Victorian Individual Time Trial Championships – 25km – August 2001 – 1^st

Conditions: really strong gusty winds, 15°C, 11am start

The time trial course was an undulating out and back course at Castlemaine on a open dead road.  I warmed up on the rollers for over an hour, and felt ready to give it all I had.  My main threats were Emma Carney and Jessica Amy.  I was starting behind Carney which I was pleased with, giving me someone to chase.

The wind felt like a cross headwind both ways – it was unrelentless.  I tried to keep the speed at 40km/hr but the wind was tiring, and on the way back, I was struggling to hold 38km/hr.  I had made up time on Carney and knew I had beaten her.  I continued to go hard, not knowing what time Amy had done.  I stood and sprinted the final straight and ended up winning by 6sec.