My #TwoPointSixChallenge In Honour Of The Stroke Association
/On Sunday, 26 April, I should’ve been toeing the line of my 17th career marathon at the London Marathon. The London Marathon would’ve been my 7th marathon to raise funds in honour of my Stroke Heroes.
The first 5 marathons were with Tedy’s Team/American Heart Association (raising $36,000) and the 6th was with the UK-based Stroke Association (raising €1000).
For London Marathon, I once again teamed up with The Stroke Association and have committed to raise €2500 to support Stroke Survivors and Stroke research. As of today I am 55% to my goal & I can’t thank everyone that has donated to such a good cause enough.
Despite the race being delayed until October (Fingers Crossed it still happens), the London Marathon charities are seeing a reduction in funds due of course to the impact of the CoronaVirus. As a result, the #TwoPointSixChallenge was born.
People are challenged to complete some activity based on 2 and 6 or 2.6 or 26 on 26 April to help save these important UK charities.
So for my part, I am…
Taking 26 Peloton Classes Back-to-Back
In One Afternoon
This should take me between 4-5 hours which is the average range of my marathon finish times. :)
How will this work?
Starting at around 13:30 CET, I will be clipping in to my Peloton bike and starting the Tour de PeloTens. The PeloTens is taking one class with each of the 23 Peloton Instructors, but the classes have to be a minimum of 10 min in length. This should take about 250 minutes (just over 4 hours).
Additionally you cannot take a break in between the 23 classes must be done one right after the other!
I will follow those 23 classes up with 3 additional classes (meditation, yoga and stretching).
This will bring my total classes to 26 and should bring the entire challenge to just under 5 hours.
How can you take part?
Of course! You can ride right alongside me if you want - virtually of course. All you would need is the Peloton bike or the Peloton app and a stationary bike. You can follow me on the leaderboard at IrishEyes1982.
Here is the order of the 23 rides I will take:
How can you cheer me on?
I will be checking in throughout the challenge on my Instagram stories (Follow me here) and will try to post on Facebook/Twitter as well. As much as I can covered in sweat and trying not to stop pedaling. ;)
How can you support The Stroke Association?
Please head on over to my my JustGiving page to donate. Every little bit counts, but if you want to stay on a theme how about $26/€26/£26!!!!
DONATE HERE
I know these are tough times so it might be hard to financially support this charity, but I would still appreciate your moral support and if you could please spread the awareness to BE FAST when it comes to knowing the warning signs of Stroke!
