just Make It To The Top 37:13 5.40 2080 68.30
19 723 Loulou Kelly Team Kelly 8 Year Old Girls Rock! 41:46 4.81 1853 61.36

100 point reference time for division Women = 24:41


Men
pl # name team cat time mph fph score
1 731 Todd Markelz Google 4 35+ 15:41 12.82 4935 128.04
2 603 Blaise Hamel Stanford & Sons 3 15:47 12.73 4904 127.29
3 713 Hanns Detlefsen Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy 40+ 15:51 12.68 4883 126.79
4 46 David Collet Stanford & Sons 45+ 16:03 12.52 4822 125.32
5 410 Kevin Metcalfe KKMetcalfe 1 16:13 12.39 4773 124.12
6 62 Chris Evans Stanford & Sons 35+ 16:18 12.33 4748 123.54
7 228 Carl Nielson Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy 55+ 16:30 12.18 4691 122.14
8 90 Bill Laddish Team CVC 45's 16:42 12.04 4635 120.78
9 311 Morgan Raines Bike Trip 40+ 16:46 11.99 4616 120.34
10 149 Joseph Sullivan San Jose Bike Club 35+ 16:53 11.91 4584 119.57
11 1 Daniel Connelly Low-Key 3 17:06 11.75 4526 118.16
12 138 Kirk Scheibelhut Sparklemotion Runner With A Bike 17:07 11.74 4522 118.05
13 108 Shahram Moatazedi LGBRC 40+ 17:09 11.72 4513 117.84
14 227 Rob Nast Plus: 50+ 17:21 11.59 4461 116.58
15 742 Kieran Sherlock IdentityMind 45+ 17:32 11.46 4414 115.44
16 70 Lyndsey Furtado Team CVC 3 17:40 11.38 4381 114.63
17 71 Scott Gammon Legendary 6 17:49 11.28 4344 113.74
17 39 Paul Castonguay Low-Key 45+ 17:49 11.28 4344 113.74
19 211 Tom Dillon Pen Velo/Pomodoro 45+ 17:50 11.27 4340 113.64
20 232 Alex Poloziouk Kovarus 40+ 17:57 11.20 4312 112.95
21 91 Stephen Lamm Google 40+ 18:03 11.14 4288 112.37
22 47 Andy Crews Diablo 45+ 18:06 11.10 4276 112.08
23 709 Harlan Chapman   55+ 18:17 10.99 4233 111.04
24 78 Rich Hill LGBRC 50+ 18:40 10.77 4146 108.92
25 204 Dash Bodington Stanford Cycling Erpillar 18:43 10.74 4135 108.65
26 16 Joe Fant LGBRC 55+ 18:45 10.72 4128 108.47
27 66 Klaus Fleischmann Pen Velo/Pomodoro 45+ 18:47 10.70 4121 108.29
28 147 Daryl Spano San Jose Bike Club 45+ 18:51 10.66 4106 107.93
29 142 Brian Schuster Squadra SF 2 18:58 10.60 4081 107.32
30 734 Twain Mein Team Sheeper 45+ 19:10 10.49 4038 106.28
31 97 Doug MacPherson Pen Velo/Pomodoro 40+ 19:13 10.46 4028 106.02
32 28 Jeff Baxter LGBRC 45+ 19:14 10.45 4024 105.94
33 743 Mark Slavonia Pen Velo/Pomodoro 45+ 19:17 10.42 4014 105.68
34 150 Andy Sutterfield San Jose State University 25+ 19:25 10.35 3986 105.01
35 57 Sandor Dornbush Sandor Dornbush 35+ 19:29 10.32 3973 104.67
36 119 Jim Perreira San Jose Bike Club 45+ 19:34 10.27 3956 104.26
37 15 Kevin Comerford Hell Bent 35+ 19:39 10.23 3939 103.85
38 18 Giles Douglas Google 3 19:47 10.16 3912 103.20
38 704 Matthew Brill   35+ 19:47 10.16 3912 103.20
40 240 Pritpal Singh For Mark 45+ 19:52 10.12 3896 102.80P
41 21 Tim Aiken Airgas-Safeway Retired 20:03 10.02 3860 101.92
42 143 Jeremy Scott LGBRC 45+ 20:04 10.02 3857 101.84
42 226 Val Minaev LGBRC 35+ 20:04 10.02 3857 101.84
44 65 Andrew Fitzhugh Stanford Cycling 50+ 20:06 10.00 3851 101.69
45 608 Hal Rooney LGBRC 55+ Cat 3/Master 20:13 9.94 3829 101.14
46 107 Chris Mickelsen Pen Velo/Pomodoro 55+ 20:16 9.92 3819 100.91
47 132 Caleb Richardson Team CVC 30+ 20:20 9.89 3807 100.60
48 32 Geoffrey Bower Dash 30+ 20:24 9.85 3794 100.30M
49 20 Bruno Acklin Clagnuts 55+ 20:29 9.81 3779 99.92
50 83 Steve Johnson LGBRC 50+ 20:30 9.80 3776 99.84P
51 69 Brad Fox LGBRC 30+ 20:46 9.68 3727 98.65
52 88 Scott Krahn LGBRC 30+ 20:48 9.66 3721 98.50
52 718 Chauncey Graetzel LGBRC 35+ 20:48 9.66 3721 98.50
54 239 Liam Sherlock IdentityMind Junior 20:53 9.62 3706 98.14
55 157 Martin Wegenstein LGBRC 65+ 20:56 9.60 3697 97.92
56 60 Marek Dutkiewicz Diablo 50+ 21:10 9.50 3657 96.92
57 701 Mark Anderson pain cave addicts Unworthy Cat3 21:14 9.47 3645 96.64
58 131 Doug Reynolds NightRiders 60+ 21:23 9.40 3620 96.01
59 160 Jim Williams San Jose Bike Club 65+ 21:30 9.35 3600 95.52
60 271 Robert Doudell LGBRC 45+ 21:39 9.28 3575 94.91
61 744 Marco Soldano Quadzilla Racing 45+ OLH=21:12 21:41 9.27 3570 94.77
62 213 Rick Ferrell Team Spokesman 55+ 21:43 9.26 3564 94.64
63 64 Brian Fitzgerald LGBRC 50+ 21:48 9.22 3550 94.30
64 35 Scott Byer Google 45+ 21:53 9.19 3537 93.97
65 125 Thomas Preisler LGBRC 60+ 22:13 9.05 3484 92.66
66 402 Dan Brehmer San Jose Bike Club 50+ 22:15 9.03 3479 92.53
67 201 Nigel Allen Oso 40+ 22:29 8.94 3443 91.64
68 87 Larry Klein Grumpy Old Men (GOM) 55+ 22:30 8.93 3440 91.57
69 736 Roupen Nahabedian Pen Velo/Pomodoro 45+ Cat 4 22:34 8.91 3430 91.32
70 250 Ye Zhang Team Cycling Panda Just Make It To The Top 22:36 8.89 3425 91.20
71 707 Pat Callahan Quadzilla Racing 45+ 22:41 8.86 3412 90.88
72 302 Fred Egley Clagnuts 50+ 22:42 8.85 3410 90.82
73 133 Cory Roay Pen Velo/Pomodoro 55+ 22:45 8.84 3402 90.64
74 159 Carl Werner LGBRC 50+ 22:46 8.83 3400 90.58
75 739 Broder Schmidt Stanford Cycling 30+ 22:48 8.82 3395 90.45
76 85 Rupesh Kapoor Google Slightly Old 23:00 8.74 3365 89.72
77 740 Karshan Sharma Google Just Make It To The Top 23:08 8.69 3346 89.24
78 114 Dan Pankratz LGBRC 40+ 23:32 8.54 3289 87.83
79 52 Gilles Denoyer Finisar 45+ 23:44 8.47 3261 87.14
80 154 Adam Tow Grumpy Old Men (GOM) 40+ 24:17 8.28 3187 85.31
81 247 Brian Ward Low-Key 40+ 24:22 8.25 3176 85.04
82 146 Kevin Smith LGBRC 55+ 24:38 8.16 3142 84.18
83 705 Junjie Bu Team Cycling Panda 35+ 25:00 8.04 3096 83.04
84 59 Frank Drobot Team Djament 65+ 25:10 7.99 3075 82.52
85 728 Joseph Longo Club Longo 60+ 25:26 7.90 3043 81.72
86 706 Enzo Busseti Stanford Cycling 4 25:41 7.83 3014 80.98
87 68 Stephen Fong Team 0 0 25:50 7.78 2996 80.54
88 727 Wayland Li DH racer Just Make It To The Top 25:53 7.77 2990 80.40
89 726 Henrik Bo Larsen LGBRC Just Make It To The Top 26:31 7.58 2919 78.62
90 23 Richard Allen Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy 55+ 27:02 7.44 2863 77.22
91 725 ROBERT LENNIE Club Longo 6 27:10 7.40 2849 76.87
92 400 Gabriel Beddingfield Nest 40+ 29:01 6.93 2667 72.30
93 741 Ke Shen Team Cycling Panda PR On OLH: 32:00 29:28 6.82 2627 71.28
94 721 Anand Hattiangadi at least i look cool Just Make It To The Top 29:43 6.76 2605 70.72
95 748 Yutong Zhao Team Cycling Panda 45+ 30:10 6.66 2566 69.74
96 162 Harvey Wolfson Diablo 65+ 31:43 6.34 2440 66.57
97 218 David Kelly Team Kelly Out Of Shape Dads 41:47 4.81 1852 51.53

M : mishap
P : 10-second penalty

100 point reference time for division Men = 20:27


Tandem
pl # name team cat time mph fph score
1 55 Emma Dixon Google 35+ 22:24 8.97 3455 100.70
56 Jonathan Dixon Google 35+
2 101 Paul McKenzie Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy 60+ 20:58 9.59 3692 97.78
44 Paul Chuck Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy 60+
3 151 Ellen Taylor Tandem Team Taylor Fair Weather Warriors 24:01 8.37 3223 94.39
152 Stuart Taylor Tandem Team Taylor 40+
4 12 Will Von Kaenel LGBRC 55+ 26:08 7.69 2962 87.27
13 Lynn Von Kaenel LGBRC Stoker


Hybrid Electric
pl # name team cat time mph fph score
1 6 Bill Bushnell Low-Key Recumbent 11:41 17.20 6625 101.65

100 point reference time for division Hybrid Electric = 11:53


Male Runner
pl # name team cat time mph fph score
1 716 Gary Gellin Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy Runner 23:02 8.73 3360 111.99

100 point reference time for division Male Runner = 26:01


Teams
pl team score riders
1 Stanford & Sons 376.14 Blaise Hamel, David Collet, Chris Evans, Elizabeth Hamel
2 Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy 371.67 Hanns Detlefsen, Carl Nielson, Janet Gardner, Paul McKenzie, Paul Chuck, Jennie Phillips, Mary Ellen Allen, Gary Gellin, Holly Harris, Richard Allen
3 Low-Key 351.97 Bill Bushnell, Daniel Connelly, Paul Castonguay, Lisa Penzel, Sindy Cho, Brian Ward, Christine Holmes
4 Google 343.61 Todd Markelz, Stephen Lamm, Giles Douglas, Scott Byer, Emma Dixon, Jonathan Dixon, Rupesh Kapoor, Karshan Sharma
5 LGBRC 339.56 Shahram Moatazedi, Rich Hill, Joe Fant, Jeff Baxter, Jeremy Scott, Val Minaev, Hal Rooney, Steve Johnson, Brad Fox, Scott Krahn, Chauncey Graetzel, Martin Wegenstein, Robert Doudell, Jill Stone, Brian Fitzgerald, Thomas Preisler, Christina Davis, Carl Werner, Bonnie Denoyer, Dan Pankratz, Kevin Smith, Will Von Kaenel, Lynn Von Kaenel, Kathleen Camp, Henrik Bo Larsen
6 Team CVC 336.02 Bill Laddish, Lyndsey Furtado, Caleb Richardson
7 San Jose Bike Club 331.76 Joseph Sullivan, Daryl Spano, Jim Perreira, Jim Williams, Dan Brehmer
8 Pen Velo/Pomodoro 327.95 Tom Dillon, Klaus Fleischmann, Doug MacPherson, Mark Slavonia, Chris Mickelsen, Roupen Nahabedian, Cory Roay
9 Diablo 306.57 Andy Crews, Marek Dutkiewicz, Mel Dutkiewicz, Harvey Wolfson
10 Stanford Cycling 300.79 Dash Bodington, Andrew Fitzhugh, Broder Schmidt, Enzo Busseti
11 Clagnuts 273.41 Bruno Acklin, Fred Egley, Laura Egley
12 Team Cycling Panda 245.51 Ye Zhang, Junjie Bu, Ke Shen, Yutong Zhao
13 KKMetcalfe 220.52 Kevin Metcalfe, Kitty Metcalfe
14 IdentityMind 213.58 Kieran Sherlock, Liam Sherlock
15 Tandem Team Taylor 188.78 Ellen Taylor, Stuart Taylor
16 Quadzilla Racing 185.66 Marco Soldano, Pat Callahan
17 Grumpy Old Men (GOM) 176.88 Larry Klein, Adam Tow
18 Club Longo 158.59 Joseph Longo, ROBERT LENNIE
19 Bike Trip 120.34 Morgan Raines
20 MIT-West 119.56 Katie Quinn
21 Sparklemotion 118.05 Kirk Scheibelhut
22 Plus: 116.58 Rob Nast
23 Legendary 113.74 Scott Gammon
24 Kovarus 112.95 Alex Poloziouk
25 Team Kelly 112.89 Loulou Kelly, David Kelly
26 Squadra SF 107.32 Brian Schuster
27 Team Sheeper 106.28 Twain Mein
28 San Jose State University 105.01 Andy Sutterfield
29 Sandor Dornbush 104.67 Sandor Dornbush
30 Hell Bent 103.85 Kevin Comerford
31 For Mark 102.80 Pritpal Singh
32 Airgas-Safeway 101.92 Tim Aiken
33 Dash 100.30 Geoffrey Bower
34 pain cave addicts 96.64 Mark Anderson
35 NightRiders 96.01 Doug Reynolds
36 Team Spokesman 94.64 Rick Ferrell
37 Oso 91.64 Nigel Allen
38 Finisar 87.14 Gilles Denoyer
39 Team Djament 82.52 Frank Drobot
40 LGRC 80.86 Stephanie Majoulet
41 Team 0 80.54 Stephen Fong
42 DH racer 80.40 Wayland Li
43 Nest 72.30 Gabriel Beddingfield
44 at least i look cool 70.72 Anand Hattiangadi