Le Loop - supporting the William Wates Memorial Trust
I have signed up to ride Le Loop. This is a cycling event that follows the entire 21 day route of the Tour de France and I will be cycling 7 of these stages. It has been described as the toughest endurance race on earth!
I will be eating 7 meals and 9000 calories each day to keep cycling. If I was only eating celery, Id need 40kg of it.
I will be cycling for an average of 10 hours a day, please share any tips for saddle sores! The event is held each year to raise money for the William Wates Memorial Trust: a grants giving Trust (set up in 1998 in memory of Will by his family after he was tragically killed while on his gap year - the Trust is run by his parents and brothers) which aims to support disadvantaged young people through the mediums of art, sport and education to keep them away from a life of crime and violence. These are young people whose lives can be changed – but funding for the sorts of projects which can do this is desperately lacking. Some of their stories can be read here.
I would love it if you would sponsor me and I hope you agree that the challenge (and pain) is worthy of your donations to this extremely worthwhile cause. The charity has no paid staff and I have paid all the costs for participating
