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Myself and other members of the MotorOn Team will be cycling just over 920 miles , from St Malo in Brittany across France over to Nice on the Cote D’Azur in support of the My Name’5 Doddie Foundation – raising monies for MND research.
Sadly, I lost my very good friend Bob Gledhill to Motor neurone disease (MND), he showed great courage and fortitude to battle against the disease for as long as he did and the memory of his fight against the disease, continues to drive my efforts to raise funds for the My Name’5 Doddie Foundation. If you’re able to sponsor me , I would be extremely grateful.
The foundation are working hard to research potential treatments and ways to improve the lives of those suffering with the disease and their families.
If you are able sponsor me I would be extremely grateful as I'm trying to raise funds to support the efforts of the MotorOn Cymru Team. The MotorOn team are working very hard to fulfill three main aims; 1) to raise funds for Motor Neurone Research, 2) to improve service provision for MND sufferers and 3) to raise awareness of Motor Neurone Disease.
Myself and other friends and members of the MotorOn Team will be attempting to complete the ride in 12 days. We plan to loosely follow the route of the well known France En Velo route, which will mean riding just over 920 miles and climbing over 21,500 meters which certainly will be a challenge to complete within just 12 days!
Motor Neurone Disease (MND) describes a group of diseases that affect the nerves (motor neurones) in the brain and spinal cord that relay information to the muscles of the body that organise and control all our daily activities. The disease is progressive and life shortening with the average survival time after diagnosis being 2-5 years.
It is often said that MND is not an incurable disease, it is just an underfunded disease. Currently the government invest only £3million a year into MND research, a very small amount when you consider that one in 300 people will be diagnosed with MND across a lifetime and there are around 5,000 adults living with the disease in the UK at any one time.
MotorOn Cymru are committed to changing this situation by supporting research through the Doddie Weir Foundation and raising the profile of the condition in the local and national media.