09\09\17 - VTTA (E2/10) 10 mile TT

The sky was as black as a black thing as I waited at the start of this event.  With a few seconds to go I was as ready & raring as I'm ever going to be, but it wasn't raining.  Then I was off.  And I was totally soaked through within 100 yards as the heavens opened.  As I was drenched, I thought that it wasn't worth stopping but came off the tri-bars as a precaution against being buffeted by the wind.  Eventually found a bit of shelter on the A11 and rode down a river that by now had formed.  After a couple of miles the rain eased down a bit (ie from torrential to not quite so torrential) so I just kept going.  I passed the timekeeper at 24:57, not bad in the circumstances!  Not a pleasant afternoon and had I started a minute later I would probably have pulled out of the race.  PW.