Welcome to the “Blood, tears and a bigmoose” and I'm Mark - a mildly overweight middle aged man - or MOWMAM for short (more on that later..). I'm your host and I'll take you through the trials and tribulations of the bigmoose Castle2castle cycling challenge. I'm joining a fab team of about 50 other riders from all over - Australia, New Zealand, Canada, USA, Netherlands and the UK and already, we've all become close enough to talk about our poor preparation, where we can hire an electric bike, and which is the best bum cream to soothe the chafing in those intimate areas that 200 miles on a bike seat tends to cause - apparently there's loads of different types of 'bum butter' out there - who knew...??
The challenge itself is not just about the ride, we all have each committed to raising £1000 for the fantastic charity 'bigmoose'. A team that exists to support better mental health. If I already have you motivated - go over to my justgiving page and donate what you can - to make it easy to remember, you can go to www.donatetomark.online - this will take you straight to my justgiving page..!
Come and subscribe to the podcast - I'll bring you along with me, introduce you to the team and we'll tell you our reasons for doing the challenge - many of us have our own experiences with mental health difficulties, either personally or through friends and family, and we all want to help break the stigma of silence. Everyone deserves better mental health, but often in darker moments, we struggle to see that.
..and if nothing else, youll probably witness a bunch of poorly prepared, well meaning people get reduced to broken blubbering wrecks.. maybe that's worth a listen..?
The challenge itself is not just about the ride, we all have each committed to raising £1000 for the fantastic charity 'bigmoose'. A team that exists to support better mental health. If I already have you motivated - go over to my justgiving page and donate what you can - to make it easy to remember, you can go to www.donatetomark.online - this will take you straight to my justgiving page..!
Come and subscribe to the podcast - I'll bring you along with me, introduce you to the team and we'll tell you our reasons for doing the challenge - many of us have our own experiences with mental health difficulties, either personally or through friends and family, and we all want to help break the stigma of silence. Everyone deserves better mental health, but often in darker moments, we struggle to see that.
..and if nothing else, youll probably witness a bunch of poorly prepared, well meaning people get reduced to broken blubbering wrecks.. maybe that's worth a listen..?
How You Can Support:
- Donate to my Justgiving page: Because nobody should face a mental health problem alone. Donate now by using the link, but if link isn't active, go to www.donatetomark.online - really easy to remember - this will take you straight to my Justgiving page..
- Be a cheerleader and send us a voice note to cheer us on..!
- Fundraise for bigmoose Project 15: Join the movement. Get involved
- Become a Mind Member: Add your voice to the mental health cause. Join Mind
- Want to know more about Kinging it? Find out why the event will be even more special because of this Dynamic Duo
- Want to email us? Bloodtearsandabigmoose@gmail.com
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