Posts Tagged cycling
The Piece of Cake Is Back
Posted by Site Admin in Club Events on June 29th, 2010
The inaugral 2010 Piece of Cake time trial took place tonight, following the re-surfacing of the far leg of the track. And very smooth it was too. We appear, congratulations Simon, to have a new COURSE RECORD. Are the previous record holders going to take this lying down?
Left Leg Right Leg 2
Simon 4-03 4-03 Nice consistancy and a New Course Record
Ben 6-16* 4-42* "I got lost" says Britain's 35th fastest Brompton Nocturne Athlete
Carolyn 5-36 5-42 A cautious start from a POC first-time. Plenty of season left.
Jen 5-09 5-14 Failing on the opening event of the season to threaten her own class record
Andy S 4-52 4-59 Not disqualified this event for any imaginary faults.
Steve F 4-31 4-38 Steve beats his own best time for last year. One to watch
Will 4-24 4-31* A dissapointing lack of "novelty bike" input from BRC's bike magpie
*Note: These two did the course without helmets which is not big or clever and will definatelty get their 20 second penatly next time.
Course Records
“Piece of Cake” – final run of the season
Posted by ben in Everything Else on September 9th, 2009
Congrats all who took part of the final POC of the season. If you dont know know Piece of Cake is then click the tag at the bottom of this post!
A clean run through this time, in fading light. And no records broken, but some PBs I believe.
And the results are as follows.
| Left Leg | Right Leg | |
| Allan | 4.10 | 4.14 |
| Ben | 4.22 | 4.19 |
| Will | 4.07 | 4.52 |
| Ken | 4.24 | 4.53 |
| Simon | 4.14 | 4.19 |
| Mel | 4.53 | 4.48 |
| Stu | 4.49 | 4.52 |
| Nicky | 5.00 | 5.01 |
| Colin | 5.02 | 5.08 |
| Jen | 5.11 | 5.14 |
Piece of cake # 3 – This time it’s serious
Posted by ben in Club Events, Everything Else on August 11th, 2009
| Name | Left Leg | Right Leg |
| Will | 4.35 | 4.09 |
| Ben | 4.14 | 4.15 |
| Simon | 4.24 | 4.24 |
| Andy | 4.34 | 4.37 |
| Mel | 4.41 | 4.45 |
| (note:uncomfortable run-in with learner driver) | ||
| Smalls | 4.45 | 4.36 |
| (note:Smalls failed to be disqualified this event. However we continue to scour the rulebook for infractions) | ||
| Jen | 4.56 | 5.01 |
| (a 2nd time that’s Jen has qualified for the Levi’s award) | ||
| Nicky | 5.04 | 5.00 |
| Colin | 5.05 | 5.06 |
| Gail | 5.42 | 5.32 |
| (note: not only was Gail the best improver, but by common consent it was believed she had the heaviest bicycle) | ||
Velodrome: Lap times
Posted by ben in Club Events on August 10th, 2009
Will writes….The results to the inaugural Herne Hill Velodrome time trial are as follows:
Ameet Patel 47.6
Andy Hinds 43.9
Ben Calascione 49.2
Chris Lydon 43.8
Colin Logier 45.4
Jen Hamley 49.9
Ken Baksh 43.9
Krishan Patel 47.8
Mel Burdett 51.3
Nicky Howard 46.7
Nolan Wilkens 39.1
Steve Smythe 44.3
Will Withecombe 41.5
More importantly, the photos can be found here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/28025056@N06/sets/72157621874528521/
Congratulations to Colin, for managing to pose for two photos from two different laps, with the exact same expression! Such concentration!
More details to follow soon for Herne Hill 2!
“Piece of Cake” – Trial # 2 World Record Smashed
Posted by ben in Club Events, Everything Else on July 19th, 2009
16th July 1009 – The Cream of South London Sprint Cyclists gather for the Legendary Beckenham Running Club “Piece of Cake” 1.5 Mile Sprint Classic.
In perfect conditions Nolan recovered from persistant cycle clip fumbling (and no matter how many times you explain it Nolan, those clips don’t look particularly tricky to me) to shave 11 seconds off the previous world record, held by Disloyal Webmaster since, umm, 2009. In addition the “middle field” was nail-bitingly close.
Full Rules and Details here http://www.beckenhamrunning.co.uk/tag/piece-of-cake. Watch this space for next months event.
| Left Leg | Right Leg | ||
| Nolan | 4.05 | Nolan | 4.11 |
| Stu | 4.51 | Mel | 4.49 |
| Smalls | 4.52 | Smalls | 4.54 |
| Jen | 5.01* | Jen | 4.58** |
| Mel | 5.05 | Colin | 5.14 |
| Colin | 5.18 | Will | 5.17 |
| Will | 5.24 | Stu | Still out there |
Current Records
Jennifer also hold two additional awards and is therefore currently overall champion.
16th July 2009 – ‘Levi Award’ for not being “all the gear, no idea”
16th July 2009 – ‘Friendly Award’ for waving at local runners dum contendo
“Piece of Cake” – First Results up
Posted by ben in Everything Else on June 19th, 2009
Congratulations all who took part of the first 1.5 mile timed race round the environs of leafy Langley Park, now named ”Piece of Cake” due to its unique shape.
As I cannot find any other race quite like it, I hereby declare the following all world records, as all event records were broken this evening.
The race consists of 2 goes round a 1.5 mile course, fastest time to count.
- Fastest Male Senior – 4’16″ – Ben Calascione*
- Fastest Folder Category – 4’28″ Will Withecombe
- Fastest Male Vet – 4’37″ – Steve Ferarrarar
- Fastest Vet Lady – 5’06″ Jennifer Hamley
- Fastest Senior Lady – 5’10″ Melanie Burdett*
- Fastest Super Vet – 5’17″ Colin Logier
- Fastest Musical Cyclist** 4’44″ Andrew B Small -Entrant disqualified due to Reckless Abandonment of Riders Pump ( A category 3 offence under POCST Regulations 1953 )
* Note: In accordance with POCST Regulations, entrant ages are calcuated according to the Gregorian Calendar during the winter season.
** In accordance with POCST Regulations, a “musical” cyclist is any cyclist who can play a diminshed 7th chord on at least 3 intruments.
1.5 Mile Time Trial Cycle Sprint
Posted by ben in Everything Else on June 17th, 2009
Tomorrow we are testing out our first time trial ride – this is just a bit of fun, which involves cycling as fast as conditions safely permit around a 1.5 mile course. No right turns, no Give-Ways, and one stop sign, at the end.
And this is the route…. if you click in the little picture, you get a big one. Amazing.
Time Trail - 1.5m 2.49 km
