OHPV Human Power Challenge

Last weekend three generations of our family attended the Human Power Challenge at the Portland International Raceway. We had time trials, sprints, drag races, an obstacle course and a road race, all under human power. Some folks had bikes, some had trikes, and some had totally enclosed velomobiles. I hope to have some good photos soon, but for now here's a great shot of me on the final lap of the road race.

Here are some stats from my point of view:

1. Great Grumpy had a faster drag race speed than me even though I went faster than he did when we were side by side.

2. In the road race I was able to pass the 15 year old girl again this year.

3. I almost kept up with the famous woman who had set a 24 hour speed record on her bicycle. (Don't I get credit for "almost"?)

4. In the obstacle course I was faster than a six year old boy on a BMX.

So you can tell I was not very competitive. I didn't win any prizes this year but with a borrowed recumbent I think I improved my time trial speed and my 200 meter sprint speed over what I did on my diamond frame bike last year.