A shameless act of self-promotion and Page 3 Models

It's been a busy few days over the last week. Easter has come and gone and seems to have taken the worst of the weather with it. The relatives from Sweden have returned to Stockholm taking with them mountains of English chocolates and Easter eggs and powdered Colmans mustard. Good friends have headed back up to Yorkshire after their month long tour of France and Andorra and a weekend stopover with me and he wife, leaving me to finally get on with the imposing task of writing a piece for three local newspapers.

Page 3 Models Oli, Matt and James LtoR

Yesterday, James, Matt and I were joined by Brad, Matt's brother to take our first "official" team photo outside the Rosie hospital at Addenbrookes in Cambridge. We stood, posing for what seemed like an eternity outside the hospital while Brad "papped us" which I believe is the technical term. It was cold, bright and windy, so maintaining our smiles for the photo wasn't the easiest.

The editorial piece has been written and is going to feature in the Newmarket Journal tomorrow. Matt, James and I are now officially Page 3 Models, although probably not as nice to look at over your cornflakes. There will also be coverage in the cycling section in the Cambridge Evening News and also in the Ely Standard.

Hopefully, this change in the weather will make a huge difference to the amount of training that we'll be able to get in as we're now only 53 days away from the challenge!

Oli