Results for May 18 – 2 New Records

Despite the relatively low turnout due to a number of concurrent events, we have had 2 new records today. In fact, the two records were so much faster than the previous record times that I questioned the notes of our awesome timing crew (sorry, nothing personal!).

Local pro Kirk Carlsen obliterated the ancient record by Bernard van Ulden in the ITT Men’s category from 2005 (!) by 34 seconds (!!), and all that while smiling for his sponsor photo-shoot. Kelli King came a huge step closer to her goal of breaking the hour on her handcycle and beat her own record by precisely 3:30 minutes, down to the millisecond (Kelli is more precise than a Swiss stop-watch!). And finally, an honorable mention goes to Phillip Plath who missed his own leaderboard entry by 1 second on his low-racer recumbent.

The full list of results, sorted by category, can be found here, and by overall time here.

All is well – BTC registration for May and July has been reopened

We were able to work out our logistical issues and are happy to announce that the registration for the next 2 events on May 18 and July 20 has been reopened.
Register here for May 18 and here for July 20. As always, Saturday events are preregistration ONLY!

We are also happy to announce that instead of our cancelled Thursday evening events we will have an additional Saturday event in August, on August 17.

If you bought a Thursday season pass and don’t want a refund, you can opt to do a Saturday event at your choice instead. If you bought the Big Kahuna (Saturday and Thursday) season pass, you are automatically entered in our August 17 TT. Registration for everybody else will be set up as soon as I resurface from the black hole at work that seems to have sucked me in temporarily.

Beat the Clock at the Tour of California

Newsflash — Beat the Clock is branching out and will be providing starters/timers for the public time trial that will take place before the pros zoom through on stage 6 of the Tour of California.

At this point we seem to have enough BTC volunteers, but you can register to ride here: https://www.bikereg.com/Net/19062.

Below is some information from the organizers:

Registration for the Silicon Valley Time Trial Charity Challenge presented by Splunk, SunPower, and Suffolk Construction is now open.

The Time Trial charity ride will follow the same course as the professional ATOC cyclists, giving our 400 amateur riders an exclusive opportunity to ride the same 19.6 mile course that the professional riders will follow later in the day. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to compare your time to the pro racers.

To keep the entry fees low to encourage the widest participation, the entry fee is the same as last year’s King of the Mountain ride at $50 per Open Category rider. This includes breakfast, lunch, and your racing bib.

Here are the event details at this time, and once you register, I’ll be providing you with additional information regarding the parking location.

9:00-10:00 a.m. Parking, bib pickup and continental breakfast. Our parking, bib pickup and breakfast is located at the corner of Santa Teresa Blvd and Bailey Avenue in San Jose.

10:00-10:30 a.m. Cyclists “stage” in groups at the Start Line, which will be located near the IBM Santa Teresa Research Facility at 555 Bailey Road. The riders will line up under signs according to their bib numbers. We will place company teams together. The CEOs/public officials will be the first group to start the ride.

10:30 a.m. Start: all groups,except CEOs, will proceed in “waves” of approximately 25 riders.

11:00 a.m. All riders have started and are on the course.

12:30 p.m. All riders have finished the course. The ride will end at the Santa Clara County Motorcycle Park located at 300 Metcalf Road. After finishing the course, riders will proceed into the Motorcycle Park to the Picnic Area for their lunch. Awards will also be held there later shortly after the ride finishes. All riders must be off the road by 12:30 p.m. when the road will be closed to everyone due to the start of the professional Amgen Tour race.

12:45 p.m. The ATOC race begins at the start line, and the ATOC Time Trial will continue until all riders have reached the finish at the Motorcycle Park. Our amateur riders will have a perfect view of the entire ATOC Time Trial, and they are welcome to stay the entire time until the Time Trial finishes at approximately 3-4 p.m.

Thursdays Cancelled

Beat the Clockers,

We regret to inform you that we will have to cancel the 2 remaining Thursday evening fundraising training events. We will refund the season pass holders proportionately, of course. The last TT of the year will tentatively be moved from Thursday evening, August 15, to Saturday morning, August 17. We’ll keep you posted on further developments.

Thanks for your continued support!

The Beat the Clock Team

April 25 Results

After a little “excitement” yesterday we were able to sort out the results and are happy to report a few new leaderboard entries, as well as a smashing new record by Mark King in the Single-Speed Non-Aero category, who beat his own record by 2 1/2 minutes! Perennial record-setter Ted Huang beat yet another one of his multitude of leaderboard entries and replaced himself on the leaderboard in the Non-Aero Men category. Phillip Plath accomplished the same feat in the HPV/recumbent category and beat his own second place. As did the mixed team of Jennifer Zierke and Keith Hillier who beat their own leaderboard entry and came within 2 seconds of the Olympic couple of Ted Huang and Christine Thorburn. Last, but not least, an honorable mention goes to Keith Hillier, who came within a few seconds of the ancient records in the ITT men category.

The full results by category can be found here, and here sorted by overall.

And finally, many many thanks to all the volunteers, who did not only have to brave horrendous traffic jams to get to the start on time, but also had to think on their feet due to the different format and other interesting obstacles that the evening threw at us.

First Thursday Event – Thursday, April 25th

Folks, it’s time for some more information on our first ever Thursday evening TT, which will be held in show-and-go format. There will be no online or pre-registration (unless you bought a season pass, then you’re almost all set). Here is how it works:

  • Registration opens at 5:00pm
  • Non-VIPs will register, preferably with a waiver form already filled out LEGIBLY (esp. your name and team!!!), and $15 in exact change
    Registration will proceed smoothly if you come prepared, thank you.
  • Start times and numbers will be given out on a rolling basis, i.e. if you come early, you get to ride early.
  • Registration for non-VIPs closes at approx. 5:30pm or whenever we reach 60 riders due to limited availability of daylight. No exceptions! (Except VIPs who bought a season pass.)
  • The first rider goes off at 5:45pm, the last rider at 6:45pm, in 1 minute increments. We may or may not have a holder. Everything else will proceed with the usual BTC precision!
  • VIPs/season pass holders can skip the line, the waiver, and the payment, and go straight to VIP-number pick-up until 5:45pm. If you bought a season pass, you should also have received an email regarding your start time. If you have not received that email, please check your spam-filter. If you still can’t find the aforementioned email, please email us!
  • Results will be posted here on the web-site, as always, within 1-2 days.
  • If you are new to Beat the Clock, please peruse the FAQ, description of venue etc. on this site. If you still have questions, email us!

Thank you, and see you Thursday!

Beat the Clock Raffle Prizes

We are in the process of gathering sponsors for our raffle — here are some of the goodies you can win:

Click here for more information on the raffle and how to purchase tickets.