Yep - I was in but had a 6:36 start time and would have been my first open of the year- got up at 4am looked out the window and thought do I fancy getting soaked for the best part of 2 hours…er no. It went through quite quickly and I think if you had a later start it was ok. Don’t like dual carriageways in the rain anyway - especially if there is spray. I am in the Chronos 10 on the F2A/10 at Cambourne this Saturday - weather isn’t exactly looking spectacular for that either! 
Thanks for the replies, everybody. This week:
Mon - 2 hours easy (road bike)
Tue - 2 hours easy (tt bike)
Wed - 10m TT (22’ @ 328NP) + long WU + ~15’ SS during CD
Thu - off
Fri - Pettit (wanted to do 2hrs easy, but had no time)
Sat - turbo 4 x (5 x 1’ on, 1’ off) “on” = 375w. 20 reps was hard mentally but legs felt fine
Sun - Gray outdoor – 2x23’ @ 290 as part of 2.5 hour ride
Plan for next week:
Mon - off
Tue - 2 hours easy (road bike)
Wed - 6x5’ @ 113% (2.5’ rests)
Thu - 1 hour easy (tt bike)
Fri - 3 hour tempo (tt bike – 60 mile ride to in-laws)
Sat - off
Sun - Starr King outdoor as part of 2.5 hour ride
Thought I’d update this on a weekly basis – I’ve benefitted from reading forum posts long after the conversation has died, so hopefully this ‘log’ might help others, who knows?
This week:
Mon - off
Tue - Hickson intervals, 5x5’ @ 340w / 113% (2.5’ RI) sat up on TT bike turbo. Couldn’t stomach a sixth interval.
Wed - 1:45 easy road bike – 66% MHR avg
Thu - 10m TT (21’ @ 328NP) + ~20’ WU. Met a mate and rode a local TT course in full race rig. Got a 1 second PB haha. Happy with the power but time a little down – other guy was 30" off his PB, so perhaps conditions sub-optimal.
Fri - 3hr easy TT bike. The hottest I’ve ever been on a ride. Dripping with sweat from the moment I left the house. 193NP (0.64IF) and 78% MHR – heart rate was ~20bpm higher than I’d expect for that effort
Sat - 15’ recovery ride.
Sun - 2.5hr TT ride with 42’ @ 270NP in TT tuck then another 30’ @ 270NP on rolling terrain
Solid vo2 on Tues, good non-race race on Thu, long TT ride Fri and sweetspot on Sunday. Didn’t spend much time at threshold though…
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