Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

I'm 53, I weigh 18 stones, I've had one knee replaced and the other one is pretty knackered too, so just how hard can it be to ride a bike 100 miles to raise money for Cancer Research?

Having bought a bike last year, I was inspired to do something for charity by my cousin Ian who raised several thousand pounds for Cancer Research by losing a lot of weight. Ian did this in support of his brother (also my cousin, obviously!) Stuart who came home from serving in Afghanistan with a particularly aggressive and rare cancer.

Stuart is making a remarkable recovery after major surgery last year and has recently done a parachute jump to raise money for Help for Heroes (if you want to help Stuart's fundraising, he is on Justgiving - search for Stuart Unsworth). How Stuart has dealt with cancer is a great inspiration.

I decided last year to ride a 100 mile cycle sportive event as a personal challenge to raise money for Cancer Research - not just in support of Stuart, but also in memory of my mother, grandmother and aunt who all suffered from cancer.

With 2 weeks to go before the event, where I'll be joining an awful lot of other people in Norwich (and trying to race them in a friendly manner), I really have no idea if I will last the 100 miles! I have ridden 73 miles, which hurt, so I will need some inspiration along with the perspiration to complete the course.

This is where you come in - please, please dig deep and sponsor me and help inspire me with your donation to such a worthy cause!

No matter how much you can afford to donate, it will help in the fight against cancer.

Thank you so much,

Mike

 

Update - I manged to complete the 100 miles in just over 6 hours riding time! Thank you for all your kind donations and messages of support and encouragement - they meant a lot to me.

Thanks,

Mike

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