Departing Saturday 16th June 2012, I will be competing in a team of 8 in the world famous RACE ACROSS AMERICA cycle race! Teaming up with other elite cyclists, including former triple National Road Champion & Olympian John Tanner & Time Trial Legend Kev Dawson as the “Strategic Lions Cycling Team” Riding SCOTT Bikes (Plasma TT & CR1) with a mixture of Reynolds wheels including the RZR92, 81, 46 and Element we will be a mobile advert crossing the states!
RAAM is 30% longer than the Tour de France with a route stretching over 3000 miles. Starting in California and ending in Maryland, We will cross 14 states and climb over 100,000 feet.
Typically in the team race, riders will cross the country in 6 to 9 days; averaging 350 to over 500 miles per day! However we don’t intend just to win the race. The current team record stands at 5 days 9 hours and three minutes, which our team is hoping to beat, to set a new World Record.
We will ride in a relay format and race 24 hours a day - in RAAM, once the clock starts on the west coast, it doesn't stop until each racer reaches the finish line on the east coast. We race 24 hours a day.
We are doing all this to raise a bucket load of money for Help For Heroes! If you can spare a couple of quid please (remember that hard to find bike I found, or the cheap shoes…..!!)
Could you log on to the site we have set up, we get gift aid on donations, although if you would rather give me cash/cheque that is fine also. Oh & I encourage you to leave a message!
During the race we will be blogging about it on the team web page http://www.strategiclions.com/ you can also follow real time on the official RAAM site http://www.raceacrossamerica.org/
Thanks for taking the time to read this mail, and if you can donate Cheers! As an ex serviceman Help For Heroes is a charity close to my heart. if you want any more info on the project, please don’t hesitate to get in touch
Regards
Keith Murray
Northern Area Sales Manager
SCOTT Sports SA (UK Branch)
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