| Action is back to the 2009 Luderitz Speed Challenge |
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| Saturday, 14 November 2009 08:50 |
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After a week of near calm, broken only by bizarrely unseasonal rainstorms and drizzle, today dawned bright, clear and windy. The speed strip was opened again, and competitors had another opportunity to train and familiarize themselves with it. A number of new people have arrived in the past few days - Fred Kloren, Hennie Bredenkamp, Marc Avela pulled into town yesterday evening from Cape Town, and needed a bit of a run to get the 1100km of sitting in a comfy chair out of their legs. It was a great preview for tomorrow, especially for the competitors who had arrived as recently as yesterday. The rough water near the end of the strip was again proving challenging, with heavy chop -- hitting ‘speed-bumps’ 20-30cm high when you’re doing 80kph+ requires a lot of strength, balance and luck to save a wipeout. Everyone is looking forward to this weekend when the wind is really supposed to come through, with forecasts looking at adding another 10-15 knots to today’s conditions.
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