some of my birds in last 3 weeks, have done, lulworth, 178 miles ne wind, st malo, (national) 316 miles,(hard hot day) then on the tuesday, kingsdown 169 miles, ne wind, then last sun, carentan, 268 miles (hard race)strong west wind, then thu 6 will be going to messac national race 387 i think, were a bit tired sunday, but looking better yesterday, And should be fine come thursday, they wont be going out much, plenty of rest, vit b12, vita pro, nuts and maize, then will be last race for these 6 931 miles covered by 2 of them in last 3 weeks, and 23 hours on wing, plus another 8/9 hours this weekend! im confident of these 2 being my first birds back, saturday :-) and they both sprinters :-)