Swancott Time Trial - Monthly Series – Saturday, December 9 at 2pm, Corner of
Swancott
and County Line Road (new this month, a warm-up ride!)

Come out and pit yourself against the clock and measure your performance over
time.
This
is not a race against other cyclists. No award will be given to the fastest
finishers.
This is a race AGAINST THE CLOCK to measure personal fitness. All cyclists are
welcome
and encouraged to participate. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE A RACER OR RACER WANNABE TO
PARTICIPATE!

WHAT: Swancott Time Trial - Monthly Series
WHEN: Saturday, December 9 at 2pm
WHERE: Corner of Swancott and County Line Road
CONTACTS: amelia.baldwin@... and gretchen.everts@...

|--- Volunteers Needed! ---|

Want to help? Please! We could use a couple of course marshalls (more for
safety than anything else!) and someone to help with standing starts (i.e. hold
the
seat
post so they can start upright already clipped in). These are EASY jobs! Please
email
us if you want to help. Your help will be greatly appreciated! If you want to
ride
AND help, then we can arrange that as well through an early ride (we are going
to do
one
for us, too).

|---The Details---|

On December 9, we will have our second monthly time trial. It will start from
the corner of Swancott and County Line Road (Swancott Grocery and Deli)
beginning at
2pm.

Come out and pit yourself against the clock. Our plan is to repeat the time
trial each month (at least until Spring) so you can measure your progress over
time.
This
is not a race against other cyclists. No award will be given to the fastest
finishers.
This is a race against the clock to measure personal fitness. All cyclists are
welcome
and encouraged to participate.

COURSE: The course is 9 miles and includes Swancott, Rockhouse Rd, Henderson Rd
and Wall Street. It is mostly well-paved and traffic is very light. Please take
note of the left turn onto Rockhouse and take particular care there. The course
is
marked for the time trial using green paint and a map will be available if
necessary.
Here is a preview:
http://www.webprofessor.org/bikealabama/maps/limestone-swancott9miletimetrial.gi\
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http://www.webprofessor.org/bikealabama/maps/limestone-swancott9miletimetrial.pd\
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The course has eight 90 degree turns. Two of these are actual left turns from
one road to another (Swancott to Rockhouse and Rockhouse to Henderson). Please
take
care! The others are just 90 degree bends in the roads (not intersections) like
we
see in
rural Limestone County all the time. Acccording to bikely.com the route has
about 170
feet of climbing (and the same of descending of course).

LOCATION: Mr Bibb, of the Swancott Grocery and Deli, has graciously agreed to
let us use his store as our starting point. Please do NOT park at the store
(except
volunteers helping run the TT). We do not want to not to block access to the
store.
Also, please do not park on Swancott west of County Line (so as not to block the
view of
cyclists on the course) or anywhere directly on the time trial course roads.
Riders
need
to plan to park away from the start (see below) and do a warm up ride to the
starting
area.

SIGN UP: Show up at the store by about 1:45 to sign up. Cyclists will start in
the
order
they sign up. If we have a big turnout, cyclists will wear numbers (which will
be
provided) and turn them back in at the finish. We will have a normal time trial
start,
with a cyclist starting every minute until all are out on the course. Timing
will be
provided. Results available shortly after the last rider finishes. Results will
be
tabulated over the series so you can track your progress. Results will be
emailed to
participants and/or posted on the web.

WARM UP RIDE: Park at Universal Lighting/Northrupp Grumman on Wall Triana
Highway, warm
up ride leaves at 1:00 PM, finishing at the TT start around 1:45 to sign up.

OTHER PARKING: You may park at St Andrews Primitive Baptist Church or at New
Hope
Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Both churches have graciously given permission
for
use of
their parking lots. Please be parked and OFF the course BEFORE 2pm.

St Andrews is a bit further on Swancott, take the right turn up the hill right
after
the
store - you know, the "church on the hill" on the left - but please park BEHIND
the
church, not in front because of potential choir practice. New Hope is on Wall
Street
near the end of the time trial course. From the store, go straight west (i.e.
don't
take
the right turn up to St Andrews) and after the two 90 curves in the road, New
Hope
is on
your left with a big parking lot in front.

WEATHER: The time trial will be cancelled only if the weather is REALLY bad.
Current
forecast is 48 and sunny... Better than last month!

SAFETY: Safety is primary, and safety should never be sacrificed for seconds.
Everyone
will wear a helmet. All cyclists will obey all traffic rules. We have a good
reputation
in this neighborhood and we want to keep it that way. :o)

Take particular care in making the left turn from Swancott to Rockhouse.
Oncoming
traffic has, of course, the right of way. Ride smart and be safe.

RULES:
Safety is most important.
Helmets required.
Do not cross the centerline at any time for any reason.
You may pass a cyclist on either side as long as you don't cross the
centerline.
No drafting.

--
Amelia
256-520-9494 mobile
Amelia.Baldwin@...