Honey Run Road Time Trial this Saturday......

Hi Everyone!! So, the 3rd race in the Chico Hill Climb Time Trial Series is this Saturday - October 11th - the Honey Run Road Time Trial! Registration will open at 8:15am at the corner of Centerville Road and Honey Run Road......right across the street from the Covered Bridge. The Start location is at the bridge that crosses Butte Creek........and the Finish is just before you get to the Muffler Shop at the top of the hill in Paradise. The first rider will go off at 9:01am and we will go in 1-minute intervals for this Category 1 climb. You can see the map of the course by clicking on the Bikely link below - and the elevation profile can be found by clicking on "SHOW" in the top left-hand corner of the webpage and then clicking on "ELEVATION PROFILE" (this is a rough approximation):

http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Honey-Run-TT

This should be another good race in this Time Trial Series, so hope to see you out there!

Below are the Current Overall Standings in the Chico Hill Climb Time Trial Series........there are 2 races down, and 8 left to go during the next 3 months......with the Honey Run Road Time Trial coming up next week(October 11th!):

Men's Category "A":
1. Rich Thurman 16 points + 30 points = 46 points
1. Mike Smith 20 points + 26 points = 46 points
3. Walter Lohse 14 points + 22 points = 36 points
4. Jim Roberts 1 point + 24 points = 25 points
5. Kevin Speacht 24 points
6. James Plummer 12 points + 8 points = 20 points
6. Greg Golet 20 points
8. Mike Castaldo 1 point + 18 points = 19 points
9. Tyler Honeyman 18 points
10. Brad Foster 2 points + 14 points = 16 points
10. Mark Reimer 16 points
12. Eric Ayars 1 point + 12 points = 13 points
13. Rob Bishop 1 point + 10 points = 11 points
14. Sean Molina 10 points
15. David Kyle 8 points
16. Greg Watkins 1 point + 6 points = 7 points
17. David Albrecht 6 points
18. Geno Gruber 1 point + 4 points = 5 points
19. Randy Moon 4 points
20. Boyd Sears 2 points
21. Roy Steves 1 point
22. Charlie Dawson 1 point
23. Jason Zieginhirt 1 point
24. Jeff Galland 1 point

Women's Category:
1. Jeanne O'Regan 24 points + 26 points = 50 points
2. Janine Rood 18 points + 30 points = 48 points
3. Kathie Thornton 20 points + 24 points = 44 points
4. Caryn Jones 12 points + 22 points = 34 points
5. Tammie Watkins 20 points
6. Sarah Johnston 16 points
7. Ariana Altier 14 points
8. Sarah Kallio 10 points

Women's Masters Category:
1. Kim Agur 24 points + 26 points = 50 points
2. Kristen Schonauer 18 points + 24 points = 42 points
3. Kate Cavell 20 points + 18 points = 38 points
4. Teresa Kludt 30 Points
5. Jamie Batha 22 points
6. Becky Blakely 20 points
7. Pam Hollis 16 points

Men's Category "B":
1. Josh Rowe 24 points + 24 points = 48 points
3. Kyle Hartelt 14 points + 30 points = 44 points
3. Charlie Pelton 12 points + 16 points = 28 points
4. Graham Maxwell 26 points
5. Ken Petruzzelli 20 points
5. BJ LaRossa 20 points
7. Clay Johnson 18 points
7. Bryan Osak 18 points
9. Barry DeWitt 16 points
10. Bill Travers 14 points
11. Terry Parsons 12 points
12. Jeff Ochs 10 points

Men's Masters 50+ Category:
1. Mark Bloom 24 points + 30 points = 54 points
2. Tom Tucker 20 points + 24 points = 44 points
3. Mike Jamison 18 points + 22 points = 40 points
4. Lee Altier 12 points + 16 points = 28 points
5. Greg Kallio 8 points + 18 points = 26 points
5. Mike Trowbridge 16 points + 10 points = 26 points
5. Frank Winters 26 points
8. Bill Brent 14 points + 8 points = 22 points
9. Dan Franden 20 points
10. Jim Mensching 10 points + 6 points = 16 points
11. Walt Schafer 14 points
12. Tom Reilly 12 points
13. Jay Rawlins 6 points
14. Dan Dominguez 4 points + 1 point = 5 points
15. Rob Evans 4 points
16. Byron Fountain 2 points + 1 point = 3 points
17. Gary Fowler 1 point + 1 point = 2 points
17. Skip Lees 1 point + 1 point = 2 points
17. Greg Montgomery 2 points
20. Ken Gelatti 1 point
21. Carl Waters 1 point
22. Joe Sanders 1 point

Clydesdale Category:
1. Tom Embree 20 points + 30 points = 50 points
2. Tony Mainz 18 points + 24 points = 42 points
3. Lau Ackerman 26 points
4. Kris Blee 24 points5. Don Miller 22 points
6. Colin Moakley 16 points

AND - The Hill Climb Series Information is below:

Hi Everyone! So, we are doing a Fall/Winter Hill Climb Time Trial Series this year in Chico, with the climbs and dates below. There was a similar Series done years ago here in Chico - 1981 or 1982 - by Tom Devol and Jeff Smith, who owned Cyclesport bike shop at the time. And, of course, now there is that almost-famous Low Key Hillclimb Series in the Bay Area every fall. In any case, we decided to have our own and revive the old Chico Series.......with a couple of route changes. Below is a list of the tentative events with dates. It should be mentioned that these dates could change depending upon Galland Cross, the Cutty Series and Tyler Cross dates this fall/winter. And, of course......the weather! Rain will not cancel - but snow and ice will.

How does it work??? Below are each of the 10 Hillclimbs in the Series. Each climb has been given a rank based upon feedback from some well-known riders in the area (and climbers in particular - yes, I know - everyone is different, but this is just a low-key have-fun series, so no big whoop). Category 1 climbs are the hardest, with Category 3 being.......let's not say easiest.......let's say........not quite as hard as Category 1! Points will be awarded to the top finishers in each Hill Climb TT - the folks with the most points at the end of the Series, wins the overall title. The Point Breakdown is as follows:

Cat. 1 Climb = 30-26-24-22-20-18-16-14-12-10-8-6-4-2-1-1-1 (In other words, 1st place in a Cat. 1 TT gets 30 points, 2nd place gets 26 and on down the line - every person who competes in the event gets at least 1 point).
Cat. 2 Climb = 24-20-18-16-14-12-10-8-6-4-2-1-1-1(The winner of a Cat. 2 climb gets 24 points, 2nd place gets 20 points and on and on.)
Cat. 3 Climb = 20-16-14-12-10-8-6-4-2-1-1-1

And here are the Time Trial courses, the tentative dates, and their listed difficulty category:

Cohasset to Store (from Nicalog) - Sept. 7th - Cat. 2 - COMPLETED!
Forest Ranch (Chico Velo event) - Sept. 27th - Cat. 1 - COMPLETED!
Honey Run Rd. (from Covered Bridge) - Oct. 11th - Cat. 1
Pentz Road (from Spring Valley School) - Oct. 19th - Cat. 2
Cohasset to Gravel (from Keefer Road) - Oct. 25th - Cat. 1
Centerville (from Covered Bridge to the gravel) - Nov. 1st - Cat. 3
Neal Road - Nov. 15th - Cat. 3
Table Mountain (Wildflower Side) - Nov. 22nd - Cat. 1
Clark Road (from intersection with Durham Pentz) - Dec. 13th - Cat. 2
Humboldt Road - Dec. 27th - Cat. 3

10 Climbs, approximately 18,000 feet of climbing in total, held over a 4-month period from September through December. Consistency will be key in winning the Overall Series.

Participant Categories - the following categories will be offered for the Series event(see below) The winner in each category will receive the Chico Hillclimb Champion Trophy, along with Bragging Rights.........as well as any stuff we can get to give away as prizes:

Category "A" Men
Category "B" Men
Women's Category
Clydesdale Men (No no, I'm not gonna weigh you - just show up and tell me and I will give you a yes or no answer)
Mens 50+ Category
Womens 50+ Category

As usual, sandbaggers are strongly discouraged. Also, if there's a lot of folks in one particular category, we may split those up into sub-categories, if needed. In turn, if nobody - or very few folks are in one category, we may eliminate it and add an additional category where the numbers allow it.

This Series is FREE - so come on out and take advantage of some, or all, of these Time Trials this fall and winter! Hope to see you out there - and I will have more details and information as we get closer to the events.