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Message started by Bud_Bent on Aug 30^th, 2015, 11:17am

Title: 2015 HHH
Post by Bud_Bent on Aug 30^th, 2015, 11:17am

I had a good ride at HHH. My timing chip time was 5:14. I posted more on my blog (http://uneasy-rider.com/2015/08/29/2015-hotter-n-hell-hundred/).

By yesterday afternoon, Cadence Sports had already posted results. You can find them here (https://runsignup.com/Race/Results/24608/IndividualResult/2015). Here's mine.

http://i.imgur.com/TODiFGV.jpg

Title: Re: 2015 HHH
Post by Action Lad on Aug 30^th, 2015, 11:29am

Phenominal job!
Congratulations. [smiley=cheers.gif]

Title: Re: 2015 HHH
Post by Ldoc1234 on Aug 30^th, 2015, 7:13pm

I finished my first 100 mile century on my trike! Way, way slower than the time above due to extensive cramping during the last 40 miles but at least finished. Had not done more than 55 miles at a session in the last 3 months so was happy to finish

Title: Re: 2015 HHH
Post by diannalightning on Aug 30^th, 2015, 9:28pm

I only did the 50 mile but really enjoyed the cooler temps this year. It was great seeing everyone at the start and Ldoc1234 I know I couldn't do 100 miles on my trike so "good on-ya".

Title: Re: 2015 HHH
Post by reever on Aug 30^th, 2015, 9:31pm

I'm going to have to put an asterisk by my HHH time due to a dust-up with this guy in a Lincoln SUV who was running interference for the cat 1 riders. They passed me and he pulled up to me and told me I couldn't draft off of them. I shot him the bird and continued on. We went up a slight incline and I dropped off, but then came a downhill and I came back on them with a vengeance. I was going to pass them on the shoulder, but this guy put on his turn signal and started pulling over to block me!!!! So I went to his left....the guy puts on his left signal and moves me over into oncoming traffic!!!!! I had a few choice words with the driver and as I'm passing the group in the oncoming traffic lane a motorcycle guy comes up and tells me I can't interact with them. I yelled to him that I was PASSING THEM, and asked if there were a law against passing cat 1 riders. He told me if I interacted with them I would be arrested. This all happened right when I was supposed to turn right on Cottonwood, I think. Anyway, I looked at my route and compared it to the route I was supposed to take and then measured the two on Google Earth and I was short 1.02 miles. I got on the right route as soon as I could. What's a guy to do when he's up against a four ton vehicle, the cat 1 organization and their protectors, and the force of the law??? But, this is a PR for me.

http://i803.photobucket.com/albums/yy317/reeversethinking/HHH2015_zpsahhlvan2.png (http://s803.photobucket.com/user/reeversethinking/media/HHH2015_zpsahhlvan2.png.html)

Title: Re: 2015 HHH
Post by Patti on Aug 31^st, 2015, 12:23am

I had a fun time again this year. I did the metric century (my first) on my trike. I set no speed record but I'm pretty happy.

Title: Re: 2015 HHH
Post by reever on Aug 31^st, 2015, 7:58pm

I just read Bud's blog entry on the HHH. Wow, Bud, you really took everything in! My recollections of the ride were.....a few cool spots early...got a few good drafts.....stopped once at 53 miles to fill bottles....rode with a recumbent guy from Lafayette, LA who was a RAAM qualifier....cat 1 idiots.....finish. I did think my time was a little low as well, Bud. But I was flying blind, as I was relying on my phone's mapmyride app to tell me my distance, average speed, and time. I guess somewhere in the 80's or 90's my music started messing up--playing ten seconds of one song then switching to the next, then switching back to the previous one. And then it just froze up. I couldn't even unlock the stupid thing. I thought I'd be under five hours, but not 19 minutes under. That was a big surprise. It was a 25 minute improvement for me--due to a large part to my new Encore. Like I already said, my time needs to have anywhere from three to five minutes added on to it due to the cat 1 guys making me miss that turn near the end.

Title: Re: 2015 HHH
Post by Bud_Bent on Aug 31^st, 2015, 10:13pm

reever wrote:

I did think my time was a little low as well, Bud.

Yes, there seems to be a bug in the timing software. When they let the tandems and recumbents leave before 7:00 am, the timing doesn't seem to start until 7:00 am, so our time ends up lower than it should be. The last time they had to fight off recumbents to keep them away from the racers, they started us later the next year, so that may not be a problem next year.

It sounds like they also need to add more timing checkpoints, if you were still able to get an official time after shortcutting the course. It sounds like you might have still made it under 5 hours, even without the free time and shortcut. Congrats on a very strong ride. If they still start us as early next year, perhaps you should delay going under the arch and starting your time for a few minutes, to make sure you don't catch the racers. They've always been very serious about keeping everyone away from them. Ask either John Schlitter or Kent Polk about that.

Monkeywrangler22 wrote:

PR on HHH for me! 100.66mi in 5hr 56min.

Congrats, Vicky! HHH organizers consider anyone who finishes under six hours to be in the Screamer division, so that's an accomplishment. Truly fast racer types can finish a lot faster than that, but for riders like you and I, that will always be a great benchmark to shoot for, I think.

Title: Re: 2015 HHH
Post by jdorlon on Sep 1^st, 2015, 2:46pm

PR for me too! 4:49 (moving) and 15 minutes stopped over 100 miles, with an average speed 20.8 according to my Garmin.

I caught some good drafts, but spent some time riding alone too. I started with the recumbents, and drafted off some tandems for the first 10 miles or so. Then they slowed down so I passed and went on my own. I caught up with Dan Hansen in his velomobile around mile 25 or so and we passed each other and chatted a few times. Then when the first group of DFs caught me (around mile 31), I hung on with them for about 9 miles, going 25-30 mph. That was great fun! But then I started getting cramp twinges in my right calf and had to back off. So I took a drink of Pickle Juice (great stuff!), pedaled a little slower for the next 10 minutes, and then started drafting off the next group that caught up to me, which was not quite as fast but easier to ride with. I broke off with them for a pee break, and after that just rode with smaller groups when I could.

I had a little bit of an experience with the racers, nothing like Reever's. Near the finish, a car passed me and mentioned that racers were coming. "So?" I thought. I was stopping anyway at a rest stop. I left the rest stop right as they passed and I did notice a lot of cars around them. Too many, I thought - why aren't they passing? Then the turn came where they went left (or straight) and the 100 milers went right, and that was the end of that.

Title: Re: 2015 HHH
Post by Monkeywrangler22 on Sep 1^st, 2015, 5:37pm

reever wrote:

Reever, I'd file a complaint with the HHH organization and the CAT1 racing group. I'd post your write up all over social media too, and demand an apology for the aggressive driver and moto unit. Their behavior is unacceptable.

Title: Re: 2015 HHH
Post by MrWizard on Sep 1^st, 2015, 5:40pm

Agreed .. I'd like to know what you'd be "arrested" for .. that should be priceless . Any chance you got the plate #?

Monkeywrangler22 wrote:

Title: Re: 2015 HHH
Post by Monkeywrangler22 on Sep 3^rd, 2015, 5:07am

Hey Reever, this the the basic info you might need to register your concerns for rider safety. It comes from the very end of my survey they emailed me.

Thank you for completing our survey! Your opinion and thoughts are very important to us. If you have further concerns, please do not hesitate to email us at info@wichitafalls.org

That's a city email address it appears, rather than hh100.org but you might start there...survey did state that HH100 is on facebook and twitter...

Here's contact info for the HH100 director guy. CONTACT US
Ben J. Filer 'Chip'
Executive Director
P.O. Box 2096
Wichita Falls, TX, 76307
Email: execdir@hh100.org
Phone: (940) 322-3223

Title: Re: 2015 HHH
Post by reever on Sep 8^th, 2015, 5:25pm

Hey, thank you all for your response to my HHH ride report. I was out of pocket for a week up in Ohio and had no tv or computer...just doing sheet rocking and painting for my daughter. I've decided I will write Chip Flier a note once I have calmed down for a bit. He works so hard to put on that whole thing, and does such an excellent job! I will let him bask in the glow of a successful event before I poop on it.

Title: Re: 2015 HHH
Post by aikigreg on Sep 8^th, 2015, 7:42pm

You just gotta pick your battles, dude.

Title: Re: 2015 HHH
Post by Bud_Bent on Sep 8^th, 2015, 9:34pm

aikigreg wrote:

You just gotta pick your battles, dude.

Yep, as I pointed out before, the long list of recumbent riders who've complained about it includes John Schlitter and Kent Polk. The only thing that came out of any complaints was starting the recumbents and everyone else later. They aren't going to let anyone closer to the racers, no matter what anyone in this forum may tell them.

Title: Re: 2015 HHH
Post by reever on Sep 8^th, 2015, 10:18pm

Hey, my only complaint is with the not a very nice person driving the tan Lincoln SUV that was running interference for the CAT! guys. He is a NUT!!! Chip needs to know that he is trying to run folks off the road to protect his buddies. He needs to just warn and let the chips fall where the land. A 6000 pound vehicle is a very dangerous ballet partner for a bike.

Title: Re: 2015 HHH
Post by aikigreg on Sep 9^th, 2015, 6:45pm

Now that I certainly agree with.