Personal Best Times Two

For the record, my Garmin GPS has consistently show the current Black Dog Distance to be exactly 6.78miles.

Jordan and I both recorded our fastest times ever at Black Dog. I did a 14:48 - 30 seconds faster than 2 weeks ago - 3 seconds faster than my previous best. Jordan nearly broke 18 minutes - 18:04 - 32 seconds faster than 2 weeks ago - 10 seconds faster than his previous best.

Most of the times were fast, certainly faster than 2 weeks ago:
Timmer - 14:16
Casper - 14:23
Curt Wood - 14:38
Shishilla - 14:38 (personal best)
Abery - 14:47
Jimmer - 14:48

Hollywood even busted out his best time this year, 15:25, on a one-off deep dish HED3C. Cool wheel. A frustrated Waataja matched his personal best of 15:09. Don't give up dude, you've still go one more chance.

As for the friendly rivalry, Jordan and Lunatic Biker had a great night, and Kristy Kreme struggled a bit, coming off a cold:
Jordan - 18:04
Lunatic Biker - 18:40 (personal best)
Kristy Kreme - 19:26

Another hotly contested battle surfaced too. I gave Jake some pointers on our Prescott Loop on Monday. I suggested that he push bigger gears. I also lowered his handlebars over an inch. What a difference. He improved his time by an amazing 2 minutes! In fact, so much improvement, he nearly beat his dad, Steve:

Steve - 20:26
Jake - 20:28

Word is that Steve plans to lower his own handlebars for the final Black Dog. Good luck Steve.

Below is what I would describe as an ideal HR profile for me at Black Dog, steadily increasing throughout the effort. Ave HR = 173. Max HR = 186. Ave Spd = 27.5mph.


Jordan "poses", ready to rock the dog:


Maren and Carla were at the Dog as well, spectating. Maren recently got a Pink Electra Townie 3 (pictured below). She plans to race it at the final Black Dog. How cool is that?



After the Dog, we hung out for a while, and then a bunch of us hit Baker's Square near Hollywood's Shop. Timmer, Hollywood, Kristy, Jimmer, Jordan, Casper, and Sone. Good times. Jordan is never going to forget the summer of 2007.