Comments for Maratona Dreamin' by Ben Lukas

Comment on Sherie Writes Up Campovida Harvest Ride by Knox Miller

Knox Miller — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 07:05:06 +0000

Sherie
I hope you & Ben will join us again this year for Campovida Harvest Ride. I enjoyed reading your blog. Course maps are posted on our website http://www.campovidagranfondo.com
I’m having fun planning the event, lots of fun components added…two timed sections, competition rest stops benefitting local children’s groups, and there’s opportunity to sponsor a child from the Boys & Girls Club of Ukiah for the ride.
Spread the word!
Knox Miller

Comment on Picturing Italy by Sherie Reineman

Sherie Reineman — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 21:13:39 +0000

oh, i SOOOOO much wanted to take one of those banners home! 25th Year event anniversary, after all……
Sherie

Comment on Sherie Writes Up Campovida Harvest Ride by Sherie Reineman

Sherie Reineman — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 23:19:25 +0000

Aha – i also forgot about the other, very important and appreciated piece of SWAG: cycling socks! (to fit Women size 6+ and Men 6-12???); lucky me, the socks are acrylic or polypro, so I get Ben’s pair, too!!

I do support the concept of multiple-route, family-component loops…. it’s wonderful that Chris and others could do their cycling thing and bring the family to enjoy the time, too. I have some good response/feedback from Tom Zimlich (organizer) who says they made a miscalculation on some wrong information about how many riders were still out on the course … and were also serving overly large portions to the early birds.

Here are the TT results (it does also list Tom in the mix, but “no start time”). I note that Ben’s time was 0:40:30, Chris came in at 0:43:50 and I believe I earned the fastest time for F55+ age group at 0:51:35. BhoYaa!!!
(yeah, the 1st place finisher had a time of 29 minutes, 51 year old Ornstil… YIKES!)

Bib Name Age Sex Time
113 Ornstil 51 M 0:29:45
no # Dan Obergin M 0:32:40
103 Greg 52 M 0:33:55
106 Mike C 56 M 0:36:20
125 Kan M 0:39:20
7 David 59 M 0:39:40
5 Victor Deirossi 60 M 0:39:45
1 Gary M 0:39:45
144 Bob M 0:39:50
124 Tim Peterson M 0:39:53
128 Ian 44 M 0:40:00
130 Duc 32 M 0:40:24
123 Brian 24 M 0:40:30
116 Ben 58 M 0:40:30
2 Marti 48 M 0:41:10
110 Todd M 0:41:50
10 Jamie 60 M 0:42:15
3 Mike Breen 72 M 0:43:20
145 Chris 47 M 0:43:50
104 Louise Nielsen44 F 0:46:00
148 Steinbush 62 0:46:15
201 Robert Clark 0:46:40
114 Nick 31 M 0:47:05
146 Mark 62 M 0:47:15
105 John D 59 M 0:47:20
138 Ginera Chandler F 0:48:40
101 Tandem 53 M 0:49:00
121 Tandem 50 F 0:49:00
149 Dennis M 0:51:05
136 Sharon 59 F 0:51:35
111 Brook Edwards 41 M 0:51:54
122 Mark 58 M 0:52:00
120 Kristen 31 F 0:52:15
112 Lee 29 M 0:52:35
132 Norman Neitfert 73 M 0:53:00
210 0:53:45
147 Marsha 62 F 0:54:15
127 Mike 40 M 0:54:30
134 Rick Schwartz 55 M 0:55:10
126 56 0:56:45
4 Oliva 23 F 1:01:05
108 Alan Bell M 1:02:20
142 Mike 29 M 1:08:55
9 54 M 1:12:35
150 1:13:10
107 50 F 1:14:45
143 Debbie F 1:14:55
11 54 1:15:45
8 47 1:19:10
151 1:19:15
141 Denny 29 M no start time
139 Sarah Andersen 32 F no start time
119 Tom 33 M no start time
140 Elizabeth Andersen 34 F no start time
133 Tina 52 F no start time

Comment on Another Day in the Park by lindaolsen

lindaolsen — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 11:18:43 +0000

Wow, that sucks. Nelson was hit 2 years ago but the driver was also a cyclist and felt really bad. The bike was toast really so the man bought Nelson a nice new bike. His wounds healed. He was lucky.

Comment on Picturing Italy by lindaolsen

lindaolsen — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 11:13:43 +0000

Nelson was having issues too with the WIndows updates. I am thinking about getting rid of Google + since it seems to be more public and invasive.

Comment on Ben’s Maratona Official Results by benlucky

benlucky — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 14:43:11 +0000

Thanks for writing a comment, Peter.
The Maratona organizers provide an RF ID chip in the number you attach to the handlebars, Each cyclist passes over close to ten places where the time is recorded, and Datasport compiles these in the results. The finishers list on the website has links to each person’s results, from which I pasted the table of results for Sherie and I.

Comment on Ben’s Maratona Official Results by peter rensing

peter rensing — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 20:33:13 +0000

Well done Ben. Great split time on the Giau, respect. I hope I can still ride the maratona when I am your age. By the way, how did you get the split times from datasport ? CY #787 of MaratonaD

Comment on Anniversary Weekend Getaway by BART to Calaveras | Maratona Dreamin' by Ben Lukas

BART to Calaveras | Maratona Dreamin' by Ben Lukas — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 23:41:39 +0000

[...] A favorite ride for us is Calaveras Road, from Milpitas to Sunol. (Basically the reverse of this route, with some variations on each end.) In fact, this has become our preferred direction, although it forces the rider to have a boring hour through the south-east bay suburbs to begin the ride. And the cyclist then needs to climb the steep Calaveras Wall, famous for its few hundred meters at what must be about 15%. But then one is suddenly in a watershed without houses, just the loops and traverses snaking along the hillside above the reservoir. And the cyclist has the cooler temperatures of morning in the warmer micro-climates of the hills in the south bay, and avoids the Oakland hills early in the day which so often drip with fog. (Some pictures from our earlier trip on this route, in the other direction, are in the blog here.) [...]

Comment on Maratona Livin’ 7/10 by Dad & Mom

Dad & Mom — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 03:19:20 +0000

Wecome Home.
We enjoyed your postings.
Glad for you that it was a GREAT VACTION and experince.
You tweo did Great in your races !!!

Comment on Maratona Livin’ 7/10 by Holly Brown-Williams

Holly Brown-Williams — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 21:04:26 +0000

Bravo, Ben and Sherie! What an amazing accomplishment, and we so enjoyed reading Ben’s detailed account of the day. Hope Sherie will follow Coach Ben’s final instruction and write up her experience! Now is the time to rest and reward yourselves with great Italian food & wine. Look forward to seeing you on a ride back home!! Holly & Bruce