| Horse Country TT, March 2008 |
| Written by Kevin Hill | |
| Monday, 24 March 2008 | |
Horse Country Time Trials return for 2008By Dan Apgar, IC3 North Texas For the second season running, the North Texas Spoke of the International Christian Cycling Club (IC3-NTX) is hosting the Horse Country Time Trials (HCTT) in Aubrey, Texas. Last year, the events ran in 4 consecutive months from June through September. This year the events will be run in March, May and July with the first event having run on March 22nd.The March edition of the HCTT was well received. 88 riders competed in 94 events. Categories included Juniors, Men’s P/1/2/3, Men’s 4/5, Women’s Open, Recumbents, 2‑man Teams, and 4‑man Teams. 22 Teams were represented from around the state and Oklahoma. Stephen Wheeler posted the fastest individual time for the 20k out-and-back course with a time of 28 minutes and 22 seconds.The HCTT course is an open course time trial that offers sufficient challenges for the experienced racer, while being short enough not to defeat the novice. The March race provided additional challenge with a stiff wind that met the riders head on at the turn-around. Several riders commented that their March times were about 2 minutes behind last year’s times. Kevin Hill, IC3-NTX’s spoke director and the race promoter, said “Our goal is to create an on-going series of events for the North Texas Racing Community. We are still working out some of the bugs, but we hope the Time Trials are a fun event for people of all skill levels.”In addition to IC3-NTX, the race was sponsored by Richardson Bike Mart, Plano Cycling and Fitness, The Bicycle Path – Denton, Corinth Cycling Club, and Hammer Nutrition. Plano Cycling and Fitness donated approximately $850 in prizes, including Time Trial Bars for the Men’s P/1/2/3 caetgory, and cyclometers for the other individual divisions. IC3-NTX uses a large portion of the proceeds of the race to support local Christian charities, and programs throughout the North Texas community. The top finishers by category were: Juniors |
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