Day 5: I was joined unexpectedly today by about 100 fellow cyclists on the way to Preston. However they all very quickly disappeared into the distance and I was left on my own. 50 miles up the road someone tried to hand me a medal for completing round 3 of the Tarporley Cycling Time Trial I'd apparently just finished last in. I turned their offer down on account of snorting a Vicks inhaler earlier which would obviously have disqualified me. I thanked the confused marshal anyway who was still running alongside trying to pin the medal on me as I sped off after pinching a 'finishers' bottle of water.