Stage 5 - Time trial - 22kms

Thursday morning was the day of the time trial. Thankfully I wasn't starting until after 10 which was most welcome after the early start the morning before.
We set off at 30 second intervals, the loop started at the golf course along sandy buggy tracks until we hit singletrack.
After 150m there was an unavoidable muddy puddle, I took a line to the right and ended up getting tangled in some low hanging tree branches but pushed on. I managed to catch and pass the guy ahead after about 4kms which I was pleased with and shortly after I could see the next rider. The next few kms I passed a couple of other riders and really enjoyed the trail. Todays singletrack was the best that we had ridden, it was a mix of rocky and fast swoopy sections. There was one pinch climb in the final 5kms which felt hard on the legs but thereafter it was downhill and then a flat run to the finish. I was happy with being under the hour and got passed by 2 riders, one of which was Kyle Ward and he was flying. Bring on the night lap....