Wow, if that isn't a long day of flying, I don't what is! 6:30am get up, breakfast, load up and an hour drive up to launch in a pretty descent bus, typical time spent getting ready..... Launch around 10:40 for an 11:40 race start. 6 and a half hours later, landing with Josh and Nick, 7 k short of goal which was 125k around the course.
Weak conditions for much of the race with a few nice climbs thrown in here and there. Brad G and I had a beautiful start, but then ran into difficulty being out on the flats so early in the day. Well before the 2nd turnpoint I was a few gaggles behind and decided to spend the rest of the day just flying on my own and working on getting myself re-established in the next climb. Was very successful in doing this and quite enjoyed the flight, although it turned into a marathon later in the day. It turns out nobody made the goal, with one American, Eric Reed being 2nd closest.
When I finally did join up with a gaggle in the last climb of the day, I ended up turning with Josh and Nick, which was a big surprise to me - I had been certain that there would be at least a few large gaggles in the goal.... It looked like half the field landing with in 4 k of each other....
A nice easy landing on a beautiful grassy farmers field, but then a two hour walk out before we finally met up with retrieve. Another 2 hours driving and not back to HQ until 9:30......
More later......
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