I have reached all of my goals and just wanted to say thank you to all you amazing people who have donated/sponsored me in this challenge.
Without you and your encouragement, I wouldn't have been able to achieve this.
THANK YOU ALL FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.
So I bought my bike the week before the GCC started. I hadn't ridden a bike in over 40 years since I attended high school. This is my 1st year riding for GCC I increased my donation target from $500 - $1500 then onwards to $2500 so far reaching $2671 for the young people who are and continue to fight with true bravery. I'm humbled and amazed by this wonderful community that I have come across. The support and encouragement from everybody is awe inspiring, without all of you and the GCC organization i would of just been doing my daily commute to and from work which is the reason for buying the bike in the first place. Then, having this challenge to motivate me, I'm now a cycling wanna be. My year to date is pictured from stats off of strava. Keep those pedals turning, feeling blessed and humbled.
Well folks, the challenge is drawing to a close, and I'm getting close to my goal of 500km. I only have 98km left to cycle and 9 days in which to do it.
I know I'm going to beat my target as I have 48km in commutes a group ride on wednesday afternoon of 40km, not including the ride to and from the event. Also, I have a couple of weekends to do a few longer rides 20-30km, so with that in mind, a HUGE THANKYOU for your support and words of encouragement.
Just be aware that this is an annual event, and I will be participating in future rides.
Love and blessings to you all.
I received my hero jersey today and want to thank all of my sponsors for donating to Sick Kids. I had a great 51km ride today, leaving me with 171km to hit my 500km target.
Keeping motivated is becoming a little harder as I'm hitting the tarmac on my own. It would be nice to have a riding buddy.
As always, thank you for your support. It is all of you who keep me motivated.
Due to your generous donations and yesterdays match day, I am pleased to inform you all that I have raised over $2500 for Sick Kids organisation.
It is with great gratitude and humility, and your contributions once again a BIG HUGE ENORMOUS THANKYOU FOR YOUR GENEROUSITY.
feeling very blessed and humbled.
Have reached my 1500$ now im really asking all of you to help me get to the next level. I'm riding my butt off to help these kids who should be out playing.
Today is Saturday the 9th of August.
I know those of you keeping up with my blogs have already donated to the sick kids already, and I thank you from the bottom of my ❤️.
This coming Wednesday, the 13th of August, is MATCH DAY. Any online donation made will be matched. If you can make a small donation, it will be doubled, so if you donated another $5, it will be a $10 donation.
I'd really like to make my target of $1500, but to exceed that would be phenomenal. Thanking you all in advance.
Having realised, I am going to achieve my distance target. I am going to save the larger rides for the weekends when I have more time available and can get out in the early hours when the temperature is more conducive to longer rides.
If it is cooler in the evenings, I will do 10-15 km rides in the local neighborhood.
I have had a couple of evenings recovering from the weekend 125km ride, so tonight, 7th Aug. I'm going for the usual ride.
Thank you all again for your generous donations
Feeling loved and blessed.
Was going to ride with a friend today, but due to unforseen circumstances, this was not viable, so I had another lonesome ride. I'm so glad I can use the phone to tune into the radio and keep the momentum going.
After today's excursion, we are now 25% complete, only 375km more to go.
I know things are difficult at the moment with prices on nearly everything going through the roof. So again, thank you for your donations.
Another thing I have noticed is that my fluid and food intake has increased bananas, and peanut butter sandwiches, pasta, and chicken are now all high on my diet list. Fluid intake is high protein smoothies made with fresh fruit plain yogurt and milk. I also have hydration energy powder to add to my bottle.
Today's ride was a little over 27.5km.
Went for a steady ride today, not the fastest, but im learning a mtb is heavy, and knobbley tires are not the best for road riding. I'm just shy of the 100km mark, so 400km left. Remember, approx 200km will be my daily commute. I'm going to be getting alot fitter by the end of this challenge.
Have already decided that this is going to be something i'm going to do annually. Next year's ride will either be on a road bike or a gravel bike.
