Week 7 Results: NCC Zwift Fall Hill Climb/Time Trial, 11/15/22

By Michael Bello
Published 11/15/2022; Updated 11/15/2022

For the seventh week of the NCC Zwift Fall Hill Climb/Time Trial Series, we visited London.

This week, our challenge was the Leith Hill. This 1.2 mile hill averages a gradient of 7% and includes 440 feet of climbing.

Since I’m still sick, I joined the Discord conversation at the beginning of the group ride to wish everyone luck. Melissa offered two excuses for her upcoming performance: 1. She crashed at NohoCX; and 2. She had been chopping wood all day. That may be a record for excuses in a 30 second period.

Carson rode about an hour before the group and put up his “best ever indoor 5.” Too bad he needed an extra 12 seconds to win today’s event.

In the group ride, we had six riders finish within four seconds of each other. Henry Weis (Henry I), edged Henry vdB (Henry II) by 0.5 seconds to take 2nd. Zinj finished 0.1 seconds ahead of Dusty for 4th, while Melissa finished 0.2 seconds behind Dusty for 6th place. Henry Wheaton (Henry III) finished 0.5 seconds behind Melissa, which conveniently allowed the Henries to finish in the order of their numerical designation.

Congrats to Carson, Henry vdB, and Steve for earning PRs on the climb.

Here are today’s results:

1. Poe, Carson; Time: 0:05:12*; 14 mph; 10 points
2. Weis, Henry; Time: 0:06:12; 11.7 mph; 9 points
3. van den Broek, Henry; Time: 0:06:12*; 11.7 mph; 8 points
4. Guo, Zinj; Time: 0:06:13; 11.7 mph; 7 points
5. King, Dusty; Time: 0:06:13; 11.7 mph; 6 points
6. Warwick, Melissa; Time: 0:06:16; 11.6 mph; 5 points
7. Wheaton, Henry; Time: 0:06:16; 11.6 mph; 4 points
8. O’Keeffe, Jonathan; Time: 0:06:29; 11.2 mph; 3 points
9. MacDonald, Andy; Time: 0:07:02; 10.4 mph; 2 points
10. Wysk, Steve; Time: 0:08:02*; 8.7 mph; 1 points

*Strava PR

Here are the series standings:

1. Guo, Zinj; Event(s) 7; Points: 54
2. O’Keeffe, Jonathan; Event(s) 7; Points: 49
3. Warwick, Melissa; Event(s) 7; Points: 41
4. Wheaton, Henry; Event(s) 6; Points: 31
5. Ryan, Patrick; Event(s) 4; Points: 29
6. Cote, Tim; Event(s) 6; Points: 26
7. Weinman, Kevin; Event(s) 3; Points: 22
7. MacDonald, Andy; Event(s) 6; Points: 22
9. van den Broek, Henry; Event(s) 3; Points: 19
10. King, Dusty; Event(s) 2; Points: 17
11. Weis, Henry; Event(s) 2; Points: 13
11. Downey, Tim; Event(s) 2; Points: 13
13. Poe, Carson; Event(s) 1; Points: 10
13. Bello, Michael; Event(s) 5; Points: 10
15. Wysk, Steve; Event(s) 3; Points: 3
15. Wilson, Donna; Event(s) 1; Points: 3
17. Tur, Peter; Event(s) 1; Points: 2
18. Peters, Kenneth; Event(s) 1; Points: 1

Next week, we will do a time trial on the Richmond UCI Worlds course from 2015.

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.

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