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The Challenge
3,046
miles in 17 days
In September 2008 the Ride 4 Hope team will set off on a 17 day
journey across the USA from Oceanside near San Diego, California to
Atlantic City, New Jersey. This route has already been plotted via a
satellite navigation system showing every road and junction across
the route
The journey begins with a long climb on to the west side of the
Rockies reaching a peak of 11,000 feet in Cuchara, Colorado. During
this part of the ride the cyclists will have to suffer 20 mile climbs
and long days in the saddle. The route then takes the team across the
plains of the mid-West to St Louis.
From
here the route heads through Indianapolis and over the challenging
and steep Appalachian mountains to the destination of Atlantic City
where the team will be welcomed by friends and family
The following are some of the anticipated statistics for the ride:
- 3,046
miles in 17 days
- average
daily distance approximately 200 miles
- longest
day 270 miles
- each
rider burns 3500 calories per day
- each
rider will make 25,000 pedal turns per day
- each
rider will spend 7 hours per day in the saddle
- highest
point: 11,000ft above sea level (Cuchara, Colorado)
- lowest
point: 200ft below sea level(Salton City, California)
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Dear Friends and Supporters
The training is done! the planing is complete! and
now the time has arrived for Gary Morton founder of GM Fundraising
to dress 12 of his friends and colleagues in tight lycra for our
latest fundraising adventure.
(but why is it always lycra Gary ??)
We fly to the USA on Friday 29th August to start our
3046 mile ride for Hope House Children's Hospice www.hopehouse.org.uk
Through these email updates you will get
- Route Information
- Rider Profiles
- Statistics
- Rider of the Day
- Jerk of the Day
- Macca's Blog
- Stories along the way
Thanks for your interest and the donate button is just
up on the left.
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Get Your Kit On !
Pictured modeling
our snazzy team kit is GM Fundraising founder Gary Morton and
Olympic bronze and Commonwealth gold medalist Yvonne McGregor MBE,
each rider gets a full set of riding kit and every
item carries our sponsors logos.
There is a rumour
going around that Gary bought his bike to match the kit !
First rule of cycling LOOK GOOD
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The Runners and Riders
The Ride 4 Hope team
is a team of 12 cyclists from the glazing and construction
industries, each having spent nearly 18 months training for this
important and worthy challenge:
- Gary Morton - GM Fundraising
- Iain McInnes - McInnes Communications
- Graeme Bailey - Business Micros
- Keith Aspinall - Business Micros
- Alan Sadler - Fabstore/Profix Group
- Richard Gyde - Mila
- Gary Torr - Dekko Window Systems
- Dave Thomas - Haffner
- Andrew Glover - Conservatory Outlet
- John Olkiewicz - Conservatory Outlet
- Mark Sheldon - ABI Facilities Engineering
- Sean Pearce - Greystone Advertising Design
Supporting the cyclists will also be a number of
support crew who will provide the necessary and crucial back up for
the arduous 16 days across the USA including Dave Broxton from
Glassex and Anthony Taylor from Northwich Glass. Finally, Yvonne
McGregor MBE will be supporting the ride as masseuse and to add her
considerable experience as a former world champion, world record
holder and Olympic medallist in cycling.
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Donate online and claim Gift Aid
Under the Gift Aid scheme, charities can reclaim an
extra 25% in tax on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer.
Between 6 April 2008 and 5 April 2011, the government will also
give UK charities an extra 3% of all eligible donations. This
'transitional relief' does not affect your personal tax position.
Unfortunately, charities often miss out on this extra
income because it is too expensive to process the paperwork on
small donations. Because GM Fundraising use Justgiving
we've solved this problem by automating the process of Gift Aid
reclaim so that every £1 donation is worth more, and costs less to
administer, for Hope House. The processes have been audited and
approved by HMRC.
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