The Toby Cycle 500 2005 Seven Bike Rides Totalling 500 Miles for Two Charities Raising funds for the British Heart Foundation and Cancer Research UK in memory of two very special people   Home   Support Me and Win!    Join a Ride    The Rides   Prize Draws      My Progress ONLINE SPONSORSHIP Cancer Research UK British Heart Foundation Target: £3500.00 BHF Total: £2446.86 CR UK Total: £3006.79 TOTAL TO DATE: £5453.65 My Supporters Southwater Cycles The Seven Rides 15 May The Great Surrey Cycle, 55 miles * 22 May Anthony Nolan Downs Link, 50 miles * 19 June London to Brighton, 80 miles * 2-3 July The South Downs Way (Winchester to Eastbourne), 100 miles 23-24 July The Ridgeway (Princes Risborough to Avebury), 80 miles 10-11 Sept The Devon Coast to Coast (Plymouth to Ilfracombe), 102 miles 25 Sept Cancer Research Downs Link, 50 miles * * = ride back home to Horsham See The Rides for full details. December 2004 - April 2005 Covered about 700 miles' worth of training rides.  May Both the Great Surrey Cycle and the Anthony Nolan Downs Link rides have been completed successfully, both in dry weather. See the rides page for details. Did a 40-mile training ride on the South Downs on the hottest May day for 50 years! Completed about 230 miles in May. June June sees the London to Brighton on the 19th. This will cover 80 miles by the time I have ridden home. Overall target for June will be again be 200 miles. July The first weekend of July promises to be the toughest of the lot, tackling the whole 100 miles of the South Downs Way in two days. Hopefully I will have recovered enough for the 80-mile Ridgeway ride on 23-24 July. September