Week 1 Results: NCC Zwift Fall Hill Climb/Time Trial, 10/4/22

By Michael Bello
Published 10/04/2022; Updated 10/04/2022

The NCC Zwift Fall Hill Climb/Time Trial Series commenced today.

The challenge for the day was Box Hill in London. This hill is 1.87 miles with an average gradient of 4% (446 feet of climbing).

We had twelve brave participants today. Several of us went out too fast, which is the fourth excuse for a non-PR from Zinj’s list of excuses.

Patrick did not need any excuses today and put up a winning time of 0:07:10!

Several riders had the exact same time on Strava. I broke the ties by consulting Zwift. Jonathan edged out Melissa by 0.2 seconds. Amazingly, Tim and Henry were also separated by 0.2 seconds, with Tim getting the win. New comer Tim C finished at 0:08:00.7, with Andy just behind at 0:08:01.2. Perhaps it was best that I finished 9th today so that I could record the Box Hill finish times though a screen grab!

Tim C, Peter, and Kenneth for joined us for their first NCC Zwift Hill Climb today.

Congrats to Henry, Tim C, Donna, and Peter on setting PRs on the climb.

Here are today’s results:

1. Ryan, Patrick; Time: 0:07:10; 15.7 mph; 12 points
2. O’Keeffe, Jonathan; Time: 0:07:44; 14.5 mph; 11 points
3. Warwick, Melissa; Time: 0:07:44; 14.5 mph; 10 points
4. Guo, Zinj; Time: 0:07:45; 14.5 mph; 9 points
5. Downey, Tim; Time: 0:07:56; 14.2 mph; 8 points
6. Wheaton, Henry; Time: 0:07:56*; 14.2 mph; 7 points
7. Cote, Tim; Time: 0:08:01*; 14 mph; 6 points
8. MacDonald, Andy; Time: 0:08:01; 14 mph; 5 points
9. Bello, Michael; Time: 0:09:09; 12.3 mph; 4 points
10. Wilson, Donna; Time: 0:09:43*; 11.6 mph; 3 points
11. Tur, Peter; Time: 0:12:07; 9.3 mph; 2 points
12. Peters, Kenneth; Time: 0:16:54*; 6.6 mph; 1 points

*Strava PR

Here are the series standings:

1. Ryan, Patrick; Event(s) 1; Points: 12
2. O’Keeffe, Jonathan; Event(s) 1; Points: 11
3. Warwick, Melissa; Event(s) 1; Points: 10
4. Guo, Zinj; Event(s) 1; Points: 9
5. Downey, Tim; Event(s) 1; Points: 8
6. Wheaton, Henry; Event(s) 1; Points: 7
7. Cote, Tim; Event(s) 1; Points: 6
8. MacDonald, Andy; Event(s) 1; Points: 5
9. Bello, Michael; Event(s) 1; Points: 4
10. Wilson, Donna; Event(s) 1; Points: 3
11. Tur, Peter; Event(s) 1; Points: 2
12. Peters, Kenneth; Event(s) 1; Points: 1

Next week, we will do a time trial on the 2019 UCI Worlds Harrogate Circuit.

Participants in the Hill Climb/TT series may ride any time during the day or participate in the group ride version at 6:00 PM. Please visit the NCC Zwift page for the series rules.

Here is the NCC Zwift schedule: