Day 2 - 28th Feb
Latest update: I'm still heading to Le Mans, cycling in the dark on surprisingly busy roads - even though we'd deliberately chosen smaller, out of the way roads to avoid the worst of the traffic. It's been a very wet day but that hasn't stopped me making really good progress. Getting so many miles under my wheels today has kept my morale up. Unlike yesterday, I've been able to eat well and that's done a lot to keep my spirits up.
I'm going to keep going about 1am then catch 3 or 4 hours sleep before setting off around 5am tomorrow. There's still a long way to go but I'm on target and the bike is performing brilliantly.
Earlier update: This morning is a good morning. The weather isn't up to much, but I woke up at 6:00am feeling strong, had a Red Bull and hit the road. I've clocked up 85 km in the first 3 hours. It seems apt that I am headed to Le Mans the home of the classic 24 hour motor event, as so far the action has been 24 hours back to back and there's going to be a few more hours like that ahead of me!
Cheers to the lads on the support crew; they had a hard night to get back on track after the difficulty of the row yesterday and the logistical fall out from that - and we are back in the saddle now with a superb day of riding on smooth, wide and quiet roads through Northern France.
