FLCC> course record

David Ruppert dr24 at cornell.edu
Fri Jun 27 12:48:17 EDT 2008


Correct, Mark!  May 12, 2005.  And, he had 18:03 the week before.

I know there were strong tailwinds those days.  I shudder to think what 
Danny could do with a strong tailwind, the kind we get early in the 
season or later in September.

Dave



Mark Rishniw wrote:
> i believe Andrew Chadeayne set the course record.
> 
> 
> 
> At 12:23 PM 6/27/2008, David Ruppert wrote:
>> 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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