I am leading a mid-level riding riding to the GCC Time Trials Saturday from the NW Chevron The trials are staggered so those of us who would like to participate will start among the first so that everyone finishes around the same time. There is the "Anything Goes" category & no obligation to have times recorded. It's a fun way just to see how fast we can ride!

Route: Chevron>Hague past the Dairy cows>Right on 156th St>121 north to LaCrosse> East on CR-235 (right turn at fire station). Continue into Brooker>Right on 18, towards starke/Graham>Right at Dedan Cemetary Rd. Group ride back together.

This weekend is the SEVENTH installment of the 2011 Gainesville TT Challenge Series. We will meet at DeSoto Park in Hague at 8:00AM** on Saturday the 10th of September.
No Registration Fees. No Race Numbers. No Pay-Outs. Just you, the bike, and the clock*

The Gainesville 2011 TT Challenge Series
Weather permitting, the next installment in the 2011 TT Challenge Series will be held on Saturday, September 10th at 8AM (if the weather is hellish we will hold it on Sunday the 11th). We will meet at DeSoto Park in Hague, and roll out to the TT course as a group. But don't worry if you can't make it, we've decided to extend the series to one more date (October 1st) with awards and celebrations to be given out one week before the Florida State Time Trial Championship (October 8th, Olustee, FL). A map of DeSoto Park is available at: http://www.gccfla.org/ridelocdesoto.html

About the 2011 Gainesville TT Challenge
The TT Challenge is a 9.3 mile out and back time trial. It is open to anyone that rides a bicycle. During the series, an Individual Time Trial will be held once a month until the end of the series in October. We will record your times and at the end of each event the results will be published. At the end of the series we will announce the results of the best times, best averages, and course record. The overall winner in each category will be given a handy certificate signifying that they got an official "Atta Boy (or Girl!)", nothing else.

There will be three categories for the challenge:
Aero -- This can be a road bike with clip-on aerobars, or a TT bike, aero helmet, and skin suit.
Merckx -- Road bike only, no clip-on's, no aero helmets, no skinsuits, no wheels deeper than 30mm (I WILL have a ruler with me, maybe)
Anything Goes -- This is for anything that is pedal driven. Trikes, recumbents, what-have you. If you can pedal it, you can enter it. Several groups of people have asked about a Team Time Trial division, so this is it -- four riders maximum, time ends on the third rider to cross the finish line.

There will also be an optional fourth category, "I want to ride a time trial, but I don't want anyone to know my official time". We will not record your time if you're in this category.
The course can be viewed here: http://www.mapmyride.com/route/us/fl/gainesville/908126747151371702

2011 Series Leaders
Merckx -- David Gibson, 21:27 (Course Record for this category!)
Aero -- Derek Schanze, 19:49 (Course Record for this category!)
Anything Goes -- Jim Wright and Ty Mader, 19:37 (Course Record for all categories!)

** - Please note, you can meet us in Brooker if you like, but it is your responsibility to be at the starting line when we're assigning start order. If you show up to the start line AFTER people have started, you will not be allowed to compete -- the volunteers helping to run the TT this weekend have made it very clear that they have other plans immediately after the event, so do them a favor and please be on time.

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