The Challenge

The Challenge? It's a simple question, with a straight forward answer:

Turning cancer from a deadly disease into a chronic disease.

How? Well, we're not doctors or medical professionals in any way. So what we do is ride our bikes. Up onto the Alpe d'Huez 6 times in one day on the 6th of June. We are raising money to help fund research into fighting this disease. Too many people around the world are affected by this disease, directly or indirectly. Wouldn't the world be a greater place if this was to change? Let's work together on this and donate to this project!

Wednesday, 13 February 2013

Successful Medical

It's official. My body has been approved to take on the immense challenge of climbing the Alpe d'Huez 6 times in one day. Yesterday I had the Sports Medical test to check overall health, lung function, heart function, fitness, weight, body fat etc.

So, I have been cleared. After going all out in 12 minutes in the exercise test, upping 15 Watts every minute, I gave out at 255 Watts. On average, I can put out 3.5 Watt per kilo. That's such a cool statistic. Apparently it's not enough to get to the top 6 times and the sports physician told me that with these numbers it would be unlikely I would get to the top that many times. Even with training. I still have time though, and am definitely not giving up. Just a few extra miles here and there. Keeping up with the new training Teun is setting up for me. Tomorrow morning, first on the bike to the fitness (45 minutes) then training (2 hours) that should count for something, should have some effect. The more I think about people telling me I won't make it or it can't be done, the more I feel challenged to prove them wrong!!!! Maybe, I just realized, it was the best pep talk the guy could have given me effectively LOL!

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