750 miles from Glencoe to Boscombe

750 MILES FROM GLENCOE TO BOSCOMBE

At the age of 50 our dad was diagnosed with Dilated Cardiomyopathy, an incurable degenerative heart disease that can affect people of all ages and one that took the lives of his brothers at the ages of 29 and 34. Sadly, it also claimed the life of our dad in December last year at the age of 64.

The condition can be managed in various ways to improve quality of life for sufferers - the CMA (www.cardiomyopathy.org) is a small charity that receives no government funding but works hard with its limited resources to provide support and information for sufferers and their families.

My brother and I are undertaking a 750-mile cycle ride in memory of our dad and to raise funds for the CMA by way of thanks for the support they provided for him after his diagnosis. We also plan to take Dad's beloved 1956 split screen Morris Minor along as official support vehicle, and we plan to scatter some of his ashes in each of his favourite haunts along the way.

To make a donation go to our fundraising page.

We also have a facebook page where we'll be posting throughout the course of the event, so help us spread the word and get 'liking' us.

Wednesday, 18 July 2012

Printed jerseys, we're the real deal now!

I collected our printed cycling jerseys yesterday courtesy of Colin Berryman of Berryman Fitness fame and  SE Workwear and VERY pleased we are with them too!

Colin has been the instructor leading most of the spinning classes I've endured this year and he has helped  me push myself to (I hope) new levels of fitness, thanks largely to huge amounts of military style shouting - it really does work! It will soon become apparent exactly how much benefit all of these gruelling hours have been as we start the ride in only 5 days now. Look out for the 'Smith-o-meters' on this blog at the end of each day to see if 6 months of spinning classes have helped (I'm as curious as you).


Once Colin learned of my ride he offered to arrange to get me some jerseys printed, which he did via SE Workwear in Abingdon (Ady from SE Workwear also teaches spinning). They took a logo that I designed (which will also be appearing on the Morris Minor) and printed it in reflective grey on the back of each of the jerseys. Lee and I each have one in blue and one in white, so now we should look like official charity workers!

Expect to see some 'action' shots of us in these jerseys soon, right here on this blog (that is assuming that they're not covered with waterproofs the whole time)!









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  1. sheila smith19 July 2012 at 12:51

    Brilliant, people are really rallying around, it's so nice, thanks everyone

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