Just about to head off to watch the women's race begin at 8:30am
Its a beutiful morning - clear sky, no wind and already 22'C - its only 7:15am!

Its gonna be HOT later on though - I don't envy the men's start at midday.

The club raced this course yesterday and numbers racing were swelled as we had opened it up to all the spectators/support crew so they could ride the same course.

It was hot yesterday - 32'C to about 38'C according to my bike comp. We were racing between 2-4pm and tar was melting in places. The boys have to do the 26km course 7 times - thats 182km all up in Hawkes Bay heat!

I'll check back later