CHOC Cows 2017 #2

SOOOOO.....

It's been a week or two since #TDF2017 ended as did my 23 Days pedaling in the Cow Suit, I was taking it relatively easy (most of the time) some of the rides whilst short were fairly high intensity, with me trying to finish with the riders whilst watching footage and 'trying to keep up with them. Of course being on the trainer for those rides meant I wasn't really carrying my weight, or suffering from the same amount of slope or rolling resistance, but I was turning the resistance up more than usual on the trainer.

So this chart represents the Tour de Vache (Vache is Cow for the non french) 640Km in total for me (the empty circles are because the distance text doesn't fit), the ascent is pretty much irrelevant. I will just add that the 53Km I did on the final day I started as the riders started their laps of Champs Elysees, when they finished I was almost a full lap behind, the cow suit soaked through and fairly large puddle on the floor, both bandanas had been used up and the towel also pretty damp.

 Someone asked me what it was about... I've been doing this personal challenge of riding every day of TDF for a few years, surprised myself as I just went to check and this was my 5th attempt, although in 2013 and 2015 I didn't succeed due to flu. Last year and this year I did it wearing the Cow Suit.

Apart from the personal challenge of getting on the bike every day, whether that be indoors or outdoors, road or MTB, the cow suit adds the element of raising awareness for CHOC, the little bit of suffering I do in that suit is NOTHING compared to what the children with Cancer go through during their treatment.





So PLEEEEEASE help us reach the 'audacious' target The Cows have set for ourselves in the 10th year of existence to raise R10,000,000.00 yes TEN MILLION for the work CHOC does supporting Children (and their families) through their Cancer treatment (click the links for more info).

There are many ways to give:

• Through my GivenGain Profile: https://www.givengain.com/ap/JermTheCow2017/ 
• Use my Snapscan QR Code: 
  
• EFT direct to The Cows :
  Bank: Standard Bank
  
  Branch: Killarney
  Branch code: 007 205
  Account name: CHOC Cows
  Account number: 203 710 843
  Account type: Savings account
  Reference: Jeremy Pointer
• In my Cans: If you want to pass me some cash to stick in my cans I will happily do so we take any change big or small from 5c to R200 bits of change ;-) It will all go through the slot.

I shall close off with a picture I shamefully gimped (look it up) of the COWPODIUM of Tour de Vache 2017 (Sorry TDF, Warren  and ladies, I hope you don't mind it's for a good cause).