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1000 Mile Bike Ride Across Britain


1000 Mile Bike Ride Across Britain
The Deloitte Ride Across Britain – an annual 9 day, 1,000 mile cycle ride that raises money for the British Paralympic Association – gets underway this Saturday, as riders look to top the £372,000 that was raised last year. The 500 riders will depart John O’Groats Saturday 11th June and are expected to arrive in Land’s End on Sunday 19th June, as part of the initiative that was devised by James Cracknell and his co-founders at Threshold Sports

Threshold was also the team behind the 2010 Sport Relief Bike challenge where a team of celebs headed up by David Walliams took 82 hours to cycle the the length of Britain.
Collectively they raised over £1,300,000 for Comic Relief



This year’s event has incorporated Daily Stages into the nine stops along the route, allowing a wider group of riders to cycle a single 105 mile stage to get a taste for Deloitte Ride Across Britain experience. It is hoped that by giving an increased number of riders a flavour of the experience, a record number of cyclists of all skill levels will register for the entire 1,000 mile route in 2012.



Multiple Paralympic gold medallist Sarah Storey returns to the ride for the second straight year and is joined by Danny Crates who is the British Paralympic Association’s ambassador for the ride, and Tim Reddish, Chairman of the British Paralympic Association. Tim, who is visually impaired and cycled last year’s ride on a tandem bicycle with his son Paul, will be joining the ride again this year.

The route travels south along the entire west coast of Britain; from John O’Groats then through Fort William, Glasgow to the Lake District, then down through Manchester, Shropshire, Bath, Devon, then onto the final destination of Land’s End in Cornwall.

Anyone who feels inspired to find out more about how to get involved next year can find more information at www.rideacrossbritain.com
Posted on Friday, 10 June 2011 11:59PM by The Fitness Blogger






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