My sincere thanks to Colin, Linda and Emma for checking on my wellbeing after I came off second best with the path on the decent after Widdop rendering my right shoulder "inoperative". The remaining 25 miles of pain in the race was nothing compared to the 200+ mile drive back to Edinburgh. On my return my wife (an ex-nurse) examined my "wound" and despite my obviously distressed state, declared it nothing worse than a bit of a bang, provided no sympathy and promptly went out for the evening with her friends!!

Also thanks to Brett and all his team for a fantastically organised race and also to the kids at the school for making such a lovely array of cakes and other goodies - sponge cake truly dulls the pain of an injured shoulder !!!