Stuart Lee
The Race to New York Fundraising Page
Fundraising for Brain & Spine Foundation
Story
The Race to New York is a charity spin cycle event in aid of the Brain and Spine Foundation. The aim is to cover the distance from Coventry to New York - 3470 miles - using 25 studio spin bikes to cycle the combined distance in 12 hours (an average of 138.8 miles per bike x 25 bikes).
In November 2009 Stuart will compete in the New York Marathon, an event
which he said he would run 20 years ago whilst learning to walk again during a
seven week stint in hospital that nearly cost him his life.
Please support us in raising as much money as possible for the Brain and Spine Foundation so that they can carry on providing information and support to the 10 million people suffering with a neurological condition.Thankyou
The Brain and Spine Foundation was founded in 1992 to help the 10 million people affected by brain and spine conditions in the UK. The Foundation are committed to improving services across a whole spectrum of neurological conditions, as well as recognition and awareness of the impact of these conditions.
Why the race?
Stuart Lee was born with Hydrochephalus, more commonly
known as fluid on the brain. The condition was finally diagnosed at the age of
six months when Stuart had only six weeks to live. Caused by an inoperable
brain cyst, it means that brain fluid cannot drain naturally from the head and
has to be drained via an artificial tube known as a shunt. Throughout the
following 18 years Stuart had 17 brain operations, a golf ball sized brain
tumour and bacterial meningitis. The cyst is now the size of a tennis ball.
Please support us in raising as much money as possible for the Brain and Spine Foundation so that they can carry on providing information and support to the 10 million people suffering with a neurological condition.Thankyou
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