7th Overall; 3rd on Standard 😳
Planned for fast time and target the 19-51 National Age record. however the day before the winds were super strong, and also forecast for race day too....sat in kitchen at breakie time and hesitated, but it looked like the winds had slightly abated to risk the journey...
Decided (for the first time) to risk a 2.5 hour drive on race day (although stopped and walked for 10 mins twice, and did a roller 20 min spin on arrival)...
Anyhow what a mistake! Wind was supposed to be 19mph with gusts of 30...but friggin L, probably the worst wind conditions I've ever raced in....first mile could not get above 19mph, really lost it for a short time in my head, and felt like packing...perservered, but not convinced I put everything into the outward with a very modest power average (similar to my 25 the week before!)...but hammered it with the tailwind as hard as I could....finished on 21-34 - with three breaking 21 mins.
"Only" third on standard too (again in a 10) although Kev Tye was one of them, respect! Wake up call though for the forthcoming VTTA National 10....but two more Hatfield 10's before then, should wake me up for this distance!
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