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From cycling stormtroopers to MPs in bunny costumes - riders saddle up for 2.6 ChallengeStormtrooper AL-4444 on 2.6 Challenge (via Twitter).PNG

From cycling stormtroopers to MPs in bunny costumes - riders saddle up for 2.6 Challenge

With London Marathon cancelled, people across the UK and beyond joined in charity fundraising drive
by Simon_MacMichael
Mon, Apr 27, 2020 12:30
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Yesterday should have been the 40th anniversary edition of the London Marathon, the biggest one-day charity fundraising event in the world - but with the coronavirus pandemic forcing its postponement, organisers called on people to devise their own 2.6 Challenge activities to raise monet for charities, and the response was phenomenal. Here are a few cycling-related ones that caught our eye.

Star Wars stormtrooper laps local park

Stormtrooper AL-4444 successfully completed his challenge of riding 26 laps of his local park, avoiding “rebel droids, bike-chasing Ewoks and hungry Wookies” along the way. His efforts have raised almost £1,000 for teenage mental health charity Stem4.

MP goes for bike ride in bunny outfit

He wasn’t the only cyclist who donned a costume for the challenge – here’s the MP for Central Ayrshire, Dr Philippa Whitford, off for a ride in her Easter Bunny costume.

A former breast cancer surgeon, the SNP politician’s ride yesterday has so far raised £1,745 for the Ayrshire Hospice.

Porn Pedallers in marathon session

Members of the Porn Pedallers Cycling Club, comprising people who work in or around the adult entertainment industry, have raised almost £1,000 for Terrence Higgins Trust by collectively riding 2,600 kilometres yesterday.

Raleigh Chopper vs Col de la Madeleine

Raleigh Chopper World Hour Record Holder Matt Richardson was getting back on the iconic 1970s bike yesterday – this time to take on the ride 26 kilometres up the Col de la Madeleine, virtually, on rollers.

Marathon legend's sons in the saddle

Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge would have been one the big favourites for the men’s race in London yesterday – he’s won it four times, including last year, and in October became the first person to run a marathon distance in under two hours, in a challenge supported by Ineos.

He is in Kenya at the moment, where his sons undertook a 2.6 Challenge of their own.

Going round in circles

And finally … this one’s making us feel a little dizzy … well done to this young chap!

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Simon MacMichael

Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.

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eburtthebike | 4 years ago
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Oh, that kind of bunny costume.  yes

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