UNABLE to turn their backs on a sporting challenge, a die-hard band of cycling bovines will square up to the task of riding 160 km on a static training bicycle this Friday in Westville for the 100 Miles of Nowhere fund-raiser.
With a jam-packed calendar and a number of logistical challenges presenting themselves, there was chatter in the herd of The Cows about cancelling the 2017 100 Miles of Nowhere.
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The Westville-based core of the herd would have nothing of it, and will tackle the task en masse on Friday, 29 September from 12.30pm.
“In the last two years, the Westville Cadence Studio has been jam-packed for the 100 Miles Of Nowhere,” said manager and head coach, Matt Wickham.
“When it was decided not to run it at a national level this year, we gave the KZN herd the opportunity to run it as a stand-alone event at the Westville studio, and they jumped at it,” he said.
Of the 20 bikes set up at the Westville studio, 10 have already been booked for the annual fund-raiser.
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“We are taking entries of teams, basically any number of riders as not everyone is as fit as they would like to be at this time of year,” he said.
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of The Cows, the organisation has set a national target of R10-million to be raised for CHOC. The sporting enthusiasts are using every opportunity to nudge their national fund-raiser closer to that lofty tally.
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