On Saturday I will be in a team of women trying to ride 2620 miles in one day. (Safely, at home!). I’m down for 100 miles, having never ridden 50+. My bits hurt just thinking about it. It’s a great cause tho, albeit one we shouldn’t have to fundraise for: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/ukladiespelofondo

If anyone is keen to donate or just wants to shout KEEP GOING on the day, then great! The NHS is not a charity and should be properly funded, there’s no question on that, but as we all know our front line workers sadly need much more support than they are currently getting.

I think it will take me about 6 or 7 hours and I am quite excited to spend that time thinking about how sore my arse is rather than what’s actually going on outside the safety of my flat. Roll on Saturday

We’re at over six thousand pounds! What a team. Now got to just do the bloody cycling

I rode just under 15 miles this morning and hated most of them. Saturday it’s 100. Bit scared now. But we just hit £8k so

The good news is that we just hit £9k. The bad news is that I’m considering live tweeting my 100 mile strugglefest.

Pounds actually, but there isn’t a GIF for that.

We’ve got over 400 women registered to ride from home tomorrow so I’m sure we’re going to smash our mileage target. Apparently I still have to ride 100 miles though. Dammit! More than £14000 raised and we haven’t even clipped in yet https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/ukladiespelofondo

It’s been nice to work on something that feels positive. A welcome distraction. Idea to execution will have been nine days. Easy when everyone is at home on a Saturday I guess

Everything I’ve read about endurance events says you need to sleep well beforehand. Obviously I have not completed this simple step. Heaven forbid. Oh well, only an hour and 20 mins before alarm goes off

Sod it let’s go. Six miles down. Almost at £17000 raised. Target upped to £20k. None of us have slept. I’m sure it will be fine!!!! @MelanieCmusic is riding with us later!!!! (WHAT?!?!?).

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/ukladiespelofondo

My first three minute mile! And with 15 seconds to spare! Thank you @MattWilpers that one was for you If I could keep that pace all morning I’d be off by breakfast time. (I can’t, I’m back to eating sweets and pedalling as if I’m hungover on a boris bike)

My grandad has been so supportive during this (and always) and I hate that he’s alone in his house and wish I could visit. He does seem to think I’m Chris Hoy though?

I will not be finishing in four hours and nobody is bringing me chips but I HAVE passed the 30 mile mark and no bum blisters yet

I’m 45 miles in. We’re nearly at £18k raised for @NHSCharities and @MelanieCmusic is here! Can’t believe it. We’re going to make this look sensational

This is the only time I’ve ever liked my inbox popping OFF. I can’t wait to see how this ends. (Also my knees hurt and I might be about to faint?)

There’s more on Instagram. No I can’t believe it either

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/ukladiespelofondo

70 miles in! £600 off TWENTY THOUSAND POUNDS RAISED. Just had a little cry imagining that actually happening. And I know I can finish this now - I can finish this! I have to because Mel C might phone me up and I need to be able to say I smashed it

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/ukladiespelofondo

83.02 miles in the bag now and we hit £20,000 raised during that last class. Cant believe it. Bum still hurts.

90 miles! Despite what the boomerang implies I am not peddling backwards but it’s beginning to feel like it.

All done. Legs v.sore now I’ve stopped. Had a big cry whilst chatting to @MelanieCmusic after (who is a legend and rode the whole team schedule with us!) and you can watch that on UK Ladies insta if you want to see me sobbing. Thank you girls. Thank you NHS. £21k raised so far

Timed my finish with the boys’ lunchtime nap so I will now eat everything, watch Curb and then cry some more and then...watch Bing I guess? Whilst hoping my children don’t jump on me? Thank you for for following my silly morning. Will post team total distance when I have it

And obviously a massive thank you if you donated, I know we shouldn’t have to donate to this cause and I know it’s a terrible time to ask people for money. Thank you thank you thank you

Hello and welcome to my extremely well timed delivery. I bought this earlier this week and forgot about it and boom! Here it is today. Wonderful scenes.

For what I gained in cake, I lost in “relaxing bath”. Thanks lads. Any time.

Never been so pleased to be in so much pain.

Can you massage a...knee? Bones do presumably stop hurting at some point.

We did it. We raised THIRTY GRAND. Well done UK Ladies Peloton, we couldn’t be more proud of what we achieved yesterday on the bike that goes nowhere. And thank you @melaniecmusic for making this a lockdown experience to never forget. We love you NHS
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/ukladiespelofondo

Our final stats are in. We aimed to ride 2620 miles for @NHSCharities. Well we went a bit further than that, 470 of us signed up (!) and we collectively rode 19,390.26 miles without leaving home yesterday...raising more than £30,000?!? https://www.instagram.com/tv/B_cm3Yrpf_4/?igshid=i3zxxpmodfn6

I will end this thread with this graphic and a thank you for reading. What a ride. EXCUSE THE PUN.