Hi all – A 40 mile training ride will go from Hursley again this Sunday 28th. Please click here for the GPX files or here for TCX files. Alternatively please see the events calendar for file downloads and further information.
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Important, changes to fundraising pages
Following a “learning experience”, we’ve changed the guidance on how riders link their pages to the ‘team’ page, which now allows us to show a running total of funds raised by everyone on one page. Those who have already set up their fundraising pages, need to log into their Virgin Money Giving accounts and follow…
First group training ride this Sunday (14th)!
Hi there, we start our Barcelona 1200 training ride program this Sunday. It would be great to see as many as possible at IBM Hursley this weekend where we will give an introduction and overview of the 2019 trip followed by our first 34 mile ride via Stockbridge. If you would like to download the…
Training Rides added
The Events Calendar page has now been updated with the schedule of training days running from April to the end of August. Some rides are organised by us, some by other organisations, it’s not expected that riders take part in every event, but this will help them prepare for the main event and offers a…
How to set up your Virgin Money Giving donation page
We have added the Information on how riders can set up their donation page under the Fundraising tab on the web site or here Please can all riders follow the instructions as soon as possible in order to start our fund raising efforts towards £50,000
Riders Pack Out Now – Please read!
The Barcelona 1200 Riders Pack has been put onto the web site under “Our rides” – Please ensure you read this important information
2019 Training calendar
We’ve created a page to detail training plans and other activities leading up to the ride to Barcelona – you can have a look here There’s not much there right now, but we hope to be scheduling one or two rides each month very soon!! Please subscribe to our news updates if you want to…
Provisional Barcelona 2019 details
Here are the provisional details for the IL2019 ride on Thursday 5th September (Home to Portsmouth ferry) to Sunday 15th September. We have been trying to tie down as much detail as possible so as you can confirm your participation. The route is now 95% planned, as follows: The first 2 days look long but we have…
ABC2017 update
Following on from the last posting, Inspired Living would like to congratulate the riders for their World first of reaching the summit of Pico Valeta on Brompton bikes.
ABC2017 (Andalusia by Brompton for Cancer Research)
Followers of Inspired Living may be interested to hear that 7 veterans of previous Continental Rides are embarking on a novel expedition of their own this June. They have challenged themselves to some lumpy touring on folding Brompton bikes! This includes cycling from Malaga to Granada, ascending Europe’s highest paved road, the Pico Valeta (3400m),…
Inspired Living voted Best Charity Fundraiser
Having been nominated by Hargroves Cycles, we have been awarded the accolade of Best Charity Fundraising Activity in the Winchester District Sport & Physical Activity Alliance (SPAA) 2016 Sports Awards. Lyn, Jamie and Tim were present at the Holiday Inn on Thursday 9 February to receive the award from the Mayor of Winchester on behalf…
Tremendous News
Regular visitors to the team Just Giving page will have been watching the totaliser not only reaching the £50k mark, but going right on past! A well done and thank you to everyone who has contributed. 🙂 Today sees the addition of a further large lump sum representing the balance of company sponsorship not used…
Fundraising target smashed!
The Home to Rome 2016 ride had a target of raising £50,000 for Cancer Research UK. The team Just Giving page currently shows just over £46,000, but when adding Gift Aid on to qualifying donations, a figure of over £53,000 is attained, and there is still more to add. This is absolutely FANTASTIC. Well done…
Good luck message from Francis Benali
Francis Benali, a stalwart supporter of CRUK, and local football legend, sent a good luck message to all those involved in the ride to Rome. The video of this message can now be found on the Continental Ride page of the website.
Loyal followers………………
We apologise for the lack of tracking today, Thursday 25 August. Apparently the provider’s website has a problem which hopefully will be resolved shortly.