SADDLING UP FOR A CHARITY TRIP TO THE DAM
AMSTERDAM is, apparently, 145 miles away.
Admittedly, a large chunk of the unclaimed mileage is a boat ride from Harwich but, London to the Dam, 145 miles.
I am armed with this knowledge because our friends at Prostate Cancer UK have convinced The NLP to cycle there in June 2019.
The annual Football to Amsterdam ride has become part of the calendar and, along with NLP editor Alex Narey, I will be saddling up for the ride.
I have a bike, I have lycra, I even have those clip-in shoes – it is as embarrassing as you can imagine falling off outside your house because you can’t unclip.
All that separates me from now to the start line is the training. A lot of it. While Alex is an Alpe d’Huez regular, I plan to draft him for as long as possible, I’ve been more used to challenges in my running trainers.
The distance is split across two days and there are two Grand Departs – the Olympic Park and Barnsley’s Oakwell Stadium.
Prostate cancer has real personal significance and over the years we’ve worked closely alongside the team at PCUK. You may have noticed the recent addition of their Man of Men logo to our front page masthead.
Their aim is to wipe out this dreadful disease which has shocking statistics – one man dies every 45 minutes from it. They don’t want to have jobs in the future because prostate cancer has been eradicated. That really is a challenge worth achieving.
Fancy joining in? Check out prostatecanceruk.org/ Amsterdam and get £50 off your registration fee using the code NLP19.