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Good luck @JMac for this weekend's race. Personally, i think you're crazy but good luck nevertheless.
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  • Stuart FStuart F
    Echo that but hope it goes well
  • JMacJMac
    Thanks, hopefully my support team will put up regular progress updates.
    Also good luck to Chris P who is doing the Outlaw Ironman in Nottingham.
  • wilburtrumpwilburtrump
    Good luck JMac... what time are you aiming for?

    Boom boom
  • Nathaniel RosaNathaniel Rosa
    Good luck James! Wow
  • JeremyPJeremyP
    We're nearly three hours into the event. Riders having to contend with torrential rain showers and flooded roads. Busy roads around Whitchurch and traffic backing up behind riders. A real eclectic mix of riders - maybe this event attracts the eccentrics!

    We've given James extra clothing to deal with the inevitable chill factor. Just need some sun to warm us up.
  • GWDGWD
    Thanks @JeremyP for the updtae.

    Hope the weather improves! Will be a true mental battle as well as physical.
  • Stuart FStuart F
    Great to have an update - hope all goes well through the night and he isn't too damp and cold
  • JeremyPJeremyP
    We're 7hours in and 129miles completed.
    James just stopped for a change of clothes. A wet and cold evening has left riders shivering. We're losing the light early tonight and lights are on. The night is mostly taken up on short circuits from a 24h ervice station. So far so good. The coffee is on
  • JennyJenny
    Thanks for the updates - go James!
  • DavidJDavidJ
    Good luck on the overnight leg James. Fingers crossed for some dry weather.
  • carmelocarmelo
    Come on James!!
  • JeremyPJeremyP
    12hours in and 220miles done. Damp but still night. James doing great and feeling strong.
  • JeremyPJeremyP
    Temperature plummeted in last hour before dawn. A real cameraderie developed between all the riders and helpers. Thankfully the strategy with the lights worked out well. James had a slow hour but picked up speed again now.
  • GWDGWD
    Getting through the dark must be a massivr releif. Thanks for the updates Jeremy
  • davewellsdavewells
    Yeah, thanks Jeremy- doing the support is a mammoth task in itself- doing either riding or supporting sounds horrific- certainly puts my own fatigue into perspective! Smash it James!!!
  • JeremyPJeremyP
    edited July 2017
    277miles with 8hours to go. Thanks for all the messages. All good
  • Stuart FStuart F
    Thanks for the updates Jeremy. Difficult to imagine still 6+ hours to go. Keep going JAMES all thinking of you
  • JeremyPJeremyP
    You cant sugar coat this event. The morning has brought drizzly rain but thankfully almost no wind. James is well past the 300mile mark and still pushing hard. You can sense the urgency in all the riders voices as they enter the last 6h and realise the end is in sight and what can be achieved. Team Hickman also still in the race and battling onwards.

    James has been surviving on Muller rice, fig rolls and gels.
  • StefStef
    Go James! Weather should improve today and you may even see the sun!
  • JeremyPJeremyP
    Thanks Stef.
    323miles with 5.5h to go.
    Thinking 420+ achievable
  • timAtimA
    Keep going James, you can do it!
  • david norrisdavid norris
    Amazing !! What a challange!!
    Keep it going James.
  • LukeDanckertLukeDanckert
    Incredible effort so far James, well done. Look forward to seeing the end result of this!
  • JeremyPJeremyP
    On the finishing circuit.
    370miles with around 3h to go.
    Warmer now and dry but wind rising.
  • tducketttduckett
    Go James! (and helpers). This is a very exciting thread and very inspirational
  • Stuart FStuart F
    Agree with Tim. Keep looking back in for updates. The forecast I saw for that area says staying dry now.
    Just heard one of the Basildon CC riders (CXer) has dropped out due to old knee injury - gutted.
    This is such a huge ask of your mind and body - keep going James.
  • JeremyPJeremyP
    edited July 2017
    395miles approaching the final hour AND THE SUN IS OUT!
  • Stuart FStuart F
    Great News - pouring with rain here.
  • tducketttduckett
    Going to be well over 400 then...woop, woop!
  • JeremyPJeremyP
    edited July 2017
    Finished - James seems well satisfied.
    417 milesTBC
    Total respect - he's done himself, family and CCA proud.
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