01\05\17 - VTTA Open 10 (F11/10)

After my "success" two days earlier I wanted to see if I could further improve myself.  I'd not done this course before and had heard several conflicting reports about it.  The weather was very changeable as all through the afternoon there was intermittent sun, rain & high winds.  On my way to the start I met up with Merv who explained bits of the course to me.  He stated that the downhill part was very fast but that there were no side winds to cause grief and that he only encountered difficulties within the last two miles.  And so it came to pass.  After reaching 44.6mph down the slope, at 8 miles I turned for home with a healthy advantage towards a short 23, but about half a mile later encountered a short, sharp, most unpleasant squall which reduced my speed to a minimum and left me with an overall time of 23:49.  Still, it's another improvement that leaves plenty of scope for more!.  64/82.  PW.  (MervP 27:50).