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tbc-
Whatever he's doing, it isn't the Transcontinental Race.
#TINAR
Hope he doesn't feel too guilty taking a place from someone who would have given it their best shot!Edit - I can't deny he is a good photographer:
https://www.instagram.com/nmatthews73/
frank9755
So yesterday Lionel had a solid day in the saddle. He rode for just over 10 hours and covered 202.9 km. This is an outstanind ride for someone who has been getting on and off his bike every day for the past 25 days and who is now riding over the terraine and road surfaces of Albania with heat and dogs to contend with. He was up and off early this morning and has already covered 60 km today. He has 334 km to go. He has averaged just over 150 km a day so far. This is not insignificant and to pull a 200 km ride out of the bag at this stage is magnificent.
He is in good spirits and planning to reach the finish line on Sunday. If he makes it, which I am confident that he will, he should finish in around 154th place out of 249 starters.
Nowhere have I seen him moaning about his gooch. He should be awarded bonus points for that.
Neil continues to confuse and confound. Remember, this is an athlete. Someone who has ridden LEJOG in four days. He is averaging around 90 km or 56 miles a day. That is little more than some peoples' commutes. That said yesterday he increased his distance to 117.3 km on top of 104 km the day before. His riding pattern appears to be the same. Most of it during the hours of darkness but some of it in the day. He is currently moving and now only 61 km from CP3 having covered 39.2 km since 10 pm local time yesterday. He is just getting into the hilly section before the serious climbing close to the CP. He is still riding the course and every day moves higher up the leader board.
The one point about Neil that I don't understand is his TITS - "time in the saddle". Even his longer days are only around 7 hours and some days it falls to around 5 hours or even less. He is taking some great and very moody photos. Perhaps he is building up a portfolio.