La Manche to Le Med Cycle 2010

In aid of the Earl Mountbatten Hospice

Total Distance is 970km (600 miles) Cycling 110km a day in 9 days The Route

We will be travelling from Saint-Malo to St-Pierre La Mer.
We will be camping every night while we are there.
The route is fairly flat allowing us to cycle at around 22mph, for 6-8 hours straight; but it is so well planned we hit hills over the last few days.
The Route

When?
We leave on the 2nd of August and return on the 15th.
Our first night will be in St Malo ready to start cycling 9 consecutive days in the morning.
By the end of the challenge there will be a 4 day rest period before a drive back.

Cyclists
Kieron Stewart (aged 16)
Stephen Smith (17)
Arthur Halsey (16)
James Windley (16)
Who’s Going?
4 Cyclists
3 Support Crew
2 Drivers
Support Crew
Georgia Lakey
Carrie-Anne Heath
Ben Harvey
Drivers
Arthur’s Father
James’ Mother
The Team

We wanted a challenge
To raise money for the Earl Mountbatten Hospice
The Hospice needs to independently raise £4400 every day / £2.2million yearly
They rely on over 350 volunteers and the generosity of everyone to fundraise the £2.2 million to provide for the care of over 800 people Island wide.
Months of planning/training and the two week challenge itself, all so the Hospice can run for a day and a half.
Hospice Why The Challenge?

We hope to gain sponsorship from local companies and discounts from ferries etc all bring down the costs
The budget suggests the challenge will cost £4000
We personally will be putting in money for the bikes
Costs

Current ideas to help raise funding:
Having a Stand at Walk the Wight.
Bag packing at Supermarkets
Giving talks to local groups.
An Island Cycle.
Our main idea of fundraising is our Publicity. We already have bookings for IW Radio.
Fundraising

We currently have five different online sites/pages, these are:
Our Main Hospice Cycle Challenge Website
JustGiving page
Facebook group
Twitter
Private Google Site
We have tried to broaden the range of audience we reach, the more sites obviously the more we reach.
Websites

This is our main website
Courtesy of Gamson Gray
It contains:
News, Profiles, Gallery, Challenge Details, Training Log, Sponsor Details, and a Contact Us
www.hospicecyclechallenge.com

Facebook across the Island in our age group is vastly used.
It is used for small updates, share photo’s, notify members
Any member of Facebook can join
Facebook

An average adult consumes 2000 calories a day, with training we consume double that daily
On the challenge itself we will have to consume over 10,000 calories every day
We are working with CNP Professional (one of our sponsors for nutrition) to develop an ‘eating’ schedule
Food

Wight Mountain were extremely helpful in helping choosing and gaining the right bikes.
There will be one flat bar Raliegh AIRLite SF 2.0 (pictured left) for Arthur and three drop bars Raliegh AIRLite 100 for the rest of us (pictured right)
Bikes

Bike training begins every morning (including weekends) at 6:00 am, lasting 1-2 hours before school. Again evening training lasts another hour. Training is highly intensive and our diets are just as important
Weekend training consists of a large group Island cycle of around 50 miles, altering our course weekly
We put in around 25 hours of training throughout the week
Training

As part of the training for the cycle, we will have a back to back training days.
We will cycle around a pre-planned route around the Island, be camping overnight, and then we will cycle again the next day.
This will be a practise run for everybody – the cyclists will be accompanied by the support crew.
We may open up this cycle to other people
Back2Back Training

In aid of the Earl Mountbatten Hospice

La Manche to Le Med Cycle 2010

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