At 65 miles the cable of my ( only ) brake, broke.

What a crazily unsafe design? One brake?!

At that point I could have justifiably got in the van, as I had no way of stopping

Instead, I ( confessed ) to having a spare cable in my bag in the van.
Big mistake….It started to rain very hard shortly after we fixed it, and I had no further excuse ( as in I couldn’t let myself ) to give up.

The last 20 km went on for ever.
12 hours in total, including stops, and the 95 miles were up.
The lads gave me a round of applause as I finished, which wasn’t necessary, but was nice.

Was it the hardest thing I’ve done?
No way. Pre injury I did some very very hard things, but it was as hard as say running a marathon.

Would it have been the hardest thing 99% of people would have done? Yes, almost certainly.

Was it the hardest thing I’ve done since my injury? Yes.

Until tomorrow, when I’ve got to go ten miles further.

Can’t wait…

He lied.