Jim Cameron
Transcontinental 2015
Fundraising for MS Society Scotland
Story
This summer I will be racing my bicycle across Europe in the 2015 Transcontinental Race.
The 4000km (2500mi) route starts in Geraardsbergen, Belgium and finishes in Istanbul, Turkey travelling through France, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia and Bulgaria. It's an unrouted (with the exception of four checkpoints along the way), unsupported bike race. There are no stages, there are no rest days, the first rider to Istanbul wins.
I've no intentions of winning it, there's some complete crazies that will get this done in no time. I plan simply on making the finishers party, in a brewery, 14 days after race start in Belgium.
I will need to carry all of my clothing and equipment while riding an average of 285km (178mi) per day. To put that into perspective it's a wee bit more than riding Glasgow to Inverness, everyday, for 14 days. Riding 4000km will also include a bit of climbing, over 42,000m of climbing, equivalent to ascending Everest 5 times or Ben Nevis 31 times.
Whatever way you equate it, this race is going to be tough, seriously tough!
This challange however is nothing really in comparison to the challenges faced by the members of my family who have been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis.
It's maybe an ambitious target but i'm hoping to raise £1 per kilometre raced for the MS Society Scotland.
Thanks for reading and if you feel like donating please also leave some album recommendations, I'm going to be abusing my Spotify account all the way to Turkey.
Cheers, Jim
The 4000km (2500mi) route starts in Geraardsbergen, Belgium and finishes in Istanbul, Turkey travelling through France, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia and Bulgaria. It's an unrouted (with the exception of four checkpoints along the way), unsupported bike race. There are no stages, there are no rest days, the first rider to Istanbul wins.
I've no intentions of winning it, there's some complete crazies that will get this done in no time. I plan simply on making the finishers party, in a brewery, 14 days after race start in Belgium.
I will need to carry all of my clothing and equipment while riding an average of 285km (178mi) per day. To put that into perspective it's a wee bit more than riding Glasgow to Inverness, everyday, for 14 days. Riding 4000km will also include a bit of climbing, over 42,000m of climbing, equivalent to ascending Everest 5 times or Ben Nevis 31 times.
Whatever way you equate it, this race is going to be tough, seriously tough!
This challange however is nothing really in comparison to the challenges faced by the members of my family who have been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis.
It's maybe an ambitious target but i'm hoping to raise £1 per kilometre raced for the MS Society Scotland.
Thanks for reading and if you feel like donating please also leave some album recommendations, I'm going to be abusing my Spotify account all the way to Turkey.
Cheers, Jim