Me again, just to let you know that they managed to finish today's ride but it took them 14 hours and they were eating their evening meal at 9pm rapidly followed by a kilo of peanuts trying to replace the 10,000 calories they reckon they have consumed.
Matt said he feels like he's got the biggest hangover he's ever had (probably because he is still dehydrated) but he was on the beer nevertheless which is probably not such a good idea. Nick just feels overwhelmingly tired but his body is working pretty well so not much in the way of aches and pains. The same cannot be said for his bike however, the front gear mechanism broke yesterday and he has had to struggle with the chain keep coming off today. He's hoping it will be fixed by tomorrow as they have another big ride with not much time to recuperate. They have to be up at 5-30 tomorrow for another transfer.
Sadly, not everyone made it to the end today which is a real shame. I do feel for them, it's a bit tragic to go through all the training and the pain and then run out of time.
The end is in site now, not much more to go. After this I don't think Sandy Lane in in West Runton, where Nick did his hill training, will present much of a challenge! Maybe they'll enter the Gas Hill gasp (Norwich's answer to the mountain sections of the Tour de France) next year.
Nick has updated and added photos to some of the other entries recently so have a look back
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