Marking the Sprint

I was cycling the other day past the Tremont Cemetery when I noticed a series of pavement markings every 100 meters: “400…300…200…100…Finish”. And after that, the marking depicted at right, followed by “Nice Job”.

Somebody’s doing time trials out on Tremont Road. The local racers have in the past done Wednesday evening time trials out on Putah Creek Road, along the usual bicycling route between Davis and Winters, where there is a similar series of markings. But the markings on Tremont are new—perhaps they’ve changed location, or it’s a different group of cyclists.

Cycling is, needless to say, an ideal way to explore the landscape. But not when you’ve got your nose to the bike stem in the last 100 meters of a time trial sprint!