Grim mouth on sweating grim face

all concentration,

he crouched above the tandem's handlebars,

a hero

pedaling for England.

Grim mouth on grim face,

all concentration,

she sat absurdly upright behind him

with her phone

keying for England

The bike? Thousands.

Hundreds for the lycra, super-helmets and super-shoes,

so impressive.

But they were doing it for fun

and I may have been having more,

watching them.