Quite simply
- One Week
- 880 Miles Cycling
- One Day
- 26 Miles Running
As we thought about all the ways you can raise funds, we realised that more than ever people are taking part in events that ask for donations to charity.
Whilst this is a truly positive thing, we also understand that it's important to really push yourself to the limit to deserve your generous donations.
One extremely popular way of raising money is to run a marathon. Having completed a marathon, this in itself being a grueling task, we thought it should definitely be incorporated into our challenge. But what would make us worthy of your money? What would make you want to give that little bit extra?
How about almost 900 miles on a bike from one end of the country to the other?
On Sunday 15th April at 6am, we will be pushing off from John o' Groats, Scotland only to reach the end of the road in Lands End, England seven days and almost 900 miles later!!
Typically the John o' Groats to Lands End cycle is completed in 10-14 days, meaning somewhere between 60 and 80 miles per day.
To get to the start line of the marathon on time, we need to do it in just 7 days. This sets us an average target of 125 miles per day! On the longest routes of over 150 miles in the day, this will mean over 10 hours in the saddle!!
When you add in that we have to get from Lands End to London and run the marathon the next day we hope that by the end of it, we will have earnt your money!
So please, please donate now; even if it's just a little or a lot, it really truthfully all helps.
It's all riding on you!!
How does our challenge compare to the greatest cycling competition of all, The Tour de France?
- The Tour de France (TDF) is 2,200 miles long, staged over 3 weeks. This means we will be completing over a whopping 40% of the total tour distance in a third of the time! If we carried on for another two weeks, we would win the tour!
- The longest stage of the TDF 2011 was a miserly 141 miles, mostly flat. By comparison, our longest stage will be almost 160 miles, through the highlands of Scotland!
