Clock to Rock - Big Ben, London to the rock of Gibraltar 2nd -19th September 2011

Paul Beven & Jane Kennet are cycling to Gibraltar for the British Heart Foundation. Our target is to raise £12,000. We are hoping to keep you up to date with our training and fund raising progress so far via this blog. Signals and stamina permitting with any luck we can post along the actual journey too. Sponsor us now by clicking this link to our JustGiving page or email me if you prefer. LATEST NEWS - Despite the BHF postponing their official trip until sometime in 2012 we are pressing ahead with an independent trip of our own although the BHF are providing some assistance to us to help us on our way.



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Thursday 20 January 2011

Making the fundraising target seem more achievable

Achieveing your goals is all about setting interim targets and goals isnt it? I am sure thats what some American management speak manual would tell me to do.

Well I have been pondering the amounts and trying to work out what it really means in reality.

The bike ride, well thats simple, ride all day long until my bike computer says something between 100-130 miles and someone in a red BHF T-shirt is waving at me and telling me I can stop until tomorrow. I can get my head around that. I can control it and make myself keep going. Ultimately I know I can, with dogged determination achieve it.

The money is where I need help. I intend to contribute a large chunk of cash myself. I dont want anyone to donate thinking they are contributing to a 'holiday' (haa it could not be further from the truth). I will be paying my way in that respect.

I am trying to breakdown the enormity of £6000 and in my mind make it more manageable  so I have come up with the following amounts. If you think you could manage to help by contributing to a fantastic cause that affects almost all of us at some stage then I would be very very grateful.
I can raise £6000 if I can persuade the following number of people to donate:

6 x        £1000      !!! In my dreams…
12 x       £500       I don’t have that many wealthy friends. :-(
60 x       £100       WOW, you’d have to really love me to donate that amount.
120x       £50        OOhhh that’s lovely. Thank you.
300x       £20        I love you… kiss kiss :-)
600x       £10        Thank you , thank you , thank you.


I have £50 in the pot so far (that was me!) so only another 119 of those (and Paul to do the same). Yeaahhhhh

Do I know that many people?

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