Felix, is known to like (and enjoy) a challenge. He's pretty fit, having completed the Stockholm Marathon in 3 hours 39 minutes and completing the Marathon des Sables (a 151 mile ultra marathon across the Sahara) to name but a couple of his accomplishments.
This weekend, he will be cycling from London to Edinburgh as part of the Pork Train Velo Club (PTVC). The PTVC is a team of 10 friends from London, who are raising funds for Help for Heroes and the MS Society - both exceptionally worthy causes. They're going to cover 220 miles roughly on the first day, from London to York, sleeping for 4 hours, then pushing on to Edinburgh on Sunday, which is another 220 miles.
Now, knowing you all as I do and that clearly, people who read this are generally fans of "kit", especially when it's tastefully designed - you'll really appreciate the design of what they'll be adorned in.
Team Sky and Rapha - eat your heart out.
It's going to be a brutal weekend for the 10 of them, but they've been putting in the miles and hopefully they'll do well.
In case you were wondering, in order to cycle purely in daylight hours, they'll need to average over 16 miles per hour for the whole of the 220 miles per day. Hardcore.
If you want to help them along you can keep them motivated by plowing some cash into their pockets here
Do the right thing...
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