There was this bloke an average over weight under exercised pedal pusher that averaged 8- 10 MPH with loaded panniers. He decided to do LEJOG. He never said anything to anyone at work or home but SWMBO noticed that he was pushing up the distance pedalled every week and on weekend he was doing regular runs of 60+ miles. Well, he did LEJOG in 19 days with a couple of days to spare at the end. At work, the boss let out what our lad had done. Then the knockers started. He must have had transport, he had no kit with him. What was he taking? Our lad couldn't give a dam, he wasn't doing it for charity, he hadn't anything to prove. So he ignored the knockers and sceptics, until one-night shift (actually 04:00, a bad time to wind someone up). He lost his rag grabbed a knocker by the throat and told him how many miles he had put in, how desperately hard some of those training days had been, how much planning there had been and above all what he thought of someone who shouted off their mouth rather than getting out of their comfort zone. Maybe Paula feels the same.