Even before the start the temperature had reached 30º; it was fairly calm in the finishing straight, except near the bus stop but there was a BLOCK HEADWIND up Campersic Road I was told! Anyway, there was quite a bunch of DNFs when riders realised they were being cooked. Troy didn't cook, he just found himself stranded at the start without a spare wheel.

Unfortunately our 'professional help' didn't quite do the job they were there to do, so a few riders found themselves at corners with no indication of whether it was safe to proceed or not. They, presumably were not impressed; neither are we. But everybody got around the course without mishap and Michael and Rebecca did it pretty damn quickly and established course records for the '30'km option where previously, we had none. Obviously they were not just token, first-up times either and could be there for a while - unless Michael or Rebecca thinks otherwise and does something about it; next year. Michael laid down the fastest 'Lap1' time for the day (and the quickest average speed overall) but the top lads on the four-lapper weren't too far adrift. Bec had to rush off (having started right at the front) and win Renae's Race, A Grade, at Tech Park (43km/h). Well done, girl! Steff was well placed in that one too - fifth having been fastest girl in the 40km version at Herne Hill with another PB time.
Twenty one PBs were laid down today. That wasn't a bad morning's work at all.

And it is good to see the 'no-show' list diminishing.

Summer ailments kept a few pre-regs off the final list, Janice Graham was one of them but, nevertheless she took care of the desk with the help of son, Scott. Peter Pavlovic was another on the sick list who reckoned helping out was a good option until properly fit again and ready to climb back on the bike; he did a bit of herding and then called numbers for the back-up timing. Hayden Long ended up doing some of WARP's job when he found out where they had vanished to and Greg Swensen and John Ferguson were stationed on other corners to look after riders' welfare. Lorraine was your starter once again. Troy had set up the parts of the course that were not the responsibility of WARP.