The Mt. Washington Hillclimb should have been completed a few hours ago. Do any of you know if Tyler Hamilton was there? Did he break Danielson’s record? He did it last year and won. I’m thinking that we need to invite Tyler, Heras, Jan, Basso and Floyd to take on Triyoda at the Third Annual Slowtwitch Whiteface Mtn Hillclimb next July. There will be no doping controls. Triyoda can bring his testosterone patch :-). We’ll ship the winner over to Palomar to take on Mike Plumb, since it appears that Slowman will not race him
What amazes me about the Washington hill climb is how close the cycling and running records are. 6-7 minutes apart I believe. I think that just shows how steep that hill really is.
Kurt, that is cool. Did Ned Overend show up again ? You sound like a Directeur Sportif (the “my atheltes” quote). What do lame posers like me need to go to become one of your athletes :-). Do we get to go on cool training camps in Alaska or Silverstar? Anyway, put Keski 50K on your plans for 2007. No excuses. You can stay at my place. I am doing the Keski triple (Sat 5K classic with the kids that I coach, Sunday morning 50K skate, Sunday 30 min after completing the 50K, the 10K skate with some of the kids I coach).
CCF, the same holds true on the Whiteface hillclimb. At those speeds and grade the mechanical advantage you have while riding a bike is offset by the additional 20ish pounds of bike, shoes and helmet that you have to haul up the hill.
Kurt, when did Tyler attack Overend (was it on the steep section on mile 1?). That guy is a class act. How old is he now anyway (must be pushing 50). He gives all us old guys hope.
I’m happy to report that TriYoda is in good form as he just left my place a few hours ago after a 90 min ride of mostly hills.
We took it pretty easy as I have the Vermont HIM next Sunday and he ran out of the complimentary tube of Barry Bonds’ toothpaste he’s been milking since Tupper Lake.
Oddly enough we talked in length about the Mt Washington Hill climb as he did the run last year and plans on doing the bike in 07.
CCF, the same holds true on the Whiteface hillclimb. At those speeds and grade the mechanical advantage you have while riding a bike is offset by the additional 20ish pounds of bike, shoes and helmet that you have to haul up the hill.
I don’t think Whiteface and Mt. Washington are in the same ballpark. Whiteface is way easier, thats why there is 18 minutes difference between the run and bike records (bike: 44:XX, run 1:02:XX) for Whiteface.
I have biked Whiteface in 50:XX and run Washington in 1:12:XX, so I would guess that I might go around 62:XX? on Mt. Washington. So about a 12:00 difference, although the climbs are almost the same length on terms of miles or riding.
You would think with all the dope Tyler has to haul up the mountain with him, Ned would have done better;)
Anyone else notice Sue Schlatter in second place for the women? Canadian’s who have been in the sport for more than 5 years will know of her. Nice to see her back racing.
Sue’s brother Bruce Schlatter (now lives in Victoria) was 12th overall as well. Bruce got back into cycling only a few years ago after a long layoff. I know Bruce mentioned that Sue had been breaking some local time trial records in Ottawa (where she lives) of late. A bunch of the Calgary tri group goes out to Victoria every winter and Bruce spanks us on every hill.
AJ, Sue lives in Ottawa now. She often joins our rides and puts the boots to many of the guys. Fortunately, when she joins for XC skiing, I can return the favour. She is one strong girl, 4th overall at 1990 ITU World’s! She’s got her son in the jackrabbit XC ski program at Chelsea Nordiq, so there will be some good genetics on skis in a few years.
Triyoda…I did not mean to say that Whiteface and Mt Washington are in the same ballpark. I know one is ~15-30 min slower than the other. Its just as you get steeper, the run and bike times converge. Personally, my run time up Whiteface would be no different than my bike time, since the well published “lame Dev Speed” rarely exceeds 8 mph on the run!
Swordfish, as for the Triyoda supply of Bond’s toothpaste, did he leave it in his bag at T1 at Ironman LP, cause one would think is was missing in action by the time his “lame Dev Speed” 3:41 marathon came around
Not sure which is better -the old 4 loop or the new 2 looper.
Having done a sprint there in the past, I was dreading 4 loops actually.
Looks like the new one might be faster…oh well, at least we’re racing and I love the idea of a half ironman only 2hrs away.
"Kurt, when did Tyler attack Overend (was it on the steep section on mile 1?). That guy is a class act. How old is he now anyway (must be pushing 50). He gives all us old guys hope. "
I’ve got a training buddy who lined up at the start in between Ned and Tyler. (My friend finished 5th which was an amazing result given he broke his wrist and was in a cast 2 months ago. Plus, he’s a cat. 2 who has never had a pro contract.) He said Tyler had his “foundation team” who were all pro-caliber cyclists and they were all there to work for him. They launched their attack at the starting gun and never let up.
You racing the VT Sun half? I’ll be there spectating and cheering an athlete I informally “coach”. This is where I met Lindsay 6 years ago and we’re getting married (in a month!!!) on the mountain (Breadloaf campus) above lake dunmore.
