2025 Ultra Low-Key Hillclimbs

Week 3 - Purisima Creek

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Time to get dirty! This week we ventured over to the peninsula and onto the Purisima Creek trail. This heavily shaded trail was damp and leafy, yet mostly smooth and fun. The steep pitches were tough, but there were also spots for brief recovery, and the scenery was engaging enough to distract from the pain (a bit). I heard some reports of road bikes, which seemed very doable. Anyone opt for a full mountain bike?

Louise Thomas put up a very fast time for the women, and made the top 5 of the QOM leaderboard. Robin Betz and Milinda Lakkam also had speedy times in the dirt.

Jurd Hurd pulled off an impressive KOM and is the first person to finish the segment in under 20 minutes! Chris Ritchie and Parker Gara also put their named up on the Strava top 10.

Alto Velo brought the numbers and showed their dominance, even off road, and The Curd and The Chili once again topped WEDU NorCal / CVC.

Results

Individual

Female

Riders	Median Time
10	0:38:22

Rider	Team	Time	Score	Place
Louise Thomas	Alto Velo	0:26:52	142.77	1
Robin Betz	Alto Velo	0:29:53	128.36	2
Milinda Lakkam		0:31:04	123.47	3
MaryAnn L	PenVelo	0:35:03	109.44	4
Kate Bergeron	Los Gatos Bicycle Racing Club P/B Ben Dodge Realtor	0:37:12	103.11	5
Theresa Liu	Partners in Climb	0:39:31	97.07	6
L. Damico	Partners in Climb	0:41:40	92.06	7
Alyssa Tennant		0:43:41	87.81	8
Ella Say		0:46:07	83.18	9
Gabriela Quixtan		0:46:17	82.88	10

Male

Riders	Median Time
52	0:29:44

Rider	Team	Time	Score	Place
Jurd Hurd	Turbo	0:19:55	149.29	1
Chris Ritchie		0:21:03	141.25	2
Parker Gara	Sparrow	0:21:15	139.92	3
Dan McGarry		0:21:17	139.70	4
Hoss Hayati	Alto Velo	0:21:51	136.08	5
Wil Gibb	The Curd and The Chili	0:22:18	133.33	6
Samuel Desré	Sparrow	0:22:28	132.34	7
Nat Green		0:22:39	131.27	8
Colin Vignon		0:23:33	126.26	9
Dan Pannell	WEDU NorCal / CVC	0:24:20	122.19	10
Sam Moskal	The Curd and The Chili	0:25:01	118.85	11
Jack Lund	The Curd and The Chili	0:25:07	118.38	12
Dye-Zone Chen	ThirstyBear	0:25:17	117.60	13
Kevin Kauffman	The Curd and The Chili	0:25:44	115.54	14
Shai Traister	Alto Velo	0:26:13	113.41	15
Harold Reimer	Alto Velo	0:26:27	112.41	16
Tuomas Viitanen		0:26:33	111.99	17
🌭 🚲		0:26:36	111.78	18
Bill Laddish	WEDU NorCal / CVC	0:27:01	110.06	19
David Remahl	Alto Velo	0:27:24	108.52	20
Clarence Yeung	Alto Velo	0:27:29	108.19	21
Rama Roberts	PenVelo	0:27:31	108.06	22
Adam Beliveau	Alto Velo	0:27:58	106.32	23
Zach Guenin	WGMR	0:28:21	104.88	24
David Chang	WGMR	0:28:55	102.82	25
Josh Braegger	PenVelo	0:28:58	102.65	26
Philip Richardi		0:29:44	100.00	27
Dave Gane		0:29:47	99.83	28
Dustin Cook	WEDU NorCal / CVC	0:29:52	99.55	29
Fred Egley		0:30:05	98.84	30
Oliver King	pagemilling.com	0:30:05	98.84	31
Matthew Durand	Murder Hornets	0:30:34	97.27	32
Daniel Blake	WGMR	0:30:46	96.64	33
James Robinson	Alto Velo	0:31:10	95.40	34
Marco Soldano	WGMR	0:31:40	93.89	35
Lucas	pagemilling.com	0:31:58	93.01	36
Patrick Whitesel	WGMR	0:31:59	92.97	37
Genti Cuni	Team Roku	0:32:10	92.44	38
Todd S	Team Roku	0:32:11	92.39	39
Karl Etzel	WGMR	0:33:27	88.89	40
Sid Mathai	Team Roku	0:33:52	87.80	41
Kevin Gong	Team Roku	0:34:12	86.94	42
Jorge Chang	Grumpy Old Men	0:35:00	84.95	43
Alex H	Foothill Fridays	0:35:33	83.64	44
Richard Tasker	Foothill Fridays	0:37:35	79.11	45
Jonathan Lewis	Alto Velo	0:39:04	76.11	46
Dwayne Badua	Mezzytrash Club	0:40:56	72.64	47
Ben Chant	PenVelo	0:42:57	69.23	48
Matt Walton		0:45:06	65.93	49
Sam Zilberman		0:46:16	64.27	50
Frank Drobot	Diamond Bits	0:51:08	58.15	51
Alan gara	Sparrow	0:54:24	54.66	52

Age group

F 29 and under

Rider	Team	Time	Score	Place
Ella Say		0:46:07	83.18	1

F 30 - 34

Rider	Team	Time	Score	Place
Louise Thomas	Alto Velo	0:26:52	142.77	1
Robin Betz	Alto Velo	0:29:53	128.36	2

F 35 - 39

Rider	Team	Time	Score	Place
Milinda Lakkam		0:31:04	123.47	1
Alyssa Tennant		0:43:41	87.81	2

F 40 - 44

Rider	Team	Time	Score	Place
Gabriela Quixtan		0:46:17	82.88	1

F 45 - 49

Rider	Team	Time	Score	Place

F 50 - 54

Rider	Team	Time	Score	Place
Kate Bergeron	Los Gatos Bicycle Racing Club P/B Ben Dodge Realtor	0:37:12	103.11	1

F 55 - 59

Rider	Team	Time	Score	Place
Theresa Liu	Partners in Climb	0:39:31	97.07	1

F 60 - 64

Rider	Team	Time	Score	Place

F 65 - 69

Rider	Team	Time	Score	Place
MaryAnn L	PenVelo	0:35:03	109.44	1
L. Damico	Partners in Climb	0:41:40	92.06	2

F 70 and over

Rider	Team	Time	Score	Place

M 29 and under

Rider	Team	Time	Score	Place
Parker Gara	Sparrow	0:21:15	139.92	1
Samuel Desré	Sparrow	0:22:28	132.34	2
Colin Vignon		0:23:33	126.26	3
Jack Lund	The Curd and The Chili	0:25:07	118.38	4
Kevin Kauffman	The Curd and The Chili	0:25:44	115.54	5
Adam Beliveau	Alto Velo	0:27:58	106.32	6
Daniel Blake	WGMR	0:30:46	96.64	7
Patrick Whitesel	WGMR	0:31:59	92.97	8
Sam Zilberman		0:46:16	64.27	9

M 30 - 34

Rider	Team	Time	Score	Place
Chris Ritchie		0:21:03	141.25	1
Wil Gibb	The Curd and The Chili	0:22:18	133.33	2
Sam Moskal	The Curd and The Chili	0:25:01	118.85	3
Clarence Yeung	Alto Velo	0:27:29	108.19	4
Zach Guenin	WGMR	0:28:21	104.88	5
Dwayne Badua	Mezzytrash Club	0:40:56	72.64	6

M 35-39

Rider	Team	Time	Score	Place
Philip Richardi		0:29:44	100.00	1
Oliver King	pagemilling.com	0:30:05	98.84	2
Jonathan Lewis	Alto Velo	0:39:04	76.11	3

M 40 - 44

Rider	Team	Time	Score	Place
Jurd Hurd	Turbo	0:19:55	149.29	1
Nat Green		0:22:39	131.27	2
Dan Pannell	WEDU NorCal / CVC	0:24:20	122.19	3
Tuomas Viitanen		0:26:33	111.99	4
David Remahl	Alto Velo	0:27:24	108.52	5
Josh Braegger	PenVelo	0:28:58	102.65	6
Dustin Cook	WEDU NorCal / CVC	0:29:52	99.55	7
Matthew Durand	Murder Hornets	0:30:34	97.27	8
James Robinson	Alto Velo	0:31:10	95.40	9

M 45 - 49

Rider	Team	Time	Score	Place
Dan McGarry		0:21:17	139.70	1
Hoss Hayati	Alto Velo	0:21:51	136.08	2
🌭 🚲		0:26:36	111.78	3
David Chang	WGMR	0:28:55	102.82	4
Genti Cuni	Team Roku	0:32:10	92.44	5
Sid Mathai	Team Roku	0:33:52	87.80	6
Matt Walton		0:45:06	65.93	7

M 50 - 54

Rider	Team	Time	Score	Place
Dye-Zone Chen	ThirstyBear	0:25:17	117.60	1
Shai Traister	Alto Velo	0:26:13	113.41	2
Rama Roberts	PenVelo	0:27:31	108.06	3
Lucas	pagemilling.com	0:31:58	93.01	4
Karl Etzel	WGMR	0:33:27	88.89	5
Jorge Chang	Grumpy Old Men	0:35:00	84.95	6
Richard Tasker	Foothill Fridays	0:37:35	79.11	7

M 55 - 59

Rider	Team	Time	Score	Place
Bill Laddish	WEDU NorCal / CVC	0:27:01	110.06	1
Marco Soldano	WGMR	0:31:40	93.89	2
Todd S	Team Roku	0:32:11	92.39	3
Kevin Gong	Team Roku	0:34:12	86.94	4
Alex H	Foothill Fridays	0:35:33	83.64	5

M 60 - 64

Rider	Team	Time	Score	Place
Dave Gane		0:29:47	99.83	1
Fred Egley		0:30:05	98.84	2
Ben Chant	PenVelo	0:42:57	69.23	3

M 65 - 69

Rider	Team	Time	Score	Place
Harold Reimer	Alto Velo	0:26:27	112.41	1
Alan gara	Sparrow	0:54:24	54.66	2

M 70 and over

Rider	Team	Time	Score	Place
Frank Drobot	Diamond Bits	0:51:08	58.15	1

Teams

Team	Score (top 3 riders)	Place
Alto Velo	407.21	1
The Curd and The Chili	370.57	2
WEDU NorCal / CVC	331.80	3
Sparrow	326.92	4
PenVelo	320.14	5
WGMR	304.35	6
Team Roku	272.62	7
pagemilling.com	191.85	8
Partners in Climb	189.13	9
Foothill Fridays	162.75	10
Turbo	149.29	11
ThirstyBear	117.60	12
Los Gatos Bicycle Racing Club P/B Ben Dodge Realtor	103.11	13
Murder Hornets	97.27	14
Grumpy Old Men	84.95	15
Mezzytrash Club	72.64	16
Diamond Bits	58.15	17