Introduction: Fifty cyclists, including Novacroft’s Duncan Smith (2nd/3rd Line IT Analyst) and Daryl Hurst (Head of Research and Development), will be taking on the 230 mile ‘Ride for Hope’ cycle challenge from Northampton, England to Ypres, Belgium, from July 6th – 9th 2017, in aid of the Northampton Hope centre. The route takes them from Northampton to Enfield (72 miles, day 1), Enfield to Canterbury (80 miles, day 2) and Canterbury to Ypres (73 miles, day 3) followed by coach travel back to Northampton. Novacroft will be following Daryl and Duncan’s journey, from training to the event itself, and the trials and tribulations in between.
“Okay, so I said ‘yeah, I’ll do it’ to this three day ride to Belgium. Of course, I do plenty of riding, it’ll be a breeze…
So here I am, firmly committed and having to get serious.
Yes I can do a single ride of around 60 miles but can I do over that 3 days running?
“Don’t you get saddle sore?” I was asked, and “no”, I said smugly, never had a problem, but that was on my old bike and that was on the occasional long ride.
Well today I pick up my new bike, a proper roadie, no suspension or comfy saddle…
Damn, I’m starting to think this could get nasty.”
Duncan and Daryl need to raise £500 each as part of their commitment to the Hope Centre. If you’d like to add your support and help them reach their target, you can access Daryl’s JustGiving page here and Duncan’s JustGiving page here.