james burridge caught up with her.ntic. i3 just really frightening you use a lot of strength when the waves, and just try and hold yourself steady. so you're using a lot of paddles all the time and it took me about 40 minutes to climb to the top this time. �* ,., ., ., , ., minutes to climb to the top this time. �* ., ., , ., �*, time. after so long at sea, pip's bod is time. after so long at sea, pip's body is understandably - time. after so long at sea, pip's body is understandably feeling l time. after so long at sea, pip's l body is understandably feeling the strain. she's hoisted a sale sometimes ten times a day. she's been dried, yanks, hold, staggered, shivered, crawled. she's been stung iiy shivered, crawled. she's been stung by a jellyfish to top it all. it's meant a nasty allergic reaction. the last few days _ meant a nasty allergic reaction. ii2 last few days have meant a nasty allergic reaction. "ii2 last few days have been meant a nasty allergic reaction. i"i2 last few days have been very hard because i've

this is from james burridge.oing so well for pip hare, the leading british sailor in the vendee globe. then in the middle of the southern ocean, in treacherous seas, a serious problem. two hours ago, just did a routine check of the boat and i discovered that the port router stock was cracked. and i'm at now far off losing the rudderfrom cracked. and i'm at now far off losing the rudder from the cracked. and i'm at now far off losing the rudderfrom the port side. so myjob now, racing is suspended. i am... i am devastated. but these things happen. it happens. and i cannot change that. all i can do is find a solution. what happened next was extraordinary. in a big swell during a gap between gales, pip hare summoned the strength to change the routers, a job that would normally take for people. after chatting through her task with her tea m chatting through her task with her team back home, she completed it on her own and an hour and a half.|j think is probably the hardestjob you can do without retiring from the race.

they take on gloucester tomorrow, and james burridge has been given exclusive access as they prepareursday seven a:m., thursday morning, and northampton players arrive for their fourth covid—i9 test this week come ahead of their first game since boxing day. with games and competitions cancelled because of covid, measures at clubs like these have become even stricter. the incidence of— have become even stricter. tue: incidence of endgame transmission across the league has been really quite low and as everybody else learns about this virus and how we do to, what is controllable are the interactions between players of staff within the training environment that need to be addressed to reduce that risk as a whole and still be able to prepare the players physically to go out and play on the weekend. but the players physically to go out and play on the weekend.— play on the weekend. but it should bi est play on the weekend. but it should biggest worry? _ play on the weekend. but it should biggest worry? what _ play on the weekend. but it should biggest worry? what keeps - play on the weeken