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Highway 9

Week 2 of the 2016 Low-Key Hillclimb Series

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happy volunteers (Alexander Komlik)

Thanks to Lynn Sestak, with help from Jeffrey Baxter, Bill Bushnell, Bonnie Denoyer, Joe Fant, Bruce Gardner, Rich Hill, Tick Houk, Alexander Komlik, Carol Ordemann, Pat Parseghian, Dai Sieh, Jill Stone, Todd Studenicka, and Dan Zhang for making today's climb possible!

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Road work from the week before proved to be a non-issue as Highway 9 was in excellent condition for Low-Key 2016 week 2. Add in the perfect weather, the spectacular organization of Lynn and Joe, and it was another perfect week of Low-Key goodness.

Low-Key was honored today with Ned Overend, clearly one of the most accomplished bike racers in US history, riding his Specialized Venge. And he proved that Specialized "aero is everything" machine isn't such a dog on the climbs either with his strong second place, a result which produced the best male age-adjusted score in Low-Key history. Todd Markhelz, who launched the group 1-splitting attack only a mile into the race, won, with Nick Wallace third and Hanns Detlefsen, rumoured to have been sequestered in monastary, emerged to score a super-strong fourth. It was really a packed field in group 1 this week. Todd's time blew away the existing Hwy 9 Low-Key record: it was smokin' fast out there this morning.

Among the women it was another super-strong turnout; 2016 is a strong women's year for Low-Key. The top woman today was Jenny Phillips, followed by Marty Scott and Katie Quinn.

In the runner's division we had a big turnout of two as Dan Connelly, and Adam Tow started the climb together, leaving soon after group 1. Dan set out at a solid but clearly unsustainable pace, but after the first 3, flatter kilometers, progressively faded until crossing the finish line in a truly sorry state. By that point, Adam had overtaken him, running a smartly paced effort for the win, Adam's first in a long Low-Key history. Dan was overheard muttering semi-coherently about "his cold" and "not having been able to eat dinner last night", but at Low-Key excuses are neither given nor accepted. It was Adam carrying the day and Adam now leads the overall rankings in the running division, with Dan in last place.

In hybrid electric it was Bill Bushnell once again taking the victory with an excellent showing, proving his installation of a direct drive motor this year hasn't hurt his hill-climbing prowess at all.

Easy Riders continued their domination of the team rankings, with Sisters and Misters second and LGBRC third.

Results

KOM special mention qualifiers indicated with orange background.

Women
pl # name team cat time mph fph score
1 121 Jennie Phillips Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy 50+ 37:01 10.81 3449 122.10
2 138 Marty Scott LGBRC Just Make It To The Top 37:11 10.76 3434 121.57
3 239 Katie Quinn Easy Riders 30- 37:16 10.74 3426 121.31
4 8 Janet Gardner Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy 45+ 37:59 10.54 3361 119.08
5 242 Sarah Schroer Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy 40+ 41:35 9.62 3070 109.03
6 226 Anna Janas Stanford Cycling Katie's Domestique ;) 43:24 9.22 2942 104.58
7 49 Amee Devani Stanford University 30+ 43:26 9.21 2940 104.51
8 102 Kitty Metcalfe Hammering for Howard 55+ 45:20 8.83 2816 100.24
9 39 Julie Colwell Team Colwell 20 Yr LKHC Elder 46:05 8.68 2771 98.65
10 137 Laura Schuster Self 4 46:15 8.65 2761 98.30
11 162 Jennifer Wilson Easy Riders 3 46:30 8.61 2746 97.79
12 245 Theresa Storm San Jose Bike Club First Time Just Seeing What Happens:-) 49:45 8.04 2566 91.57
13 116 Heather Peck CCAP 45+ 52:02 7.69 2454 87.65
14 60 Laura Egley Dos Egleys 50+ 56:21 7.10 2266 81.11
15 223 Christine Holmes Low-Key 50+ 62:10 6.44 2054 73.71

100 point reference time for division Women = 45:26


Men
pl # name team cat time mph fph score
1 96 Todd Markelz Easy Riders 35+ 28:16 14.16 4517 132.27
2 233 Ned Overend Specialized 1 28:22 14.11 4501 131.82
3 157 Nicholas Wallace Easy Riders 20+ 28:40 13.96 4454 130.47
4 254 Hanns Detlefsen Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy 40+ 28:42 13.94 4449 130.32
5 52 Paul Dixon Hoge Hoge 35+ 28:47 13.90 4436 129.96
6 63 Christopher Evans Easy Riders 1 29:35 13.53 4316 126.53
7 237 Stefano Profumo Lange Twins 35+ Cat 1 29:49 13.42 4282 125.57
8 101 Kevin Metcalfe Hammering for Howard 1 29:51 13.41 4277 125.43
9 115 Chris Peck CCAP 45+ 30:23 13.17 4202 123.29
10 43 Tracy Colwell Team Colwell 2 Masters 30:40 13.05 4163 122.18
11 147 Joseph Sullivan San Jose Bike Club 35+ 30:45 13.01 4152 121.86
12 90 Bill Laddish Team CVC 45+ 30:55 12.94 4130 121.22
13 72 Scott Gammon Legendary 6 30:57 12.93 4125 121.09
14 133 Kirk Scheibelhut Easy Riders 25+ 31:03 12.89 4112 120.71
15 204 Matt Bridge Yorkshire Tourist 30+ 31:16 12.80 4084 119.90
16 37 David Collet Easy Riders 45+ 31:19 12.78 4077 119.71
17 93 Bradley Lovegren Easy Riders 25+ 31:59 12.51 3992 117.28
18 122 Alex Poloziouk Kovarus 40+ 32:00 12.51 3990 117.22
19 107 Shahram Moatazedi LGBRC 40+ 32:06 12.47 3978 116.87
20 144 Daryl Spano San Jose Bike Club 50+ 32:07 12.46 3976 116.81
21 207 Paul Castonguay Team DNA 50+ 32:08 12.45 3973 116.75
22 205 Adam Bry Skydio 30+ 32:48 12.20 3893 114.44
23 220 Wesley Ford Race to Space 25+ 33:07 12.08 3855 113.37
24 217 Paul Famiglietti Fenwick & West 2 33:39 11.89 3794 111.62
25 161 Alex Williams LGBRC 4 33:46 11.85 3781 111.25
26 247 Nils Tikkanen Google Crazy Cat Man 34:12 11.70 3733 109.88
27 172 Chase King Chase King Junior 34:18 11.67 3722 109.56
28 120 Jim Perreira Mt. Madonna Maulers 50+ 34:19 11.66 3721 109.51
29 45 Andrew Crews Diablo 45+ 34:24 11.63 3712 109.25
30 92 Mike Leung Team Fremont FFBC p/b Chipotle 4 34:29 11.61 3703 109.00
31 67 Klaus Fleischmann Quadzilla Racing 45+ 34:32 11.59 3697 108.84
32 128 Hal Rooney LGBRC 55+ 34:58 11.45 3651 107.53
33 89 Scott Krahn LGBRC 35+ 35:06 11.40 3638 107.13
34 252 Matthew Whitby Menlo Velo Cafe Racer 35:23 11.31 3608 106.30
35 228 Jordan Kestler Milk Prospectors I Used To Race Cat 2 So Whatever The Equivalent Of That Is 35:30 11.27 3597 105.96
36 126 James Rainbow Pen Velo/Pomodoro 40+ 35:33 11.26 3592 105.81
37 240 Agustin Rojas-Munoz Swamis 45+ 35:42 11.21 3576 105.38
38 232 David Miller Stanford Cycling Elite 4 35:56 11.14 3553 104.71
39 136 Brian Schuster Easy Riders 2 35:58 11.13 3550 104.62
40 146 Todd Studenicka San Jose Bike Club 45+ 36:03 11.10 3542 104.38
41 248 Shai Traister easy going 40+ 36:55 10.84 3459 102.00
42 140 Dai Sieh The Brown Zone Second Wind 36:59 10.82 3452 101.82
43 155 Roman Verchikov LGBRC 30+ 37:05 10.79 3443 101.55
44 148 Andy Sutterfield San Jose State University 25+ 37:42 10.62 3387 99.93
45 58 Eric Edem Edemame Wave 2 37:45 10.60 3382 99.80
46 235 Frank Paysen Diablo 55+ 37:47 10.59 3379 99.72
47 206 Edgar Carvajal Team CVC 5 37:54 10.56 3369 99.42
48 230 John Koslosky Team CVC Not A Climber But Pretty Much A 100pt. Guy 38:20 10.44 3331 98.32
49 65 Brian Fitzgerald LGBRC 50+ 38:27 10.41 3321 98.03
50 127 Doug Reynolds NightRiders 65+ 38:28 10.40 3319 97.99
51 246 Matthew Swartwout Google 20+ 38:50 10.31 3288 97.09
52 97 Paul McKenzie Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy 60+ 38:56 10.28 3279 96.85
53 149 Gregory Szczuko San Jose Bike Club 35+ 39:04 10.24 3268 96.53
54 211 Marek Dutkiewicz Diablo 50+ 39:20 10.17 3246 95.89
55 86 Larry Klein Grumpy Old Men (GOM) 55+ 39:22 10.17 3243 95.81
56 214 David Engelbrecht Summit Chuters 45+ 39:28 10.14 3235 95.57
57 82 Steve Johnson LGBRC Just Make It To The Top 39:35 10.11 3226 95.30
58 80 Tick Houk Buy Cell 55+ 39:42 10.08 3216 95.03
59 108 Ilya Moskovko campbell Bike club 30+ 39:47 10.06 3209 94.83
60 12 Will von Kaenel LGBRC 55+ 39:49 10.05 3207 94.76
61 203 Geoffrey Bower Dash 30+ 40:02 10.00 3189 94.26
62 106 Dennis Mitsch Unattached 40+ 40:35 9.86 3146 93.01
63 21 Nigel Allen Oso 40+ 40:44 9.82 3135 92.68
64 225 Mark James Team CVC Kinda Decent Climber But You'd Never Know It From HWY9 Results 40:52 9.79 3124 92.39
64 51 Nathaniel Dixon Easy Riders I Work A Lot 40:52 9.79 3124 92.39
66 114 Dan Pankratz LGBRC 40+ 40:57 9.77 3118 92.20
67 32 Hui Chen Team Cycling Panda Just Make It To The Top 40:59 9.76 3115 92.13
68 29 Scott Byer Google 50+ 41:00 9.76 3114 92.09
69 218 Rick Ferrell Wheelaway 55+ 41:12 9.71 3099 91.66
70 227 Rupesh Kapoor Google Slightly Old 41:13 9.71 3098 91.62
71 66 Andrew Fitzhugh Stanford Cycling 50+ 41:20 9.68 3089 91.37
72 201 Peter Bailey Google 30+ 41:30 9.64 3077 91.01
73 61 Christoph Erben LGBRC Happy Thanksgiving 41:33 9.63 3073 90.91
74 145 Randall Stafford Stanford Cycling 55+ 41:34 9.63 3072 90.87
75 253 Ye Zhang Team Cycling Panda Just Make It To The Top 41:35 9.62 3070 90.84
76 59 Fred Egley Dos Egleys 50+ 41:58 9.54 3042 90.03
77 249 Ted Tsoutis Team DNA 35+ 42:07 9.50 3032 89.72
78 202 Dash Bodington Stanford Cycling Meow 42:43 9.37 2989 88.49
79 69 Stephen Fong Grumpy Old Men (GOM) Slow Cat 42:56 9.32 2974 88.05
79 87 Terrance Kloeckl Team TK 55+ 42:56 9.32 2974 88.05
81 236 Kevin Penner Stanford Cycling Not Sure Yet 43:02 9.30 2967 87.85
82 81 Tim Irvine LGBRC 40+ 43:12 9.26 2956 87.52
83 216 Eric Evitt Clagnuts Just Make It To The Top 44:21 9.02 2879 85.31
84 158 Brian Ward Grumpy Old Men (GOM) 40+ 44:42 8.95 2856 84.66
85 234 Timothy Owen Team CVC Just Make It To The Top 45:00 8.89 2837 84.11
85 57 Brian Edem Edemame 55+ 45:00 8.89 2837 84.11
87 251 Han Wen Grumpy Old Men (GOM) 45+ 45:11 8.86 2826 83.78
88 250 David Watson Google Road Bike 45:55 8.72 2781 82.48
89 224 Caleb Holtzinger LGBRC Cat X 46:17 8.65 2759 81.84
90 171 Bob Scott Slo Key Milk Rinds 40+ 46:28 8.61 2748 81.53
91 129 Adem Rudin Race to Space Make It To All The Tops 47:06 8.50 2711 80.46
92 229 Michael Knighten Slo Key Milk Rinds 40+ 47:48 8.37 2671 79.31
93 74 Nathan Golshan Race to Space 5 47:54 8.35 2666 79.15
94 22 Gabriel Beddingfield Nest 40+ 48:05 8.32 2655 78.86
95 142 Kevin Smith LGBRC 55+ 48:35 8.24 2628 78.07
96 244 Gregory P Smith Grumpy Old Men (GOM) Just Make It To The Top 49:00 8.17 2606 77.42
97 46 Tom Culbertson Team Capybara Slow And Slower 52:15 7.66 2444 72.73
98 94 Mark Lyttle Diablo 45+ 52:21 7.64 2439 72.59
99 111 Robert Navasca Iglesia 45+ 53:35 7.47 2383 70.97
100 209 Sizheng Chen Team Cycling Panda 35+ 54:35 7.33 2339 69.70
101 139 ARUN SHARMA LGBRC 54:56 7.29 2324 69.27
102 84 David Kalcic Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy Junior 56:11 7.12 2273 67.77
103 208 Deepak Chawla Google Just Make It To The Top 60:59 6.56 2094 62.57
104 238 Kiran Punnilathil Google Just Make It To The Top 64:16 6.23 1987 59.46

100 point reference time for division Men = 37:40


Hybrid Electric
pl # name team cat time mph fph score
1 6 Bill Bushnell Low-Key 19:11 20.86 6656 113.71

100 point reference time for division Hybrid Electric = 21:53


Male Runner
pl # name team cat time mph fph score
1 152 Adam Tow Grumpy Old Men (GOM) 40+ 63:23 6.31 2014 81.26
2 1 Dan Connelly Low-Key Runner 67:00 5.97 1906 76.99

100 point reference time for division Male Runner = 51:13


Teams
pl team score riders
1 Easy Riders 389.28 Todd Markelz, Nicholas Wallace, Christopher Evans, Kirk Scheibelhut, David Collet, Bradley Lovegren, Brian Schuster, Katie Quinn, Nathaniel Dixon, Jennifer Wilson
2 Sr's & Mr's of No Mercy 371.50 Hanns Detlefsen, Jennie Phillips, Janet Gardner, Paul McKenzie, Sarah Schroer, David Kalcic
3 LGBRC 349.68 Shahram Moatazedi, Alex Williams, Hal Rooney, Scott Krahn, Roman Verchikov, Marty Scott, Brian Fitzgerald, Steve Johnson, Will von Kaenel, Dan Pankratz, Christoph Erben, Tim Irvine, Caleb Holtzinger, Kevin Smith, ARUN SHARMA
4 San Jose Bike Club 343.05 Joseph Sullivan, Daryl Spano, Todd Studenicka, Gregory Szczuko, Theresa Storm
5 Team CVC 318.96 Bill Laddish, Edgar Carvajal, John Koslosky, Mark James, Timothy Owen
6 Diablo 304.86 Andrew Crews, Frank Paysen, Marek Dutkiewicz, Mark Lyttle
7 Stanford Cycling 300.67 David Miller, Andrew Fitzhugh, Randall Stafford, Dash Bodington, Kevin Penner, Anna Janas
8 Google 299.06 Nils Tikkanen, Matthew Swartwout, Scott Byer, Rupesh Kapoor, Peter Bailey, David Watson, Deepak Chawla, Kiran Punnilathil
9 Race to Space 272.99 Wesley Ford, Adem Rudin, Nathan Golshan
10 Grumpy Old Men (GOM) 268.53 Larry Klein, Stephen Fong, Brian Ward, Han Wen, Gregory P Smith, Adam Tow
11 Low-Key 264.41 Bill Bushnell, Christine Holmes, Dan Connelly
12 Team Cycling Panda 252.67 Hui Chen, Ye Zhang, Sizheng Chen
13 Hammering for Howard 225.67 Kevin Metcalfe, Kitty Metcalfe
14 Team Colwell 220.83 Tracy Colwell, Julie Colwell
15 CCAP 210.94 Chris Peck, Heather Peck
16 Team DNA 206.46 Paul Castonguay, Ted Tsoutis
17 Edemame 183.92 Eric Edem, Brian Edem
18 Dos Egleys 171.14 Fred Egley, Laura Egley
19 Slo Key Milk Rinds 160.84 Bob Scott, Michael Knighten
20 Specialized 131.82 Ned Overend
21 Hoge Hoge 129.96 Paul Dixon
22 Lange Twins 125.57 Stefano Profumo
23 Legendary 121.09 Scott Gammon
24 Yorkshire Tourist 119.90 Matt Bridge
25 Kovarus 117.22 Alex Poloziouk
26 Skydio 114.44 Adam Bry
27 Fenwick & West 111.62 Paul Famiglietti
28 Chase King 109.56 Chase King
29 Mt. Madonna Maulers 109.51 Jim Perreira
30 Team Fremont FFBC p/b Chipotle 109.00 Mike Leung
31 Quadzilla Racing 108.84 Klaus Fleischmann
32 Menlo Velo 106.30 Matthew Whitby
33 Milk Prospectors 105.96 Jordan Kestler
34 Pen Velo/Pomodoro 105.81 James Rainbow
35 Swamis 105.38 Agustin Rojas-Munoz
36 Stanford University 104.51 Amee Devani
37 easy going 102.00 Shai Traister
38 The Brown Zone 101.82 Dai Sieh
39 San Jose State University 99.93 Andy Sutterfield
40 Self 98.30 Laura Schuster
41 NightRiders 97.99 Doug Reynolds
42 Summit Chuters 95.57 David Engelbrecht
43 Buy Cell 95.03 Tick Houk
44 campbell Bike club 94.83 Ilya Moskovko
45 Dash 94.26 Geoffrey Bower
46 Unattached 93.01 Dennis Mitsch
47 Oso 92.68 Nigel Allen
48 Wheelaway 91.66 Rick Ferrell
49 Team TK 88.05 Terrance Kloeckl
50 Clagnuts 85.31 Eric Evitt
51 Nest 78.86 Gabriel Beddingfield
52 Team Capybara 72.73 Tom Culbertson
53 Iglesia 70.97 Robert Navasca