The day turned out the be wonderful for the great group of racers that took the chance. The rain clouds went away and the sky got blue. There were a lot of good times today and some very close times. The fastest Junior woman, Laura (15) did the 15 K in 35:09.46. The fastest woman was Jeanine Seeger (30-39) with a 22:19.13 followed by Amy Good (30-39) with a 22:34.63 then rounding off the top three fastest women Kathy Petrillo (50-59) with a 22:44.48. For the men it was Ashton Hulsher with a 21:22.59 followed by Roman Paczka (50-59) of Sarasota with a 21:31.43 then Tom Redpath (40-49) with a 21:42.79. John Wells won the (65-69) with a 22:07.67, Darryl Troy won the (70-74) with a 24:44.88 and Bob Herbert won the 75+ with a 28:00.90. On the women's side, First timer, Tiffany Evans won the women's (19-29) with a 25:14.61, Debra Slifkin won the (40-49) with a 27:38.10. I want to thank our volunteers Wilson Williams for handling the turnaround and the ice water, Alan Chernin for doing the holding and my wife Joan.
Hope to see you at the next time trial on Sunday, May 12th.
Mike

Another great group of racers showed up February 24 for the first time trial of the season. Out of the 40 racers ages 10 to 75+ Greg Cousins had the fastest time for the men with a 20:21.60 with Adam Furlong a close second with a 20:56.50. For the women Jeannie Seeger had the fastest time with a 22:41.98 with Sheila cousins just a mere 11 seconds behind her with a 22:53.44. Out of the six juniors, The fastest junior was 14-year-old, John Paul Gilbert with a 21:54.19 for the full 15 K course. On the 8K course it was 11-year-old Julin Guarniere with a time of 19:37.25 for the junior men and it was a 15-year-old Laura Gust with a time of 20:49.89 for the junior women.  
Second time trial of the season, on April 7, fastest man of the day was Rudy Robaina with a 21:51.94 and Scott Wu, 29 seconds back, with a 22:20.65. Jeannie Seeger had the fastest time for the women with a 22:32.72 with Kathy Petrillo a mere 2 seconds back with a 22:34.75.
The fastest junior on the 8K course was 10-year-old Casey Wiley with the 19:59.44 with 10-year-old Conor Cane second with a 22:18.53.
I want to thank our volunteers, because without them we couldn't do this: Wilson for setting up the turnaround, checking the course and bring in the ice water. Alan  for being the holder. Alex for setting up the 8K junior turnaround. Gloria for helping out with the timing. And my lovely wife Joan for all her help and support. The next time trial will be April 21.

The September TT had 29 riders and great conditions and fast times. 14 year old John Paul Gilbert had a great time of 22:17.31. The fastest Man of the day was Blain Reeves. He rode 2 minutes faster than the nearest competitor with a 19:27.28. On the women side Jeanine Seeger beat Kathy Petrillo by 35 seconds with the fastest womans time of 22:18.64
The 2012 Time Trial Series is coming to a close with the last TT on October 21.
A lot of riders have already qualified and some still need to complete the October 21 TT to get there last qualifying ride in.  See  you Sunday October 21.

 
The August TT had 37 riders. We had 2 Juniors this month, a brother and sister riding for the 1st time. Luis Restepo (57) had the fastest time for the Men with a 22:02.02. Only seconds faster than Kevin Abbate, Nate Adler and Hernan Ramirez. In the Women Kathy Petruille edged out Jeanine Seeger by 2 seconds with a 23:30.54 for the fastest Woman time. The Men 40-49 is a hotly contested group with just seconds separating the top 5 riders with Kevin Abbate coming in 1st with a 22:22.09.
Mike Purdy

The July 8th Time Trial saw thirty two riders hit the line starting on 1 minute intervals for the 15k Race of Truth. There were 11 women, 18 men and 3 juniors. Grant Potter, a National Champion, from Parkland, had the fastest time for the men covering the 15k in 19 minutes 43 seconds and 82/100th. His son, Ben Potter, who will be 10 this year, had a time of 35:24.94. On the women side Jeanine Seeger from Greenacres, covering the distance in 22 minutes 30 seconds and 14/100th for the Fastest Woman's time. John Paul Gilbert from Ft Lauderdale, had the fastest time for the Juniors with a 23 minute 11 seconds and 19/100th. 
There were three hotly contested age groups; Men 40-49 with 4 riders within 25 seconds of each other; Men 50-59 with 4 riders within 60 seconds of each other and Women 50-59 with 4  women with 55 seconds of each other. In the Men 19-29 there were 2 brothers Edward and Fred Matute of Ft Lauderdale racing against each other with Fred out riding his brother by 3 minutes.
The winners of the various age groups: Juniors - John Paul Gilbert 23:11.19, Men 19-29 - Fred Matute 20:38.53, Men 30-39 -  Rodolfo Bermejo 23:08.40, Men 40-49 - Grant Potter 19:43.82, Men50-59 - John Stone 21:37.98, Men 60-65 - Carlos Calero 24:18.37, Men 70+ - Darryl Troy 24:23.94,Women 30-39 - Jeanine Seeger 22:30.14, Women 40-49 - Giselle Scutari 26:36.98, Women 50-59 - Kathy Petrillo 23:43.52.