That was a superb ride, Ben; well done!
Mike Storer's ride wasn't too shabby either and, although Ben actually caught him on the way through, Mike still managed to come in under the old course record; one that wasn't just there for the taking, by any means. We saw another course record go in the 20km option when Claudia Dohr averaged 37km/h - easily her fastest ride with ATTA.

There was early urgency: Jono Gregg wanted to ride a crit after this event and needed an early start; he also had Stu Helm 45sec in front of him. Stu wasn't going to let anyone catch him, of course and finished with a 3:28 PB. Sarah Hunter was also an early starter and held the number one spot among the women until Bec Mackey displaced her some time later; Sofia grabbed the third spot. Two other girls topped the PBs list with pretty massive 6min improvements: Sally Churchill and Andree Carr.

The finish line was a good place to see the event today - most people looked and were pretty fast down the home straight with the wind directly behind them! And, so it was pretty hectic there for most of the two and a half hours duration of the event. That was the ride time - for some, like Jeff, it was double that at least but he did manage to include 40km on the bike with a time just short of a PB. Lorraine opened the gates a bit before 6am and got things started before collecting the start gear and shooting around to William Rd; Terri Usher arrived with Jeff and looked after the rego desk with the assistance of Adam Mathewson; Craig Beeching was our trailer steward and also did the course set-up and tear-down and in between manned the turn out of William into Lefroy (unfortunately he didn't get the chance to ride this one); John Ferguson and Stef Van A looked after two other intersections while our friends from WARP were contracted to manage the entry onto Campersic Rd. Nat Roberts identified riders as they approached the finish line after an early stint marshalling riders out of the assembly area at the school. Thanks to you all, as always.