The weather-wallahs kept the promised weather at bay until well after we were finished - except, perhaps for an increase in the wind velocity mid-event but that settled down again; more or less. Anyway, the fact that more than a quarter of the field were riding at, or better than, an average of 40km/h suggests that the conditions weren't too tough. And now we have a decent set of benchmarks for future PBs. Peter Neutzerling was the only rider to achieve one on today's 5-lapper. Only a few riders had previously ridden this 5-lapper - at last year's '80' - as an option. We should see more PBs at this year's '80' in two weeks time with more riders having set a time to beat. Anthony Trovato won't be at that event so went out and grabbed the other PB today with a solo '80'.

Stu Helm started early and again set the mark (45km/h) for those who followed. Big Matt and Matt-the-younger, predictably were the main challengers. This year, however, Jarrad Anderson wasn't going to leave all the accolades for that pair and neatly slotted in between them. However, Matt Illingworth had no trouble holding on to the Standards number one spot. The women were led by Alison Dyson who reckoned she needed a change from a summer of battling it out on criterium circuits. Steff with slightly more variable lap times, was only just edged into the silver medal position. It was reassuring to see the women's numbers up near 30% again.

Aunt Emily and Nina White looked after the desk this morning and Monkey Beanz' Reecy looked after people's caffeine requirements; Lorraine was the starter and Hisayo Thornton assisted her; Matt Usher manned the gateway to the Community Centre; Mark McClellan was the marshal on the turn into Wandi Drive, WARP took care of the left-hander into Lyon, at the other end of which Magnus Rudisele stood and directed. David Equid was out signing much of the course as the sun rose and had a 40km ride about mid-field before resuming his tour of the course reclaiming the signage; Gary Sevier was our mobile steward, keeping an eye on things around the course, later accompanied by Lorraine after her work on the start line was done.