About 10 years ago my mother contracted type 1 diabetes following a very stressful period in her life. Knowing of no family history of diabetes and my mother being of very slight build, there seemed to be no rhyme or reason for her body to have chosen this time to stop producing sufficient insulin. With such mystery surrounding the cause of this illness and the work still obviously required to understand and find a less invasive and technical treatment, I applied to join the Team Diabetes UK on the RideLondon to both raise funds and awareness and help bring about the needed step change in research and discovery.
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I am not a regular fund raiser, indeed far from it! This is the first sponsorship I will have sought since being a child, oh so many years ago, but I thought I would like the opportunity to cycle these 100 miles for a cause and do what I can for my mum and others in a similar position. May be this relatively small sum that I will be asked to raise will provide the few extra pounds that secure the breakthrough all sufferers are looking for. I will be asking you all to dig deep soon, so watch this space and then please, as the tag line goes. 'give generously' :)
This means that my miserable 9 miles cycling effort, so far this week, is going have to be seriously improved on going forward, rain or no rain .. and as I am reminded by the front page of this week's Cycling News which arrived through the door this morning, my "2014 starts now!" Oh how true, and how did they know?!
I'll sponsor you matey! It'll be great to have a specific target for next year. The weather has been against you somewhat this week, but it can't go on for ever. Bit of a shock after the great summer we had.
ReplyDeleteAw, thanks BM ... and as they say, there's no such thing as the wrong weather, just the wrong clothes, and when it comes to cycling wear, I have the full collection ;)
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