FLCC> course record

[David Ruppert]

On June 25, 2006, Ryan Morris had 18:03.  Glenn had 18:05 on Aug 5, 2004 
which was the record time at that point.  But the course record broke 
the 18 minute barrier at 17:56.  Who was that rider?

Dave


Paul Monkman wrote:
> I was going to go last night and it just completely slipped my mind.  It 
> would have been fun to be buffeted by the vortex behind Danny as he 
> passed!  Is 18:07  a new course record?  Holy crap that's fast.
> 
> Paul M
> 
> 
> On Jun 27, 2008, at 11:07 AM, Jack Rueckheim wrote:
> 
>> A staggering five riders showed up last night for the Coddington Road 
>> TT.  I mean the number was staggering, not the riders.  A few more 
>> started later, way after the official clock was started.  The weather 
>> was great--quite still, maybe a tiny tail wind at the start.  There 
>> was Liz, Don Smith, Charles Dietrich, Danny Timmerman, and me.  You 
>> know the turnout is measly when I'm determined to be next-to-last 
>> starter.  I'm sure you can't imagine who was last.  Danny crushed the 
>> course in 18:07.  He was in full TT kit and riding equipment that is 
>> so aero efficient, I'm sure he always has a tailwind.  Starting 30 
>> seconds behind me, he blew by before I had turned my pedals over 5 
>> times--after he was run off the road by a car turning into driveway in 
>> front of him.  Danny said it wasn't malicious--the guy probably just 
>> didn't realize how fast Danny was going.  I would have to agree.  I 
>> managed to catch three rabbits.  The first rabbit got caught quite 
>> soon.  The next one, Charles, turned out to be one of those Monty 
>> Python Holy Grail rabbits and bit back.  We traded places a couple of 
>> times before the end.  On the way back, Liz told me that she had seen 
>> black bears on the road on South Hill where she lives.  I think that 
>> knowing there are bears on the road has really improved her time 
>> trialing skills. 
>>  
>> We were all wondering why such a low turnout?
>>  
>> Jack
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> Paul Monkman
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