OBC Women's TT Series - 2015-Aug-25 (Invitational) - 15km (Rockliffe Pkwy) (EvtFactor= 0.9601)
Ottawa Weather (18:00): Mostly Cloudy. Temperature: 19°C, Humidity: 68%, Dew point: 13°C, Wind: SSW 12km/h, Pressure: 101.2kPa, Vis: 24km, Humidex: .
Ottawa Weather (19:00): Mostly Cloudy. Temperature: 19°C, Humidity: 73%, Dew point: 14°C, Wind: S 5km/h, Pressure: 101.2kPa, Vis: 24km, Humidex: .
Ottawa Weather (20:00): Mainly Clear. Temperature: 18°C, Humidity: 74%, Dew point: 13°C, Wind: SW 13km/h, Pressure: 101.2kPa, Vis: 24km, Humidex: .
Thanks to Mike MacKay for photographing the action at the start and finish (link and thumbnails to be provided when they are available), and thanks to the other volunteers who helped to run this event.
Tonight was the WTT Invitational - the last WTT time trial of the 2015 season. Men were allowed to ride as long as they had a female team mate. In all, we had 10 teams and 5 individual riders. Fastest of the night was the "XXXCM" team of Kory MacDonald and Lisa Meyer in 22:42, followed by individual "All By Myself" rider Sophie Matte in 22:50 for second, and team "Half Wired, Half Dark" of Ben Basu and Kathy Morin with 23:29 - good for third place. Special congratulations go to Sandra Bender who won the most improved award for her progress in 2015 up until last week. She was also the only one of tonight's entrants (individual or team) to improve upon their previous database best! Way to go - a substantial 5.1% improvement in her cube speed with her new PB of 23:55 (37.631km/h)! If she picks out an OBC skinsuit for her prize, she'll be even faster next year!!! At the banquet, awards were given in each category for those who rode at least 4 WTT events, at lease 3 of which has to be 15km events. It was also really nice that Mike MacKay gave each woman a picture that he took of them in WTT events that he attended. Thanks so much Mike for doing this, and many thanks also to the regular volunteers - Don Wilson, Jim Glover, Nick Dery, Morley Dore and Anna Delaney who came out week after week to make this event happen. Thanks also to the shops and individuals that donated prizes - the Cyclery, Bushtukah, Greg Christie's Ski and Cycle Works, Full Cycle, Orleans Cycle, Rebec and Kroes, ...
These results were posted on the OBC site circa 00:05 on 2015-Aug-26 and are available here for your added pleasure and analysis.