Thought about sacrificing a spare P.S.O. to appease the weather gods/weakly god-like entities?
Or if that is deprecated too much by any P.S.O.s present, leaving a ritual offering of stroopwafels at the start line...
Most of the University of Toronto team nearly sacrificed themselves when they stopped their minibus+trailer at catch to drop ff a PSO or two, oblivious to the Rocky Mountain Double* bottom dumper rig approaching from astern at R17. From which it may be deduced that there were runs this morning, albeit delayed by an hour to allow the weather to pass through. The Frenchies elected to sit it out - probably wisely as the wind was mostly being uncoöperative again, though Titan did manage to sneak one in at 53.29 mph. Running on one engine again as this time it was stoker Bill Kong who lost his chain. Fastest was Andrea Gallo in Phoenix with 76.63 mph,
BRITON Russell did 64.46 and other
BRITON Noah Philips crashed after ~ two miles. Apparently their ground clearance is so minimal that changing to skinnier tyres caused the belly of the bike to ground on the (minimal) crown of the road. Rider OK, bike collected a few more scratches.
Albeit that there was no existing record for the category, it was bound to happen sooner or later if the wind was friendly, but it is pleasing to report that Alyssa Miller (11) is now the holder on the women's U-12 multitrack record with a 21.22 mph legal run from the 600 metre mark in Teardrop.
Teardrop on Sunday by
Mr Larrington, on Flickr
Master Mechanic Alyssa (11), this morning by
Mr Larrington, on Flickr
It chucked it down on the way back to town after the morning session but it looks to be brightening up now. We'll send an advance party out this afternoon to report on conditions Out There.
* Tractor unit, tri-axle trailer, double-axle dolly, single axle short trailer.