Neighbors on the Start List

C4 has set us up with a nice alphabetical start list. My neighborhood:

bib
start
first
last
cat
team
321
10:55:00
Ron
CASTIA
Group 3 Master 35+ Cat 1-2-3
InfoVista Cycling Team
322
10:55:30
George
CHESTER
Group 3 Master 55+ Men
Amgen
323
10:56:00
Tim
CLARK
Group 3 Master 35+ Cat 1-2-3
Red Dragon Racing
324
10:56:30
Ed
CONDIT
Group 3 Master 45+ Men
 
325
10:57:00
Daniel
CONNELLY
Group 3 Master 35+ Cat 1-2-3
Team Roaring Mouse
326
10:57:30
John
CREAN
Group 3 Master 45+ Men
Fitness Journal
327
10:58:00
Carl
CROUTCH
Group 3 Master 55+ Men
Peninsula Velo
328
10:58:30
Wes
DALE
Group 3 Master 45+ Men
Taleo Racing
329
10:59:00
Bob
EBE
Group 3 Master 55+ Men
Taleo Racing
330
10:59:30
Nathaniel
ENGLISH
Group 3 Pro Elite 1-2 Men
ZteaM

Fun times. If I can hold off Nate English, that will have been a super day.

BTW, I just realized when using HTML tables in Blogger, the whole HTML table should be on one line: no newlines. Otherwise blogger will stack up the newlines before rendering the table. Learn something new every day. Well, most days, anyway.

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