Lands End to John O'Groats - We Did It!

Quick Update Report

After months of preparation and training, 11 Team Axiom riders undertook what is one of the hardest physical challenges any of us has attempted! More impressive is that we all came through it smiling (well, there may have been a few grimaces, but we'll call them smiles!).

Unfortunately the tracking system didn't work as we had hoped, but hopefully the tweets helped keep you up-to-date. From all of us, thanks for your messages of support - they really did help to keep us going when it was really hurting.

Although we have not got all of the money in yet, it appears that we have raised over £2,000 for Naomi House and the Parkinson's Society. But the fund raising doesn't have to stop now - you can still donate funds to Naomi House children's hospice by visiting the JustGiving web page.

The Riders

Team 1: Andy, Des, Graham, Helen, Jenny, Joy and Tel.

Team 2: Mike, Sarah, Tim and Tony.

As some may know Helen rode this ride in memory of former tennis instructor Andy Andrews - he would have been 95 this year - and to help raise funds for the Parkinson's Disease Society. The Portsmouth News has run an article on the obstacles she has had to overcome to get to Land's End.

The Support

Team 1: Mark, Paul, Rita, Shaun

Team 2: Jane, Tracy

Without you guys, none of the above would have been possible. So a very, very big thanks to you all for giving up your time to follow a load of nutters on bikes, who thought it would be kinda nice to cycle from one end of the country to the other!!

Photos

I'm sure that there will be many more to come, but here are the first lot of photos from the LeJoG!

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Other News

Al Wins Interclub Hill Climb

This year's Interclub Hill Climb on the 02-Nov-2008 at Knights Hill. 45 riders took part in the event, which was organised by A3CRG. Al stormed to victory, completing the 1 mile in just 3 minutes 11 seconds, nearly 10 seconds ahead of his nearest rival - Congratulations Al! A mention should also go to Teddy who posted a very respectable 4:07 to finish in 19th position.

A full results list can be found on the A3CRG website

Al - Sorry I don't have a picture of you on your bike, so had to nick your Facebook profile photograph - sorry!!!

TA's Iron Lady!

As you may have heard Mareen recently competed in the Ironman World Championships Triathlon. She completed the event in 10:30:41. She was ranked 556 of 1736, and 9 of 66 in her category - fantastic achievement! The top lady (a Brit no less) did it in 9:06:23 - the cutoff is 17 hours.

A fantastic result! Well done Mareen!!

The full break down of Mareen's times are:

Split	Time	Time in transition
2.4 mile swim	1:14:29	4:17
112 mile cycle	5:30:57	3:19
26.2 mile run	3:37:41

For more infomation about the event, Mareens splits and a video of Mareen crossing the line, click here and enter bib number 1607.

HTT's 200 miler!

Big congratulations to Helen who completed her self-set challenge of cycling 200 miles in a day just 3 months after being knocked off and suffering multiple fractures. Click on the image below to see a video of HTT's ride - well not all of it because that would take quite a while!! ;-)