Saturday October 18, 2008
The state TT was taking place just outside of Ringgold Georgia. This is a small town on the Georgia-Tennessee border. The terrain is rolling hills. It is 10 miles from Chattanooga and that means lots of hills. The temperature was around 48 degrees at 8:30 and the sun was bright and it was windy. 4 riders from the CBR team attended. There was Adam Weinbaum (cat 5), Caroline Morris (beginner), Victor Karm (cat 4) and Steve Murray (cat 4). The race had about 70 participants which is not high, but not bad this late in the season.
The distance was originally 40 Kilometers (24.8 miles), but due to a severe car accident, they had to shorten the course to 21.8 miles. Caroline was first and the beginner course was just over 6 miles. She did a great job for her first race. Next up were the guys. Adam went off first followed by Steve and then Victor. We all dealt with the wind and cool temps. The course had 8 turns, 3 of which were 180 turn-arounds. We all had good times for the day. All our boys scored top 10's on the day.
Steve Murray - 1st 50:16 (State Champion)
Victor Karm - 7th 53:23
Adam Weinbaum - 10th place 59:10
