Caught up with the team at T14 having been chasing them for a day. They're looking great, happy and smiling, joking and sharing food round. They've had a few 'moments' so far, crashing on skates, wearing out brakes, overshooting the end of kayak stages, nav errors, but they're thinking well - Joe will be proud - and aiming to preserve themselves enough just to finish.
As an example, they deliberately missed the T14 cutoff. Elizabeth's knee is a little tender, and the big (60km) trek they would be routed onto if they arrived 2pm wouldn't do it any favours. So they stopped a short distance away from the transition, found a small building to get into, and had half an hours sleep. That way the can not only get some shuteye, but they can stick on the bikes and save the legs for the last trek stage to the finish.
That said, the bikes are taking their toll, their behinds "a little tender and a bit chafed". But they will finish, and finish well.
The current leaderboard, up to the end of Stage 4 puts them 45th (out of 59 starters), ahead of the Costa Rican team.
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