Iron Haus Time Trial Series – Castroville, TX

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Iron Haus Time Trial Series – MAY 2011
Presented by Ciclismo SA , Britton’s Bicycle Shop, Jimmy Britton
San Antonio, TX
Sunday, May 01, 2011
Online Registration Will Open Thursday, April 28, 2011 at 12:01 AM ET
The 2011 Iron Haus Time Trial Series is a series of 8 races, taking place on the first weekend of each month from March through October.  All entry fee schedules will be similar to the initial time trial posted.

Early registration is available at Britton’s Bicycle Shop (210.656.1655) during normal bike shop hours until 7:00 p.m. May 6, 2011

Race morning registration is available beginning at 7:30 a.m. in the Iron Haus entrance patio area.

The on-line registration will close at 11:00 pm on the Thursday evening before the race.

SATURDAY    -   May 7th , 2011    Online Registration
The second event is a 20/40km Time Trial on Saturday May 7th, 2011,  starting at Iron Haus Fitness in Castroville and heading up FM 471 and back.  The Start / Finish Line will be located in front of Iron Haus on FM 471 and be an out and back course.

The first rider will take off at 8:01 AM.  20k participants will be the first to go and the 40k participants will follow with the first 40k rider at no earlier than  8:30 a.m. .  The course is an out and back along FM 471.  The turn around will be marked and a recorder in place to validate the turn.  The Time Trial will be recorded and times will be posted 20 minutes following the last finisher.

The start times will be assigned in the order of category and time of registration. Juniors and 20k participants will have the earliest start times.  Teams will be the first off following the 20K participants.

The teams  will start  last and must have  at least 2 and no more than 6 riders.  Team time is based on the last team rider to finish.

Location and Directions:
Castroville Time Trial:  Take Hwy 90 west from San Antonio.  Turn right on FM 471 to reach start / finish line.  Park at Iron Haus Fitness parking lot.

Contact:
Jimmy Britton        (210) 656-1655
Lynda Stewart      racedirector@rocketmail.com         (210) 316-7720

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With a few extra minutes thanks to a later sunset and clear skies I was able to ride almost 21 miles this evening. If I had left at my usual time of 6:22 instead of 6:29 I should have made it over 21 miles. A front passed through Houston mid-morning clearing the skies of clouds and leaving a clear sky with low 80’s temperatures. When I left on my ride it was 82 degrees and a light breeze. I wore another kinda new pair of shorts that I bought 3 or 4 years ago but never took out of the package. I am on this replacement mode so I will have all of my old shorts out of service by Wednesday when I ride next. Also I wore my red Pearl Izumi Select Gel gloves. They were as good as the blue pair I wore yesterday as no surprise.

The evening ride was smooth with a nice tail breeze heading south and not much headwind coming back. My legs were not complaining from the last two days of riding but I will take tomorrow off to not over do it. I did see two other riders out. My route will expand in the coming days as the daylight increases in the evening.

April mileage update:

  • April miles 246.25
  • YTD miles 1072.92

4-11-2011 Ride Data and Map

4-11-2011 Home Weather Finish

Additional charts, weather and map.

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