Earlier today, just before his bedtime (bear in mind New York is in a different timezone to Orkney!), Alan Young emailed to tell me William had a “…Good day. 125 laps in really ideal conditions. Lights out 00:36”.

I’ll just make an aside here – if I recall, William’s previous daily best was 119 laps. 125 laps means that he’s improving a fair bit at present!

Circa 5.30 UK time, Alan emailed again (this being the next day in New York) to tell me that William was “Now through 2800 miles”.