Well, Brad and I basically went out there to, as Rowdy Roddy Piper famously said in the classic film, "They Live"...
 
Oh, I can't type it here, you'll just have to watch the clip:
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peZuXrxGP3M
 
 
 
 
 
And we were also all out of bubble gum...  
 
I was on the XS, and Brad was on his Strada.  My two prior best times with the mini-faired SXP last year for the 7.6 mile loop had been 19 min 50 sec (23 mph) and 19 min 30 sec (23.4 mph).
 
Brad and I were the last two to roll, he starting one minute before me.  By the time we finished, we had both passed two other riders, and I could see Brad ahead of me over the last couple of miles.  
 
Our finishing times were "officially" 18 minutes (25.3 mph) for Brad, and  17 min 33 sec (26 mph) for me -- two whole minutes faster than my prior best   .  Nobody else was anywhere near under 20 minutes, to my knowledge.  
 
HOWEVER, there may have been a one minute error in timing totals -- Brad's personal timer said 19 minutes, and I have a hard time believing that I could have had a 3mph faster average, midracer or no midracer -- especially after only having ridden it for a whopping 30 minutes the night before!   Even so, if my time was 18:33, that's still a signficant decrease in time considering my newness to the "reclined" pedaling position.  It's also only about 15 seconds higher than the club course record...
 
Then, immediately after finishing, both my calves cramped up.... owwwwwwwwwwwwwww.....
 
Well done, Brad!!!  
 
Yeah, baby...  

18:59 for me, 18:33 for you per Brent at about 8:45pm.    He found the error.   My personal timer shows 18:58. (based on the time I started pedaling to the time I stopped)
 
Coincidently, course record is 18:14.  I think with more time on that bike, Paul, you could reset it.    I have some 2" aluminum laying around, lets just lengthen the frame.  
 
Tonight was my 375th mile anniversary of riding a recumbent.   Not bad, considering I have 804 in this month to date.    
 
Anyhow, Paul.   Rematch next month.   Next time you're the rabbit.            
 
 
But ya, the DF's didn't stand a chance tonight.

I can beat that record.  let me know when you guys next run.

Quote from Brad Bedell on Jul 24^th, 2008, 10:38pm:

 
You've already topped my best time from last year on the SXP, pal...  and that's me WITH mini-fairing and Aerotrunk!  

Here are all the totals - there weren't THAT many riders.  Looks like Brent calculated it for 7.5 miles, while in the past it's been considered 7.6... so the calculated mph are a bit lower than I said earlier.
 
Interesting, though, that an old man of 50 whupped up on all those 30-something whippersnappers...    Maybe it IS "about the bike"...
 
Name        Age     Time      MPH
DF
Brent Aston    38     20.57     20.62  
Carlos            31     21.24     20.19  
Adam Spears   33    21.38     19.97  
Jeremy           31     22.23     19.3  
Mark B.        Mechanical  
Recumbents
Paul Brown     50     18.33     23.29  
Brad Bedell     36     18.59     22.76  
 
temperature-hot-98 degrees  
Wind-     -SSE 13.6 mph

You had your chance!

OK, Brad and I are going to go back out there tonight, and see if either one of us can break the course record...   I'd put my money on Brad, since he's got a 40 pound advantage on me and is riding the VK2!!!

Please post the results!