Hi everyone!!

A while ago a friend of mine (Pete Doran-you're responsible for this marathon!) suggested that we do a bike ride from the west coast to the east coast of england. Despite thinking that he was a bit mad and having not ridden a bike for over 10 years I thought, yeah why not?

The ride will be over 2 days, Saturday 17th July and Sunday 18th July where a team of 6 of us will ride from whitehaven (NW Coast ) to Sunderland (NE Coast). This trip is 132 miles in total and we are due to burn off a staggering 5500 calories over the course of the 2 days. Not only that but the terrain on which we are cycling is extremely difficult and half of it will be done up ridiculously steep hill gradients!!!

I have had to train quite intensively for this over the the last month or so and will be over these coming 2 weeks to ensure I get through this marathon challenge!

I have decided to take on this challenge for the charity scope (www.scope.org.uk) as I believe they are doing some great work in helping those with disablities to lead amazing lives so please donate to this great cause!

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So please dig deep and donate now. Thanks for taking the time to read this page and for your support!

Alex