Attachments:

File	Description	File size
2012 Event 1 Results	Tabulated results of the 1st Road Series Event	39 Kb
2012 Event 2 Results	Tabulated results of the 2nd Road Series Event	39 Kb
2012 Event 3 Results	Tabulated results of the 3rd Road Series Event	53 Kb
2012 Event 4 Results	Tabulated results of the 4th Road Series Event	34 Kb
2012 Road Series Flyer	An overview document describing the series	132 Kb
2012 TOTAL Series Results	TOTAL Results of Road Series Events to date	97 Kb
Ride Routes	Detailed course descriptions	32 Kb

Fourth Event Results

As always, thanks to the 11 riders who participated in the 4th event!

You can look at the results posted above and see that the race organizer, try as he might, cannot anticipate how to make perfectly balanced teams. With 11 riders the teams were split into one team of 5 and another team of 6.  Top 75% of each meant that 4 riders times would count towards the team time.  Here's how the team times looked:

RED TEAM - 2:05:15                         YELLOW TEAM - 2:02:47

Now as I was saying, no way to predict that the teams would have ended up 2.5 minutes apart.  Before the race I would have said vice versa was more likely!  I guess that's why they actually hold the race, to see what happens on the road...

In the individual results we had a single rider, Cris Haley, break away on the climb up Webber and he was able to keep that lead all the way to the finish! Top three riders across the line were:

Cris Haley - 2:01:53             Kirk Harper - 2:02:23             Steve Allan - 2:02:27

In the chase for the series classifications I am going to report the results for riders who have ridden at least 3 of 4 events. And for riders who have been to all 4 I am counting the best 3 times.  The complete table of results is posted, but in summary the General Classification top ten are:

Likewise for the Team Classification here are the top ten:

Hope to see you at the next event!

5/19/2012 @ Locust Grove & 397

Coffin Road

Third Event Results

What a gorgeous day for riding! 25 Chinook'rs took advantage of the weather and took the challenge of a vertical course profile - Two Finley Hills. Almost 35 miles in length and about 3,000 ft climbing on tap...

I am thankful for each and every rider who participated, it truly does make it all the more fun! With so many riders we decided to create three (3) teams; two teams of eight (8) and one team of nine (9). Thus six (6) riders per team would count towards the team time. The three team times ended up about a one-minute apart as you can see below:

YELLOW TEAM: 1:45:01 GREEN TEAM: 1:45:57 RED TEAM: 1:46:53

ALL RIDERS: please note that each team needed to finish 6 riders to calculate the team time and that was the key to the time differences above, the Green and Red Teams both had flats to repair, and Yellow had a DNF. That means someone who probably figured their time wouldn't count (because there were six 'faster' riders on their team) actually did have their time included in the team's! So word to the wise put in your best effort, ride smart and you never know if you might make the critical difference.

For all the rankings I am only including the riders who made all 3 events to date. There's no other fair way to make the comparison...so keep in mind that 2nd Event was much longer that the 1st and 3rd, and that all riders who compete 4 events will be in the running for the overall Team and General Classifications.

Team Classification is really tight: Brian Schur, Kirk Harper, Chuck Cone, James Chung, Rod Scrimsher, and Craig Groendyke are the top six; separated by only 24 seconds.

With the significant climbs involved it was presumed that times gaps would be large. Greg Turpen and Cris Haley took off early and Greg stayed away for the rest of the day while Cris was overtaken on 9 Canyon Rd by a group containing: Ryan Brown, Kurt Recknagle, Kirk Harper, Jared Despain and Brian Schur. Maybe more were in that group but I wasn't so can't say for sure! After the first Finley hill the second one still loomed large, and Finley Rd. is a wonderful stretch of pavement for those who don't know it. After Finley Rd. the climb back to the finish line is a long uphill that can be lonely...but is best done with a couple of friends!

General Classification is starting to open up with Brian Schur, Kirk Harper, Rod Scrimsher and Chuck Cone in first through 4th place. These four are separated by just over 4 minutes...but, Greg Turpen, Kurt Recknagle, and Steve Allan are close behind as are Ryan Brown, John Burke, Damion Miller, and Jon Magnusson - these fellows just need to make to another event! Remember I am reporting just for the riders who have been to all three events. See the detailed results in the attachments for all the data.

Remember Event #4 starts at Dallas Rd. side of Badger Mtn., May 5th, 2012 - 10AM.

Please write to me if you see any errors in the score-sheet - my email address is in the attached 2012 Road Series Flyer.

Second Event Results

Once again seventeen (17) riders came out and rode on a very chilly morning. Three laps of just under 18 miles each was the order of the day, with three hills per lap to keep us honest. Jacobs Rd. is a short hill, Kennedy Rd. is longer, and Dallas Rd. is probably the longest. The weather warmed up as did the action on the road!

With seven (7) riders per team riding 'competitively' that meant 5 riders per team would count towards the team time. The two teams finished with a pretty big time gap between them: 1 minute 8 seconds. Thus the Team Classification picture is clarified. Brian Schur, Kirk Harper, Chuck Cone and Craig Groendyke lead the way...

There were some fast riders out there and an early breakaway was able to stay away from the main group; conversely a few riders dropped out of the main pack to finish on their own.  Both options are totally cool and expected.  What may not be expected is that a main group stayed together for nearly the whole time; about 7 riders started and finished within 20 seconds of one another. The General Classification is still competitive with Brian Schur, Kirk Harper, and Damion Miller slotting into the top 3 spots. These three are separated by just over 2 minutes, so it's still quite wide open...

Remember Event #3 starts at CR-397 at Locust Grove Rd., April 21st, 2012 - 10AM.

Please write to me if you see any errors in the score-sheet - my email address is in the attached 2012 Road Series Flyer.

First Event is in the Books...

Thanks to all the riders who came out and made the inaugural Chinook Spring event an enjoyable day! It was motivating to see seventeen (17) riders rolling out into the chilly north wind. And after a short neutral start the group got going with the two teams attacking from the get go. You'll see that many of the usual suspects participated, also some new members put their wheel on the line. Remember Event #2 starts at Badger Mountain Skyline Trail parking area, April 7th, 2012 - 10AM.

The results are attached as a Word doc for you to download, in summary you'll see the individual times are recorded as GC TIME and the TEAM TIME is labelled as such.  The two teams were quite well balanced, in fact the Team Times were only 16 seconds apart! That means that the Team Classification is still wide open...the General (individual) Classification is also very competitive in the first 9 places! This is shaping up to be nice series.

Please write to me if you see any errors in the score-sheet - my email is in the attached 2012 Road Series Flyer.

UPDATE ON TEAMS:

Don't worry if you cannot make all the events in the series, very few of us can, you can still be part of the team structure. The team scoring is setup so that your team time will go with you from ride to ride, even though you're on a different team at every event. That way the riders who consistently contribute to good team times will earn top honors of the Team Classification. HTH.

Remember, more riders = more fun.  All riders of all levels are encouraged to just come out and participate!

Highlighted Changes

1. ♣ All events are based on elapsed time
   1. ◊ Individual rider's time decides GC - cumulative over events
   2. ◊  Best 4 of 5 events count

1. ♣  All riders will be assigned to teams - details are below, but in simple terms here's how it will work:
   1. Ride on a team - team gets an average time - every rider on team gets that time - time adds up over all events
      1. ◊ Teams created on day of event -- 'randomly' selected for balance
      2. ◊ Teams will be different each event
      3. ◊ Five (5) minute team meeting allowed to discuss team tactics
      4. ◊ Team time = average of fastest 75% of team rider's times
      5. ◊ Discard last 25% of team rider's times (due to: DNF, bad-days, etc.)
      6. ◊ Each team member receives the team's average time
      7. ◊ Team time stays with rider from event to event
      8. ◊ Team Classification winner has lowest total team time - cumulative over events
      9. ◊ Best 4 of 5 events count

1. ♣  No event entry fees. No need to remember $7 cash anymore!

1. ♣  Beginner's Corner
   1. ◊  Please come out no matter your fitness/experience
   2. ◊  Point of the series is to train and have fun!
   3. ◊  Teams will be balanced, so everyone is competing against riders of similar ability
   4. ◊  Your time may well be important since team times are average of the top 75% of rider's times - remember you get the team's average time for the Team Classification
   5. ◊  Most event will almost certainly divide into groups with comparable speeds and abilities; you will be riding with whichever group fits

Attachments:

File	Description	File size
10-mile times 2011		67 Kb
40K times 2011		67 Kb
5-mile times 2011		77 Kb
Dash Final Results 2011		20 Kb
Hill Times 2011		72 Kb
TT 03-27-2012 Raw Times		9 Kb
TT 03-27-2012 Results	5-mile; 48 riders	48 Kb
TT 04-03-2012 Raw Times		10 Kb
TT 04-03-2012 Results	5 mile: 47 riders	49 Kb
TT 04-10-2012 Raw Times		10 Kb
TT 04-10-2012 Results	10-Mile; 52 riders	54 Kb
TT 04-17-2012 Raw Times		10 Kb
TT 04-17-2012 Results	40 K; 42 riders + 2 DNF	54 Kb
TT 04-24-2012 Raw Times		10 Kb
TT 04-24-2012 Results	Hill Climb; 46 riders	59 Kb
TT 05-01-2012 Raw Times		10 Kb
TT 05-01-2012 Results	5-mile: 51 riders	59 Kb
TT 05-08-2012 Raw Times		10 Kb
TT 05-08-2012 Results	10-mile; 46 riders	59 Kb
TT 05-15-2012 Raw Times		10 Kb
TT 05-15-2012 Results	40K; 49 riders	59 Kb
TT 2012 Entry Form	2012 Entry Form	18 Kb
TT 2012 Schedule	2012 TT Schedule, Ride locations, Times	89 Kb

Warm, with tail wind both ways (mostly).  Wow, what a deal!  Some PRs.

Hill Climb next Tuesday.

Chinook mountain bikers,

In May 2012 a group of Chinookers is planning to ride the slick rock and single track epics in Moab.  These trails cannot accurately be described with words (adjectives are superfluous, blah, blah, blah).  If you are interested, please contact Greg:  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .  Many details will need to be coordinated but here’s what we know at this point.

Who: Invite is open to Chinook members.  It’s a guys trip (sorry gals).  It’s an adult trip (sorry kids).  So far:  Greg T, Kurt R, Dennis B, John B, and Rick U
Where:  Moab, Utah and maybe a day or 2 in Fruita, Colorado.
What: Moab is a beautiful area with trails that are on the “advanced” ability level.  Most trails are not forgiving and when (not if) you go down, something usually breaks.  If you’re really lucky it’s your bike.  If you’re a little lucky, it’s usually a trip to the hospital under your own power.  If you’re not lucky … well, we don’t want to go there.  This isn’t to scare anyone away, just trying to be honest.  It’s an area where rider abilities need to be comparable in many ways (fitness, technical ability, descending skills, risk taking, etc) to maintain safety and assure everyone has a fun experience.  If we have disparity we’ll want to separate into like groups for the rides. 
When: The trip date is 5 (Saturday) -13 (Sunday) May, 2012. 
Why:  One ride and you’ll never ask again!
How, part A: Several travel options exist.  The Chinook van will be utilized.  It can haul up to 10 comfortably with the trailer.  If we have less we won’t need the trailer.  If we have more, we’ll arrange to take multiple vehicles.
How, part B: Several lodging options exist.  One condo is rented and nearly full.  We have a couple spots open and depending on the demand, another condo can be rented.  I can help other riders find a condo nearby, but others will need to book it.  This will need to be done soon as the dates fill quickly for this time of year. 
How, part C:  Commitment.  Are you’re in or very interested?  We need solid commitments ASAP as there’s a lot planning (travel, lodging, ride selection, etc) involved with a trip like this. Last minute back-outs cause big problems.  The first to pay (I’ve collected from those committed) will be the first to play!!!