What's So Special About Will Carling?
I'm sure Will Carling is a really nice guy, and I'll accept he's a little bit more famous than I am.
He might even have shapelier thighs (a big thing for cycling groupies, I imagine).
He certainly has more powerful friends in the Twitterverse:
But the fact is, he's only doing London to Paris - just over 500 km, whereas I'll be starting where the former England captain leaves off - almost exactly.
Our ride starts in Paris, heads for the nearest hills on the way into Germany, then south into the Austrian and Swiss Alps, before crossing the Dolomites and finishing over 1200 km later, in Venice.
So, it's much further, it's a lot hillier and we'll be carrying all our own kit. Will Carling could probably do it (although he might expect a bit of help from the forwards with his luggage), but the fact is, he isn't.
I am. So Make a Wish Foundation and Multiple Sclerosis Society will be really pleased if you can all stop admiring Will's admittedly more muscular physique and just put your hands in your pockets, or more accurately, your mouse pointer on either of the two Just Giving widgets on this page.
If the widgets aren't showing, go to the blog front page at http://stronger-tomorrow.blogspot.com/
Thanks. And I'm sure Mr Carling won't mind, either.
Roy
He might even have shapelier thighs (a big thing for cycling groupies, I imagine).
He certainly has more powerful friends in the Twitterverse:
But the fact is, he's only doing London to Paris - just over 500 km, whereas I'll be starting where the former England captain leaves off - almost exactly.
Our ride starts in Paris, heads for the nearest hills on the way into Germany, then south into the Austrian and Swiss Alps, before crossing the Dolomites and finishing over 1200 km later, in Venice.
So, it's much further, it's a lot hillier and we'll be carrying all our own kit. Will Carling could probably do it (although he might expect a bit of help from the forwards with his luggage), but the fact is, he isn't.
I am. So Make a Wish Foundation and Multiple Sclerosis Society will be really pleased if you can all stop admiring Will's admittedly more muscular physique and just put your hands in your pockets, or more accurately, your mouse pointer on either of the two Just Giving widgets on this page.
If the widgets aren't showing, go to the blog front page at http://stronger-tomorrow.blogspot.com/
Thanks. And I'm sure Mr Carling won't mind, either.
Roy
Labels: be stronger tomorrow, cycling, cycling up hills, England Rugby, London to Paris, paris to venice, The Alps, Will Carling
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I'll also donate at least half the commission earned through Evans Cycles and Wiggle on this page to the two charities.
If the widgets aren't showing - because you came straight to this post, go to the front page: http://stronger-tomorrow.blogspot.com
And dig deep!
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