Looking back with thanks
Last night was the end of an era. After five months I closed my #richard100 fundraising page for the wonderful Princess Alice Hospice. When I first set up the page for my 100km nighttime ride through London, I tentatively set my fundraising target at £500. Within a few weeks I had raised it twice, to £1500. In the end, my generous sponsors drawn from family, business community, friends and church, allowed me to leave that target far behind.
- Training advice
- Health support
- Logo design
- Jersey printing
- Cycle maintenance
- Local radio coverage
- An avalanche of support much of it on Twitter
Altogether it was a wonderful experience. The bike on which I rode Nightrider has gone back to its owner, but in the meantime I fear I may have become a MAMIL*. My old bike. bought with the proceeds from a holiday job when I was 16, has been dusted down, stripped back and oiled. I find myself squeezing in a few miles on it whenever I can, and I have no intention of stopping any time soon. I wonder what the next challenge will be?
*”Middle Aged Man In Lycra
