Mike Herbert
Regional Director
Reasons for doing the bike ride
Two quite simple reasons. Firstly I have always had a slightly mad ambition to cycle from Lands End to John O'Groats since I was a teenager and I thought now that I am in my 50's why not give it a go. Secondly, and much more importantly, a chance to try to make just a little bit of difference for four very well deserving charities.
Most memorable cycling moment
As I am the complete amateur of the group and only took up cycling seriously this year, my most memorable moment so far is the first time I fell off trying to stop at traffic lights in front of a line of traffic and failed to detach my shoes from the pedal clips. Deeply embarrassing although fortunately I didn’t get run over.
Training secrets
Training, what's training?
What will be on your i-pod for the bike ride
I find my training runs by myself (and yes I do do some training) quite boring so I have bought an ipod and at the moment, sad to say, I am into Abba's Greatest Hits - good rhythm and I can sing along!
How will you celebrate when you reach John O’Groats?
Just get into the nearest comfortable car!
Keep a look out in the coming weeks for the latest news on the epic bike ride.
