We have been working hard the last couple of weeks to raise awareness about our Cancer Fighting Journey in order reach our target of over R25,000. It has been amazing the amount of response we have received (from even as far as the UK!) and the generous amounts that have been donated. I am so pleased to announce that we have raised over R12,000 thus far - this is an amazing achievement and we are very grateful to everyone!
Regarding publicity, we have approached Ride Magazine to publish a diary of our adventure over the 14 days - we are hoping to have this published in the Jan / Feb issue next year. The cycling club that we belong to in Cape Town, Club 100, have added our appeal to their website so we are hoping to reach their club membership of over 170 people. Our next move is to approach local newspapers and magazines to print our story and encourage people to support us. If anyone has connections in those fields, then please let us know!!
And we have to give you an update about our tandem! She (I'm not sure why we consider her a female!!) took part in her first race this last weekend - the Engen Dynamic Cycle Challenge in Wellington, a 99km event. Jaco and a friend of ours, Lance, took her on her maiden voyage which I think she totally loved since they were the leading tandem for about 70kms of the race. It was when the pair stood up to start climbing, that suddenly the chain snapped, which left them stranded on the side of the road in disappoinment! I was playing support vehicle and had to come collect them on the side of the road. I thought it was much better luck that it happened in the race than while we were in the middle of the Northern Cape somewhere!! So this weekend we will be making some repairs and doing a few checks to get her (the tandem) back into 100% working order.
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