Wednesday: evening runs

Jan-Marcel was the first rider in the second heat tonight. The weather forecast was reasonable, but with a lot of wind. When we arrived at the start, the wind was very strong. But as the start time approached, the wind dropped. Todd had decided not to run tonight.

We had 3 riders in the first heat, 4 in the second and 4 in the last heat.

Jan-Marcel did 75,31 mph during his run with a legal wind.

We are going to skip the thursday morning run, so we can sleep a bit longer. We will go to the tour of the Newmont Mining Company from 10.00 to 12.00.

Wednesday: time for lunch

As our room is being finished by house keeping (they are doing a really great job!), we are having lunch in the breakfast area. Jun is posting messages again, always up to date.

When we came back from the track yesterday, we could not resist peeking into Mr. Larrington's wheels.

Wednesday morning: no runs

All runs were cancelled due to rain. We'll have a riders meeting at 11.00 in the civic center.

Tuesday evening: no runs

The weather wasn't looking so good at the start. Rain and some lightning in the distance, and a lot of wind. All runs were cancelled. Another try tomorrow morning.

Show and Shine

On Tuesday afternoon school kids come and have a look at the bikes and ask for autographs.

Tuesday, day 2: Qualifications and a 5 mile run

This morning the weather appeared a lot better than yesterday. All runs were cancelled yesterday, because of strong winds and a bit of rain. This morning everything appeared a lot better. We got up at 5.50 and got everything ready. At 6.15 it was clear that the morning runs were held as planned. We headed out to the 305.

Jan-Marcel was the first rider in the first heat. He came through the timing traps with a speed of 57.66 mph. The chain did come off again during the run. This time on the left side. We immediately got it fixed after the run. Fortunately tools were available to us. Some we brought ourselves, some were borrowed from others, like the files and a big plier. Now the chain is a bit tighter.

Then we went to the start of the 5 mile run. Jan-Marcel was in the second and last run, together with Liz. We could use the warm-up bike from Liverpool, really appreciate that guys!

The 5 mile run went fine, he had a speed of 76.02 mph. Running twice in the morning is a bit tiring, especially since we're a bit short on sleep. Todd did 81 mph this morning, Ellen has a new female trike record.

Jan-Marcel is on the list for the third run this evening. Not for tomorrow morning, a bit more sleep would be nice.

Team selfie