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Basically the record pace is not too demanding for her, as long as she can hold it together - which is no mean feat in itself.
I met a woman out riding a few weeks ago who said that she considered having a shot at the record back in the 90s. She spoke to people like Wilko, who then had the mens record, and the women's record holder at the time, before Lynne. They both told her that the riding was the easy bit, just sit on the bike at normal pace, etc. But that the hard bit was coping with the sleep dep and the pains that appear.
The women's record holder told her that when she set her record she knew she could do a lot better. So she had another go but abandoned citing injury. Apparently she wasn't injured though, but as soon as she set off, all the memories of what she had been through before came flooding back and she couldn't make herself do it.