I’ve got a lot of chafing coming my way and I was hoping you could help! 

 

I’m trying to raise over £1000 for the charity Right to Play by riding 300 miles, in three days, from Amboise, France back to London, UK.  I was hoping that you might be able to help?

 

Now, you’d think that given that I have to ride 300 miles that I’d be a mad keen cyclist. I’m not. In fact I only got on a road bike for the first time last Saturday. So this is going to be a pretty painful seven weeks given I need to clock up some serious miles in preparation. 

 

But as they say, “it’s all for a good cause”, and it really is.

 

Your money will change – and save – lives

The charity I’m supporting is called Right to Play [www.righttoplay.org.uk]. They use educational sport and play programmes for children in the developing world to overcome the effects of poverty, conflict, and disease.

 

Four things I can guarantee

 

1.I will ride 300 miles in three days - unfortunately I have to do that to get home!

 

2.It’s going to hurt – it’s the equivalent of running a marathon every day, for three days

 

3.I’ll burn over 6000 calories during each ride – twice the usual daily amount

 

4.Finally - I will almost definitely a) cry at some point, b) fall off my bike in an ungainly fashion, c) look ridiculous clad head to toe in lycra