It's never good to postpone a race, and for the most part the CRANDIC TT has been lucky with the weather. This month, for only the second time in six years (not counting 2020), we traded rain & wind, lightning, and even a tornado for a beautiful sunny day by racing a day late.
It was a good call, but rescheduling and racing the evening before the 4th of July didn't exactly help attendance. Even still, 22 racers toed the line, and more than one set a PR in nearly windless conditions.

Storms threatened, but passed quickly. Light rain at the turnaround offered us rainbows to race by. Big congrats to Luke Arens on yet another course record (kick some butt in Spain, Luke!) And thanks to all who made it out to race on a beautiful evening.
Thanks, as always, to Larry Howe for making it possible. And thanks to Tara Coady for marshaling and some great shots from the turnaround.

A record 54 racers braved a breezy day in Solon to kick off the CRANDIC Time Trial Series' sixth season. But the wind wasn't enough to slow us down: Scott Wall (M60+) set a personal record to win with 23:00.35; while new-comer Sara Hektoen (W40+) finished at 25:13.35 to miss the women's course record by less than three seconds.
Race on!

Big thanks to Brita Rulon Loynachan, Tara Coady, and Nick Hoefer for marshalling and taking some great photos. Thanks too, to our tireless USA Cycling Officials Scott Kacena and Larry Howe, without whom our favorite time trial would not be possible.

Turnaround shots by Burne Sippy.

Despite a chance of thunderstorms, 36 racers turned up for the CRANDIC Time Trial on June 6. Continuing a run of good luck with the weather, we never had more than a sprinkle. And in contrast with last month, light winds made for a fast night.
Many racers put down fast times, including Timothy Doyle coming within seconds of the former course record. The stand out ride of the evening, though, was Luke Arens, home for the summer from Marion University. 
Luke used to threaten our course record as a junior back when he raced the CRANDIC Time Trial on his road bike. Now a Cat 1 racer with Above and Beyond Cancer p/b Bike World, Luke showed up last night "just for fun" with full aero bike and kit, and set himself a goal of 30mph average. He rode 20:11.59 to SMASH our course record by almost a minute and a half. Next month he's shooting for sub 20!

Thirty one racers toed the line May 2 for the first CRANDIC Time Trial of 2023.
It was a hardy effort, as several days of severe winds had just started to subside, leaving us with "only" 20 mph sustained winds and some truly crazy gusts.

With all that wind, some racers switched to road bikes. Others used their time trial bikes but with shallower road wheels. The rest went off on our regular TT setup.
Remarkably, no one ended up in the ditch.

Looking at the results it's hard to spot a trend as to what was fastest.
But it's safe to say that no one set a PR that night, unless maybe this was their first CRANDIC Time Trial.

Thanks, as always, to everyone who helps make the race possible:
​our Chief Official, Larry Howe, and USAC-official-in-training Scott Kacena;
start/finish marshals Brad Roark and Gary Henry; turnaround marshal and photographer Burne Sippy; and photographers Michelle Wall and Nick Hoefer.
We couldn't do it without you!