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| Robin is cycling through the complete tour de France route for the fight against cancer |
Robin Weston has been semi-retired for 3 years now. He was breeding cattle in the UK and decided it wasn't for him and has decided it is time to give back to people that need it more than him. After he retired he decided that just sitting idle was not for him. That was when he chose to begin cycling to keep active and he was able to turn his new hobby into a way of helping people.
He was inspired to cycle by watching Lance Amrstrong win the Tour de France year after year. The determination that Lance shows at all times is what made Robin want to cycle. Robin feels lucky that at this point in his life he is able to pick up a hobby like cycling. He then wanted to figure out how he could use his cycling to help people who are not as fortunate as him.
In honor of Lance Armstrong, Robin is going to ride solo, the Tour de France route during four weeks in September/October 2006. The ride is in aid of three cancer charities from France, the UK and the USA. The Lance Armstrong Foundation is his US charity of choice. He is also riding in honor of his parents and other very close friends that he knows who have passed away due to cancer.
Training is going to be very important in completing this journey. Cycling for 2261 miles is no easy task for any human being. There is also a good amount of logisitcs involved in the planning of a ride that will take 4 weeks. He is currently training for the event, riding every other day some 40-80 miles in an area of the Aquitaine Region of France with many hills of varying difficulty. It is an ideal training ground for such a task.
Robin is one of the first, if not the first person we have had at Firstgiving/Justgiving that is raising money intercontinentally. He has Firstgiving site for US donors as well as a Justgiving site for donors in the UK. He is going to need both those pages as well as very generous donors to reach his goal of $100,000 in each country.
He is also very adamant about the positives that fundraising online will have on him reaching his goal. "The internet is a blessing to fundraising. With so many people on the web it is very easy to get small donations from a large amount of people."
Help prove Robin right by donating to his firstgiving page: http://www.firstgiving.com/robinwestonscancerride
You can also learn more about Robin and his journey at www.cancercharitytour.com
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