Hello, I'm Gareth Thomas, Ive been invited to join the famous Rugby Centurions charity bike ride from Twickenham to Paris starting October 9th as part of the Rugby World Cup celebrations. I will be riding alongside rugby greats such as Rory Best, George Gregan, John Smit just to name a few. My chosen charity is Fatboys Cancer Charity. http://www.fatboyscharity.co.uk/raise money to buy children suffering with cancer a Christmas present. Many of these children have an advanced stage of cancer, and our volunteer “ Santas Elves” deliver these presents to the children at hospital or hospice. Unfortunately I'm currently undergoing chemotherapy myself for stage 4 Follicular lymphoma, my prognosis is looking very good and I'm certainly up for the challenge to raise a few quid for this amazing cause. I know loads of these requests appear lately and I'm well aware times are hard at the moment. If you could donate a couple of pound or even share my post I would be hugely grateful. * Time for a dramatic caveat - I have chemotherapy scheduled for the week before the ride. Judging on how my treatment has gone previously, I will be good to go. It's around 260km over 4 days which is well within my capability even with ongoing chemotherapy however I think it prudent to mention this should things not go to plan. Thank you for the support so far. http://www.fatboyscharity.co.uk/