As you some of you know, as part of 40th Anniversary celebrations,
CGI committed to various activities to Prince's Trust fundraising and set an ambitious target of raising £40,000 by the end of this year.

I decided to join the party, by doing the series of sporting
events that would challenge me and help to raise money for Princes' Trust.

16-17th July – Dunwich Dynamo 

A semi organised annual, overnight bike ride, covering the
distance of over 200km,from Hackney in East London to Dunwich fast disappearing off the Suffolk coast. The challenge will be to complete the ride and arrive at the destination in the morning on the 17th July. This will be the farthest I ever cycled in a single trip and also, I am not the best with staying up all night whilst doing so. Given the fact it’s likely to take about 10 hrs to complete this journey, there will be several moments of weakness to overcome!

31st July  - Prudential Ride London

The iconic 100 miles (160km), covering the area of London and
Surrey Hills with challenging climbs throughout . The target for this event will be to finish under 8hrs but no faster than 6:30. Why not faster? Well, it's to make the next event on the list possible...

14th August – 70.3 Ironman Dublin

Middle Distance triathlon, consisting of 1.9km sea swim, a
90km bike ride, followed by a half marathon in the (not so flat) Phoenix Park in the centre of Dublin. My target will be to finish in top 10 in my age group. This on any day wouldn't be easy and the Irish weather tends to be...erm..temperamental.

10th September – Vitruvian Middle Distance Championship

This is a tricky one, as last year’s champion I should have set a target to defend the title, but being a realistic person, I know that my
current physical shape and this year’s competitors field will make it rather impossible. I wouldn’t want to settle for anything less that the top 5 though :)

3rd October – Prince’s Trust Palace to Palace

The final and the only ‘leisurely’ event of this season. I will join the group of CGI members and cycle from Buckingham Palace to Windsor
Castle. hopefully I won't be fed up of cycling by then!

If you think that any of the above deserves your pennies spent toward the Princes' Trust charity, please sponsor me and I will keep you updated how my challenges are going!

Many thanks,