I’ve temporarily dedicated this website’s home page to my mega challenge to raise funds for Cancer Research UK
I’ve temporarily dedicated this website’s home page to my mega challenge to raise funds for Cancer Research UK
40,075 kms, all uphill, no gears …
I’m a 54 year old married, father of 3 with a full-time job plus the typical husband, home owner and dad duties who thought it would be a good idea to cycle the circumference of the world in my free time.
1 in 2 people will be diagnosed with cancer during their lifetime. In the 1970s 3 in 4 people diagnosed didn’t survive 10 years after their diagnosis. Today, thanks to CRUK’s efforts >50% of people survive more than 15 years and their goal is to get that to 75% in the next 20 years.
Most round the world cycling challenges use land mass as the basis of distance covered and so you can cycle it in as few as 29,000kms. I am cycling complete circumference, including where oceans are and so my challenge is 40,075kms (24,301 miles).
I work full time and am a married father of 3. I have to fit the challenge around my job and husband/father chores and responsibilities.
I cycle 2-3 nights per week (usually after 8pm) and on weekends, aiming to complete a minimum of 50kms (just under 2hrs) per time at every opportunity.
No - my wife bought me the bike around 10yrs ago when I set out to lose weight. It has a belt resistance which I set at 75% which is like continuously pedalling uphill, meaning I have to pedal every metre, there are no free metres, no easy bouts to recover and no let up! There are also no gears, meaning there is no way to generate high speeds as you can with a road bike. This is to reflect the uphill struggle cancer sufferers face, the arduous and testing situations the people who care for them have to endure and the battle the scientists are fighting in working to find cures, treatments and ways to prevent it occurring in the first place.
if you’re an individual simply donate via my JustGiving page and donate what you want to and can afford. Everything and anything is appreciated.
If you are representing a company then you can donate as above and sponsor a flag of the world. I’ll add your logo and a link to your website on the flags of the world page which will be live for the duration of my challenge.
When I started the challenge and people learned it was to raise funds for cancer, many told me stories of loved ones they were donating to support, celebrate or remember. Those stories help keep me motivated on days when I don’t necessarily feel like cycling. I want to honour both the people they relate to and thank the donors who are helping Cancer Research UK continue to make a difference.
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