Sydney - Melbourne 1200 started Sunday

[SandyV]

The Sydney Melbourne 1200 started on Sunday and the Audax Australia website has good info including links to twitter and photos:
Audax Australia Cycling Club

You can also track riders online here:
Audax Australia Cycling Club

The field of 68 includes UK rider Judith Swallow.

Weather forecast includes heat, wind, rain and snow (!) (no really)

[Justin(e)]

Thanks for the info

[VeloYellow]

Seen on the twitter feed for the event:

PetrinaQuinn: #sm1200 Aussie Butt Cream Stop Press- Mike Fitzgerald fm Wagga Wagga seen collapsed roadside near Cooma Ambulance discovered him sleeping! 

[thing1]

Wow, that online rider/control tracking page is pretty impressive. Not sure if I'm using it right though: I see two riders have passed control 6, twelve have passed control 7, and twenty seven have passed control 8.

[LittleWheelsandBig]

A very tough ride for a number of reasons.  I timed out at the 500 km mark, as did about half the field, in total.

[Justin(e)]

A very tough ride for a number of reasons.  I timed out at the 500 km mark, as did about half the field, in total.

Heat?

[Pip]

Any chance of an RR please Dave?

[Greenbank]

A very tough ride for a number of reasons.  I timed out at the 500 km mark, as did about half the field, in total.

Heat?

The opposite I think:-

PetrinaQuinn: #sm1200 Aussie Butt Cream Stop Press-David Milne fm Wagga Wagga heads fearlessly toward Cabramurra with bare legs braving icy winds and snow

 PetrinaQuinn: #sm1200 Aussie Butt Cream Stop Press- riders heading towards Cabramurra BOM 30/0 6:00pm temp 7.2 degrees SE wind 24km/hr gusts 39km/hr.gosh!

 PetrinaQuinn: #sm1200 Aussie Butt Cream Stop Press- Forecast Tues Mod SE winds Cabramurra Min 4 Max 13 Thredbo Top Min -1 Max 7 chance snow 1500 m 

[LittleWheelsandBig]

Any chance of an RR please Dave?

Let me think about it a while first.  There are a couple of things taking up my time this week, including moving house.