Day 7: Battle Mountain NV

It's 9/11, which means Happy Birthday to Tom Amick!  Also my water bottle has leaked all over my notebook.  Shittens!  Anyway, as an antidote to pictures of bikes, here is a picture of a bike:

Wednesday morning was, as forecast, Bastard Windy and thus but a few hardy souls chose to brave the elements and actually run.  No-one was anywhere close to legal wind speeds but with it blowing almost, but not quite, directly down the course speeds were respectable.  We ran a single heat on the 2.5 mile course first; Professor Admiral Sir Viscount Ambassador Timelord Nogami-san did 49.24 mph and Pillbug 42.99.  Then we upped sticks and moved out to the five mile start where only Lizanne in MQ2 and divers Toronto PSO's elected to play.  Daniel ran the repaired Cyclone to 49.05 mph after we'd fished him out of the ditch when his first attempt went a little awry immediately after launch.  He was followed by Lizanne at 52.10.  Heats two and three just contained Cyclone, piloted by first Ethan and then Lincoln, to 57.44 and 58.52 mph respectively.  With the paucity of runs we were actually back back at the Civic Center by 10:00, in spite of Macquarie temporarily getting their Transit stuck in the ditch opposite the timers' desk.

Oopsie...
Bike and rider unhurt, BTW

Mid-afternoon and the senior The Mgt decided to call off the evening runs as the wind had been picking up steadily all day and is now blowing big clouds of Nevada across town.  A properly early night beckons.  And the 2020 posters have arrived.  Those with long memories will recall that the 2020 event was called off because of Teh Plague, but Calvin decided it needed a poster anyway.  This is it:

There's a design for a 2021 version too, but this was deemed a bit too political.  Ask Calvin nicely though and he might send you the artwork to print yourself.

Tomorrow's forecast is for a lot less wind but also a lot less warmth.  I may even have to take my jumper out to the course for the morning setup Stuffs 😨

Edit: weather at ~18:00