We had a rather nice evening for this event (except for the brief rain shower before the event started). I rode the P5 TT bike with the deep front wheel as there was only a very gentle wind throughout. I actually felt pretty good and was riding well above my current estimated FTP for much of the time. This is quite encouraging as I come back from a brief medical hiatus in training.
We were all a little concerned about traffic levels as stationary traffic on the A421 increased the number of vehicles on the course as drivers used the road as a rat run. But by the time we were riding everything seemed to be back to normal. I had a clear run through.
The full results are at the NBRC website - the clear winner was Daniel Chambers, with three of us in a tussle for the lesser placings. I was 4th with 23:02 (1st on Vet standard).
I've pasted the graphs from Garmin Connect below - the wind speed (as reported from weather stations by a ConnectIQ app) is pretty low until the last couple of minutes. This may just be a data glitch as I really wasn't aware of a sudden gust! You can see where the RABs are as I eased back on damp roads. On the whole I think I paced this one quite well.