Audax No. 8: Summary

Check 1, +6 minutes

6 starters; slow to get away from coffee...

Check 2, +6 minutes

Perfect pace to the first on road check, holding the same 6 minutes from the start

Check 3, -2 minutes

Steady, long section west of Krum and north of 380; 1 abandon; gained 8 minutes

Check 4, -14 minutes

Down to 3 riders, quick and efficient section from Stoney to Argyle; gained 12 minutes

Check 5, -12 minutes

3 finishers; getting hot and dead from the wind; 97 kilometers in 4 hours and 17 minutes