Well it seemed that our training was going ahead brilliantly and that we were going to be in amazing shape for the 6th September. Guts were disappearing, legs were definitely getting harder and shoulders were sitting a little more snugly in our Flatliners T-shirts. Confidence was high. Team bravado was high and we felt unstoppable.

That is, right up until our last team outing when Dave took a high speed departure from his bike via his handlebars (and blamed me!). Since then we’ve been plagued with a collection of niggles that have put a complete halt to our team training sessions.

Okay in Dave’s case a very painful, “feels like I’ve broken my shoulder” kind of niggle. At one point he was taking so much co-codamol that he rattled when he walked. Little Jason’s developed a dodgy back and a sore knee, which he’s nursing at the moment. I’ve strained a muscle at the top of my thigh and am walking around like John Wayne in the Alamo. It seems that Lewis is the only one to have survived unscathed so far. Don’t get too cocky Captain!!…there’s still a few weeks to go!

But despite these irritating little setbacks we’re on the road to recovery. Dave is back in the gym, Jason is trying alternative exercises and I’m iced up most evenings. The signs of recovery are there and I’m sure this weekend we’ll be out and about doing some insane amount of mileage on our bikes again. I hope so….and I’m sure the other guys feel exactly the same as me, when I say I miss it!

Five weeks to go this Saturday. But will we be ready? Fingers crossed.

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