It’s bloody hot here in QLD… much to hot for comfort.
I headed out and met a bunch in Maloolabah and it headed out into the mountains for a 60km loop. Pretty relaxed pace to start then when it started to go up for 6kms at 10% they tightened the screws.
I managed to stay with the front pack for most of the hill, just loosing contact during the last km.
The bunch included Henk Vogels, who looked relaxed and in festive shape, i.e. not race shape at all. Although he probably rode on idle speed, it was nice to beat him up the hill and on the flat sprints 🙂

–bleeksie