Guys,

Thanks for coming. This is going to be a big challenge for us with plenty of hills to provide genuine and lasting pain - so if you sponsor us, you'll be getting your money's worth! 

We're going to be riding the 140 miles from Whitehaven (near Sellafield - we won't be eating the fish) to Tynemouth. Day one takes us through/over the lake district - which is far from flat and easy riding - it's got a route profile like a shark's mouth and I'll guarantee you now that the wind will be in our faces the whole way.

As if that isn't tough enough, on day two, we'll be dragging our sore and tired bodies over the Pennines via the frankly terrifying Hartside Pass. This is almost two thousand whimpering vertical feet of hairpinned agony. Thankfully, there's a caff at the top.

Day three will be equally interesting, coming down from the Pennines to Tynemouth. On average, this is actually downhill, however, anyone who remembers GCSE Maths will know that this doesn't actually mean anything fun. I mean, on average, the C2C is completely flat and at sea level. We'll then be heading back to Newcastle for a well earned pint in the best looking pub that will let us in.

Please sponsor us - it's for a good cause close to our hearts and will be a good deposit in the karmabank!

UPDATE: A month or so to go and we're in the middle of a heatwave - still in the saddles though!  We reached our first fundraising target of £500 so have decided to try to push on through to four figures - please help us get there!

UPDATE 2: We're now on the part of the training schedule that pro-athletes (like us) refer to as a 'taper'.  This involves gradually lowering the intensity and amount of training towards your target date - reducing the possibility of carrying niggling injuries and making sure that you're rested and fresh.  Kat and I (mikey) are on an extreme taper, which involves lounging by a pool and eating Pizza and ice cream.  Craig, the team swot, is still in the saddle and has just bought his first skinny-fit cycling shirt, so we'll all look the part as Team CKM trundles across the country.

In other news, we've broken our second target (hurrah!), everything now is icing on the cake.  If you've already given, thankyou from the bottom of our palpitating, oxygen-starved hearts.  If you haven't, keep it coming!