There is nothing more that I can do!

4 days until the Ride London 100 and I'm excited! The training is all done now, I'll have a couple more easy rides just to keep the legs loose but as far as preparation is concerned I'm ready! Or as ready as I can be. Its been exactly 11 months since I started training and I'm very happy with the way that its gone, in fact I have surpassed my initial expectations and have had to reset goals along the way. I am in much better shape than I thought I could achieve in less than a year.

If all goes well on Sunday then I should complete it in around 5hrs 45 mins and if it goes really well then sub 5:30 may be possible which is 3 hours faster than my original estimate and an hour faster than the time that I put down when I registered for the event. Times are nice but my main goal is still to finish because a lot of people have sponsored me to do just that in aid of Prostate Cancer UK.

Whatever time I do, it is still going to be a unique experience riding through London past famous landmarks on closed roads with good crowds out to watch and cheer especially on the homeward stretch when the legs are getting tired. I know it will be difficult to control the adrenalin at the start, setting off too fast would be a mistake.

To try and encourage people to donate I had another Photoshoot this week. I promise this will be my last appearance as a "model". My thanks to Photographer Karen Knowlson and her lighting tech Mikko Summala for doing the pictures for me.

The fundraising has gone pretty well too, it was always going to be more difficult once I left work but the donations that have been made and the messages of support from friends and family (and some people that I hardly know) have been a great help to my motivation but more importantly will help Prostate Cancer UK in their work in fighting Prostate Cancer and supporting those that are affected by it.

As I sit writing this my total raised so far is £1335 (£1,611.25 with gift aid). I am still hopeful of reaching my £1500 target and I have promised to shave my legs and video it if I reach £1500 by Saturday now that should be an incentive!
To sponsor me  please visit my fund raising page.    

As I like Stats here a few:
In the last 11 months I have:

• Completed 167 Training rides (Excluding turbo sessions).
• Cycled a total of 6,025 miles.
• Spent 389 hours in the saddle.
• Done 87,000m of elevation(going uphill).
• Burnt approximately 174,000 calories.
• Lost 60 pounds in weight.

You can see the ride on BBC1 on Sunday the first transmission is 11:30-14:00 and the second transmission is 16:30-18:30 The whole event is on the red button from 9:00am.

So that's it, I hope that you have enjoyed reading my blog, its been fun writing it. There will be one more entry next week when hopefully I will be reporting a fun and successful ride and even more money raised.