GM Fundraising completes Border2Border cycling challenge

摘要

The GM Fundraising Border2Border team, sponsored by Deceuninck, has completed its epic challenge of cycling from Canada to Mexico. "1 struggle to find the words to explain how difficult it was," commented Gary Morton, founder of GM Fundraising and a rider in this year's B2B challenge. "Brutal, was one widely used by almost every rider. The early part of the ride saw heavy rain, thunderstorms, snow and hail storms with temperatures around 7°. One of the hardest days, unexpectedly, was on day two riding from Monroe into 'Yakama, Washington State. Team one had to climb 5,400ft, more than half of which was in the last eight miles, through pouring rain and a strong head wind - it felt like the worst hour of any ride I have ever done, both physically and mentally. The winds on day three saw us pedalling our hearts out downhill where there would normally be some reprieve.