By Michael Bello
Published 07/09/2020; Updated 05/29/2021

The NCC Zwift Summer Hill Climb/Time Trial began today.

Today’s challenge was Box Hill in London. Box Hill goes up 1.87 miles with a 4% average gradient.

In the group ride, we had five participants. We chatted on Discord throughout the ride.

Teddy broke the NCC record for Box Hill by 1 second.

Here are today’s results:

Place, Name, Time, Speed, Points
1. Blake, Teddy; Time: 6:05; 18.5 mph; 7 points*
2. O’Keefe, Jonathan; Time: 7:15; 15.5 mph; 6 points
3. Weinman, Kevin; Time: 7:26; 15.1 mph; 5 points
4. Bailey, Charlie; Time: 8:02; 14 mph; 4 points*
5. Bello, Michael; Time: 8:04; 13.9 mph; 3 points*
6. Warwick, Melissa; Time: 8:19; 13.5 mph; 2 points*
7. Wilson, Donna; Time: 11:59; 9.4 mph; 1 points

*Strava PR

Here are the series standings:

Place, Name, Events, Points
1. Blake, Teddy; Event(s) 1; Points: 7
2. O’Keefe, Jonathan; Event(s) 1; Points: 6
3. Weinman, Kevin; Event(s) 1; Points: 5
4. Bailey, Charlie; Event(s) 1; Points: 4
5. Bello, Michael; Event(s) 1; Points: 3
6. Warwick, Melissa; Event(s) 1; Points: 2
7. Wilson, Donna; Event(s) 1; Points: 1

Next week, we will do a Time Trial. Details will be posted in a few days.

Tuesday nights at 8 PM (regardless of the weather) and Saturday mornings at 9 AM (if the weather is bad) are the planned NCC Zwift group rides. I attempt to change the route up each time.