Yes indeed, agree with that Billy, the first was much now to my taste. Felt the second was too long and needed editing, and to be honest there was far too much about that worried woman.
Well, I sort of agree, at last that's how I felt at the beginning of the podcast, but I have to say, as I sat here in the nocturnal hours, I got quite drawn in to Melinda's story, and found it a really good listen in the end. And she's quite a cyclist when it comes to big events. Fair play to her. So much so, I went searching for past times etc. Looking at how quick she has been historically, I think that was a case of sleep deprivation will reign supreme in the end, no matter what, and regardless what you've done in the past. I think we can all relate to how easy it it to lose focus and wander from the goal.
Reality is, it's probably not that easy to compile a 30 min podcast about folk cycling through the early hours with virtually no human interaction, other than with themselves and their own issues! I mean, really....
It did make me reflect a bit though about how the leftpondia [can I say that?] folk find finding long brevets through the night compared to us over here. I'm sure their sense of the huge, the desolate, the uninhabited and the wilderness could potentially be much more profound for them than it is for us over here.
Anyway, I liked it. I think they've struck a very intimate tone to the delivery.