SAS training!

That's Sunshine and Sussex, of course! Even though we had Captain Trusty with us today, Beth and I are not quite ready for special forces exercise. However, we were up with the lark and set off at 8am. I slightly regretted my decision to spend a few hours and a couple of glasses of wine on the phone to Trace last night but knew I'd soon feel better once the legs got spinning. And indeed, did. We covered the same route as last Saturday and the weather was spectacular. Had lots of advice, hints and tips from Trusty. Some very handy and welcome (like how to put my chain back on when it came off AGAIN at the bottom of a hill). Trusty is very attentive and made sure we came in that 5 minutes or so earlier than last week. So we were all happy. Tired legs post ride but we did average well over 12 miles per hour which the aim for the whole trip I believe. Great to be out with Beth of the supernatural energy levels who then had to go and prep for a long day at the Vortex. Still find it almost impossible to believe that we will be taking on over twice that distance every day once our trip starts. Best not to think about that far ahead and just focus on next weeks training which is due to ramp up a bit.
Agent Alex back from the Algarve tommoro where they have enjoyed much more spectacular weather we hear. Expect (knowing his rapid tanning ability) he will deserve to be called Agent Orange for a week or two!