Greetings! As many of you will know, I have a dicky ticker*, so I thought it was about time I set myself a physical challenge and raised some money for a good cause at the same time.

For years my bike has been my company car to get to and from work, but two years ago I had to acquire an actual car because heart palpitations meant I couldn't cycle anywhere.

Treatment (on the NHS) and a year's travelling (sadly not) sorted out those pesky palp probs, so I decided to set myself a target: entering the Santini Cotswold Spring Classic Sportive and (hopefully) cycling 100 miles in a day.

The scary part is there's a broom wagon driving along at 12mph behind us, just waiting to sweep up any slowcoaches, so your donation might just give me the extra edge I need to avoid ending up in the back.

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So please dig deep and donate now.

Cheers,

Tim

* If you want to know more (and can wade through the schmaltz), you can read my story at http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2007/news/the-night-i-nearly-died/