The Prudential RideLondon Surrey 100 sportive will see 25000 amateur cyclists taking on a challenge like no other. They will follow a similar route to that of the London 2012 Olympic road races. Starting in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, out through London to Surrey's stunning country roads and hills before returning to the capital to finish on the Mall in front of Buckingham Palace.

This year, I'll be entering as part of a team from M&Co to raise money for their corporate charity partner, Cancer Research UK. CRUK fund scientists, doctors and nurses to help beat cancer sooner as well as providing cancer information to the public.

I've never attempted a cycle of this distance before, the occasional ten mile commute to work being the limit of my achievements. I'll be stepping up my training and distances in preparation for the ride and sharing updates here of my progress.

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