Except for one (okay, maybe 2) outlier(s), times for the "Race of Truth" tonight were unusually tight, only 2 minutes separated 2nd from 10th. We had a pretty respectable tailwind heading north to the McClellan Farm Road turnaround point (and one fairly slow moving tractor that all of us needed to get around). The headwind on the way back was as expected.

However, Chas Mathers did the TT at some other time today and, as he has in the past, blew the time standard deviation out the window. Frank S, just back from basking in Germany all summer, returned to clock a great time for second. Madeline and I traded attacks on the return trip and passed each other more times than I can accurately remember.

No PRs tonight. However, the men's TT leaderboard sees a three way tie between Frank, Jonathan and Andy (51 points) and will be decided in two weeks at the short TT. The women's leaderboard is pretty much wrapped up with Madeline amassing 43 points to Melissa's 34.

In the Overall men's race, Andy has a decent lock on first with 139 points with Jonathan a distant 124. In the women's race, Madeline also is sitting pretty with 97 points to Melissa's 90.

Here are today's results:

1. Charles Mathers; Time: 30:03; 25.16 mph; 11 points

2. Frank Sleegers; Time: 33:10; 22.79 mph; 10 points

3. Andy MacDonald; Time: 33:22; 22.66 mph; 9 points

4. Shawn Lakota; Time: 33:59; 22.25 mph; 8 points

5. Jonathan O'Keeffe; Time: 34:05; 22.18 mph; 7 points

6. Madeline Nagy; Time: 34:43; 21.78 mph; 6 points

7. Richard McWalter; Time: 34:45; 21.76 mph; 5 points

8. Melissa Warwick; Time: 34:57; 21.63 mph; 4 points

9. Joe Lellman; Time: 35:12; 21.48 mph; 3 points

10. David Goodwin; Time: 35:23; 21.37 mph; 2 points

11. Roberto Ludovico; Time: 38:42; 19.53 mph; 1 points

Next week is the last hillclimb of the series and is the short but sweet Skinner Mountain climb.