Sponsor our crew for 2010!!

Right guys and gals..

Since I have now thrown myself in the deep end to crew for Paul Carpenter (a Brit!) in the Race Across America (RAAM) for June, I feel it is incumbent on me to start raising cash towards the trip for Paul's monstrous endeavour!

If any of you are approaching 50 years young and feel that your sporting life is nearing a close, look closely at the world of Ultracyclists, of which Paul is a leading exponent and participant. His achievements to date are testament to what can be done if you put your mind to it, and what he intends to do in the RAAM. The race is expensive, and these Ultracyclists do what they can to raise the cash to race. Whilst I will be funding my own trip, anything that can be donated towards Paul's mission will help. In the meantime, I will do my very best to raise sponsorship for the Lance Armstrong Foundation, which I meant to do before my accident in January.

Paul's website is www.ultraracer.net where you can read about his challenge. I urge you to have a look at what it takes to do this, and assist in anyway you can-even if it is just buying a T-Shirt.

My aim is to follow in Paul's footsteps and do RAW again next year and the RAAM in 2012. For those of you who do not know much of this event, Sir Steve Redgrave Has a team in this years RAAM, so it will be worth following on the internet just for that.

You can also read about what Lance Armstrong is all about on www.livestrong.org and I will be posting a justgiving site for this when I enter for the 24 hour race on Merseyside to qualify for RAAM in July, fitness willing.

I cannot emphasise enough about how much help you have all been over the years to the charities that I have chosen to race for, and I thank you all heartily for the donations when times are not always easy.

Best wishes to you all.

Tim