Here is a bullet list, with photos, of some highlights of the event.
1) Cruzbike racers Jason Perez (24H), Kevin Gambill (12H), and (moi) Jim Parker (6H) each set the overall recumbent record in their events. Here are all the new and historical 6-12-24 Hour recumbent results:
2) Big thanks to crew John Rock, Gretchen Gambill, and Genevieve Hill who kept us in the race on what turned out to be a much hotter than expected day. Temperature on my Garmin were in the high 90s in the afternoon. That's Gretchen and John tending to Jason in the photo.
3) Jason Perez came in second only to Austrian phenom Christoph Strasser. Jason's 510 miles beat the indoor and outdoor track world record holder, Marko Baloh, of Slovenia. Jason was the only American to make the podium. A podium he shared with two of the world's best ultracyclists. In my opinion, this should be the cover story of competitive cycling publications. Isn't it great to see Jason up there?
Jason Perez (2nd place), Christoph Strasser (1st place), Marko Baloh (3rd place).
4) Kevin Gambill raced 248.4 miles fighting the desert heat and beat Jim Verheul's 2012 record by about 8 miles. He came in third among all the men in the race.
The high temperatures definitely cut his mileage down, but still a great result.
5) I wasn't expecting much competition in the 6-hour event, but Larry Lem and Sven Jorgensen came with their low-racers. Our race started at noon, and the first two laps went great. I was holding power at under 200W as planned, and was ahead of everyone. Then the heat hit and my muscles started cramping. I had to drop my power to about 110W. Finally, it cooled off a bit near the end and my power came back enough to hold off the recumbent competitors.
That's me chatting with Larry Lem on his lowracer before the start.
and this is Sven Jorgensen on his lowracer.
Hey, what's that on my rear wheel? These CNC'd parts showed up at my house literally the day before I flew out to the race. I've heard it's always good to test new equipment in a race. These bolt-on brackets dropped my backrest angle about 4-5 degrees (to about 18 degrees) and head tube angle to just under 70 degrees. The bike handled great and probably was faster for a tall guy like me. Official Cd*A testing to come later.
These are my Ninja V-18 adapters about to be installed the night before the race.
And the best part is talking about the race when the dust has settled.
Kevin, Jason, and I found some cool grass to relax in.
1) Cruzbike racers Jason Perez (24H), Kevin Gambill (12H), and (moi) Jim Parker (6H) each set the overall recumbent record in their events. Here are all the new and historical 6-12-24 Hour recumbent results:
2) Big thanks to crew John Rock, Gretchen Gambill, and Genevieve Hill who kept us in the race on what turned out to be a much hotter than expected day. Temperature on my Garmin were in the high 90s in the afternoon. That's Gretchen and John tending to Jason in the photo.
3) Jason Perez came in second only to Austrian phenom Christoph Strasser. Jason's 510 miles beat the indoor and outdoor track world record holder, Marko Baloh, of Slovenia. Jason was the only American to make the podium. A podium he shared with two of the world's best ultracyclists. In my opinion, this should be the cover story of competitive cycling publications. Isn't it great to see Jason up there?
Jason Perez (2nd place), Christoph Strasser (1st place), Marko Baloh (3rd place).
4) Kevin Gambill raced 248.4 miles fighting the desert heat and beat Jim Verheul's 2012 record by about 8 miles. He came in third among all the men in the race.
The high temperatures definitely cut his mileage down, but still a great result.
5) I wasn't expecting much competition in the 6-hour event, but Larry Lem and Sven Jorgensen came with their low-racers. Our race started at noon, and the first two laps went great. I was holding power at under 200W as planned, and was ahead of everyone. Then the heat hit and my muscles started cramping. I had to drop my power to about 110W. Finally, it cooled off a bit near the end and my power came back enough to hold off the recumbent competitors.
That's me chatting with Larry Lem on his lowracer before the start.
and this is Sven Jorgensen on his lowracer.
Hey, what's that on my rear wheel? These CNC'd parts showed up at my house literally the day before I flew out to the race. I've heard it's always good to test new equipment in a race. These bolt-on brackets dropped my backrest angle about 4-5 degrees (to about 18 degrees) and head tube angle to just under 70 degrees. The bike handled great and probably was faster for a tall guy like me. Official Cd*A testing to come later.
These are my Ninja V-18 adapters about to be installed the night before the race.
And the best part is talking about the race when the dust has settled.
Kevin, Jason, and I found some cool grass to relax in.
Is there a place where one could compare Jason and Markos power data?
