Hi,
*** 310 miles!!! *** (Or 500km (but that sounds even worse!)
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Update 27.8 - Ditchling Beacon done. Could not move when at the top. Also using a turbo trainer when raining - trashed one rear tyre, even getting the smell of burning rubber - would be great to be able to do the same on the road!
Still very much at the back of the pack on training runs, but at least am making it to the end. Less than two weeks to go and thinking I need to stock up on Deep Heat.
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Update 23.7 - Training now fully underway - Many thanks to Duncan - Cramming 7 months into 7 weeks. There is hope!
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I am doing the London to Paris bike ride this September, and need your help - It's on a bicycle, not motorbike.
Once you have stopped laughing at the thought of me doing this ride to which my beloved Elizabeth has kindly signed me up, please think about the pain I will be suffering in so many ways.
Having not ridden a bike for nearly 20 years I don't remember it being so hard, nor the saddle so small. Also it appears that having done no exercise since stopping playing rugby a few years ago may nothave been the best preparation. It would be so much easier if the bike had a motor.
The realisation of the challenge ahead has even meant that I have given up work to put in the time to get me through this alive - if not quickly. (Yes, really leaving BT!)
So why have I accepted this daft challenge? Because the cause is worth it, and one that justifies your generous support.
The SVP tackles disadvantage and exclusion in various forms and offers the hand of friendship to anyone who needs it, It also helps people in very practical ways such as providing holidays for children and families who would otherwise go without, helping out with items of furniture, offering debt counselling to those in difficulty or organising day trips for the elderly and housebound.
Please do give very generously.
Cheers,
Jason.
PS - I have now at least bought a bike!
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Well done Jason, I am sure that you've well and truly earned a pint of Fullers! Donation by Gary Millward on 26/10/09 |
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Well done chap. Donation by Better late than not on 22/10/09 |
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Donation by Bullies on 07/10/09 |
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Well done, Jason Donation by Peter Iles on 17/09/09 |
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Great effort, you will be a changed man untill Xmas then it is back to normal!!!! Donation by Harjit Banwatt on 15/09/09 |
£5.00 |
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Well done Jason ! Donation by John Hopkins on 14/09/09 |
£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid |
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Aaagh! He's going to make it! We'll have to donate. Donation by Duncan and Jane on 11/09/09 |
£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid |
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See photos of the start here http://www.flickr.com/photos/42365196@N05/?saved=1 Donation by CCRA on 11/09/09 |
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Be careful it can become addictive. Donation by John and Jan on 10/09/09 |
£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid |
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Someone needed to meet the target! Best wishes, I hope it's going well. (one of Elizabeth's old school friends). Donation by Jay (Pierre) Raby on 10/09/09 |
£39.00 + £11.00 Gift Aid |
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Wishing you all the best for your trip. You will do just fine. Donation by Emma Read on 09/09/09 |
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Good luck Jason! Donation by Paul Mason on 09/09/09 |
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Best of luck with the ride. I look forward to meeting the new, leaner Jason. Donation by Douglas Greenwell on 09/09/09 |
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Donation by Michael A Worthington on 09/09/09 |
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Good luck Jason!!!! Donation by Lorna J Pepper on 08/09/09 |
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Keep on truckin' - that is, cycling! We want to see the pics. Donation by Leonard Weir on 07/09/09 |
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Good luck, we'll be thinking of you! Donation by The Rippingale's on 07/09/09 |
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Good luck with the cycling the gain is worth the strain and the pain! Donation by Kevin Harrison on 06/09/09 |
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Good Luck!!! Donation by Joanna Wlodarczyk on 04/09/09 |
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Go, Jason! Best of luck and enjoy Paris when you get there Donation by Mary Abel on 28/08/09 |
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Come on Jason...you can do it!!! Good luck Donation by Snjezana Raic on 27/08/09 |
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All the best Jason. I am very impressed with your dedication. Donation by Andrea Hewitt on 24/08/09 |
£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid |
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We'll be with you in spirit every turn of the pedals. Just think how good that beer'll taste on the Champs Elysees! Donation by Rosemary & John on 15/08/09 |
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Good luck, Jason, and thanks. Donation by anonymous on 10/08/09 |
£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid |
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Best of luck Jason! You'll be able to get up those hills...... I know it!!! Donation by julian and ali rose on 09/08/09 |
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