Day 9 September 9th 2006
After the head wind heroics of yesterday, Day 9 was due to be a relatively short day, with reasonaby flat terrain loch side up the Great Glen and with a light tail wind. All went well initially as we hugge ... read more
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From 1st to 10th September, five of us aim to ride from Land's End to John O'Groats with our kit on our backs and no support team. If we succeed, we will have covered a thousand miles in ten days. Admittedly, this is no Herculean feat, but we are overweight, hovering on forty and scared of the gym. It's going to be hard. It might be fun.
Sitting in the saddle, we hope to turn our sweat into pounds and if you would like to make a donation to one of our 2 chosen charities, please visit "www.justgiving.com/midlifechallenge" or "www.re-cycle.org".
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