Cycling and Triathlon

Four4aCure 2016

Another year and another opportunity for Gareth to pester your for sponsorship…! Are you getting bored yet? I’m sure most of my friends and family must be. They probably cross the street when they see me! I have a few … Continue reading →

London Triathlon 2015

Yesterday, I completed the London Triathlon (Olympic Distance) for the second time. Some of you might be saying, “I didn’t know you were doing a Triathlon..?” It’s true that up until now, when I’m doing a sponsored event, I’d be … Continue reading →

Pizza, Pasta and Pedaling

Eroica is the Italian word for heroes or heroic. L’Eroica therefore means ‘The heroes’ or ‘The heroic’. I have now come to understand why the bike ride I did over the weekend is so called. There were so many heroes … Continue reading →

Cut it out!

A week into my holiday and I have finally got round to blogging about the third ride in my Four4Cure challenge – Ride London. The proper name for the ride is actually the ‘Prudential RideLondon 100’ – a bit of … Continue reading →

Old School Climbing

It’s taken me a couple of weeks to get around to blogging about it, but the second of my four rides in this years Four 4 a Cure challenge took place on 22nd June. I was originally going to get … Continue reading →

The French for detour is…. détour!

Cycle the the first stage of the Tour de France, they said, and raise money for JDRF whilst you do it! Well, I like a challenge, as you know, and I’m all for raising money to help cure Type 1 … Continue reading →

Four4aCure – Ride 1

The first of my four challenges is this weekend. The Tour de Type 1. I’m heading up to Harrogate on Friday to meet up with over 100 other riders from all over the country, all raising money for JDRF. At … Continue reading →

Choose your weapon….

This Saturday is about first stages…. The first stage of my Four for a Cure 2014 challenge.. … over the route of first stage of this years Tour de France. I mentioned in my last blog post that I had … Continue reading →

Four 4 a Cure 2014 kicks off next week

With the fund-raising done, focus now turns to the challenge for this year – four 100mile + rides. The first two are back to back (kind of!). Next Saturday is the Tour de Type 1 and then on the following … Continue reading →

Curesam Rocks – again!

Last night was our big fundraising night, and I’m pleased to report that it was a big success! With all of the 100 tickets sold a couple of weeks ago, we were turning people down during the week. Fortunately, we … Continue reading →