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On overtaking, as with many other things, Beryl Burton got this right.
When she set the 12 hour time trial record of 277.25 miles in 1967 she went 0.73 miles further than Mike McNamara, who took the men's record of 276.52.
As she came to pass him, she had some liquorice allsorts in her pocket. She thought "I can't pass him without saying something", and then "I know, I'll give him a liquorice allsort".
As she came alongside him she said "Liquorice allsort?", and Mike simply said "Ta love", and took one.
Class.