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Mon, 02 Jun 2008

NJ Individual Time Trial Championship
Congratulations to all who made the trek down to the NJ Pine Barrens for an "Olympic Distance" 40K Time Trial on Sunday, June 1, 2008. It was a hot and dusty day for the Race of Truth. The Skylands Masters we well represented in the field of over 300 cyclist.

Here are the results:
Men's 55+
11. Joe Skorupa 1:04:25 (23.2 MPH)
12. Gerry Ryerson 1:04:35 (23.1 MPH)
13. Frank Noll 1: 05:47 (22.7 MPH)

Men's 50+
17. Brian Gristick 1:02:01(24.0 MPH)
25 Jon Boub 1:07:07(22.2 MPH)

Men's 40+
10. Kevin Keane 1:01:22(24.3 MPH)

I think this is an excellent showing by our club at one of the largest races on the NJ Bike Racing calendar. In the NJ Garden State Cup (TT) points race we currently have Gerry at 10th and Joe in 11th in the 55+ group. There are still three TT's to go in the first half of August (Silvermine, Kingwood Delaware, and Flanders). It will be exciting to see who has the heart and legs to go the distance.

I would love to develop more of a TT interest group in Skylands, especially among the younger and newer riders. If you are new to racing, learning to TT well is important and satisfying skill that will serve you well no what your favorite cycling discipline is. If you have never done one and want to try your hand at one of the last couple of races let myself or Brian Gristick know and we will do what we can to "put you in the zone".

See you on the road soon. Kevin

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Race Up Sunrise Mountain
This past Saturday, May 30, 2008, turned out to be a very nice day for racing. It was however not a great day for hanging out at the top. Similar to a circus with the clown car, we amazed ourselves with how many people we could pack under a tent with food and beverage. And then once again the skies cleared moments after we finished handing out medals. I would like to thank all of the volunteers that helped make this day run so smoothly. Personally I have never been involved in running a race with so many people on hand to help. I am still not sure if we were even able to utilize all of our help. A special thanks goes to our Skylands members who came out to help, Kevin Kielty, Dan Mitchell, Bruce and Linda Kristiansen, Gerry Remsen (helped and jumped on his bike moments after the last race. Way to multi task Gerry!), Gary Worth, Kevin Keane and his amazing scoring set up and Buz Tomasino who also multi tasked by helping and racing. I would also like to thank all of Rob Rohel’s friends who helped out. Their participation was extremely helpful from registration help to follow cars.

Skylands Cyclists had a great day of racing. Jon Kameen who rode for Cervelo but is a Skylands member came in 2nd in the Cat 3/4 race with a time of 15:24. Rob Rohel was right behind Jon with a time of 15:31. In the Cat 5 race, Myles Billard was first to cross the line in 16:03 minutes. Alex Cable was close behind him with a time of 17:38. Eric Stacer followed with 19:03 on the clock. Our newest member, Brenda Collins rode her first race like a champion with a time of 19:35. Way to go, Brenda. Director of Recreational riding, Buz Tomasino finished the race in 22:02 minutes. And our webmaster, Bob Perlee get’s rider of the day for riding as a true friend. Kept Margie Rohel-Borner company on the course and finished with a time of 31:42. In our Open and Non-competitive race, Gerry Remsen assisted me with starting the race and a minute or so later he jumped on his bike and off he went chasing down the group. He finished 8th (out of 27) with a time of 25:50.

Great job everyone! I hope you had fun. See you on the road, Blake

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