Well, the bike has survived it's first couple of weeks back in action, although a closer inspection today revealed dozens of splits in the old tyres, so it looks like I may have to be spending some money on it sooner than I planned. I'm working on trying to find a nice bike-shop-owning sponsor, but no luck so far. This week have done a couple of nice runs - one 16 mile trip out to Marwell Zoo and back (didn't get to see any animals), and then a gentle mostly flat 12 mile run along Bournemouth seafront. Doing the Marwell ride again on Sunday, which should just about take me to the 100 mile mark on my training total. Right on target for week 2 of the training program.
The big news of the week (literally) is that the Bournemouth Echo have picked up Jenny's story, and run it including her fundraising link (Google Wendy Powell kidney and should be the first hit). Looks like they are going to run more of her story next week, so hoping to raise awareness for altruistic donation and more funds for Transplant Links.
My incredible sister Jenny donated a kidney to a stranger a few weeks ago, and her generosity has inspired me to join her on a fundraising marathon bike ride. I haven't been on a bike for several years, but have set myself the challenge of riding from London to Paris in September 2011. Follow my blog to encourage me in my training! Please visit my fundraising page to read more about why I am doing this, and to help us to change lives. http://www.justgiving.com/WendyPowell
Saturday, 14 May 2011
Wednesday, 11 May 2011
Training - week 1
I have to confess that the first time I pulled my old bike out from under the tarpaulin and looked at the flat tyres and rust, I was tempted to back out of the whole plan. However, cleaned up and with various child seats removed, it actually looked quite rideable, so I bravely set off for my first ride. 9 miles later and I wasn't at all sure it was a good idea. However, after a shortish ride Sunday morning, Jenny came to Southampton to join me for a longer run, and we managed 12 miles, so pretty proud of ourselves for our first week!
My amazing sister and our cycling challenge
Some of you will already know that my wonderful sister Jenny donated a kidney to a stranger just a few weeks ago. Her generosity has completely transformed someones life, and incredibly, just 8 weeks after the operation, she has signed up to a London-Paris cycle ride to raise money to enable more people to benefit from this life-changing surgery.
She has so inspired me that I have committed to join her in this challenge, cycling around 500 km in 5 days, and completing more than 1300 miles during training!
We will be raising money for "Transplant links" - see my justgiving page at http://www.justgiving.com/WendyPowell if you would like to support this great cause and help us to change lives.
She has so inspired me that I have committed to join her in this challenge, cycling around 500 km in 5 days, and completing more than 1300 miles during training!
We will be raising money for "Transplant links" - see my justgiving page at http://www.justgiving.com/WendyPowell if you would like to support this great cause and help us to change lives.
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