The Logan Tod Blog

On Sunday, a team from Logan Tod comprising Andy, Mark, Matthew, Matt, Phil, Steve and Vitor successfully completed the annual London to Brighton cycle ride in aid of  the British Heart Foundation.  Appropriately named “Team HiPPO”, most of us had set their personal goal of reaching the finishing line rather than performance optimisation.

Eschewing the enthusiasts 6:30 start,  our day began at 8:30 on a chilly Clapham Common, followed by a sociable but rather too leisurely, sheer-weight-of-traffic, crawl through Sarf London. In Carshalton, the first open pub proved an irresistible draw for Matt and Vitor, with Mark ordering his customary performance enhancing drug,  double espresso.

As urbanisation receded, the pace quickened and the HiPPOs fragmented into the peletons and pant alongs, progress broken up by hot-dog breaks and traffic jams through some pretty Sussex villages. Before we knew it the infamous Ditchling Beacon climb loomed before each of us, to be conquered only by those who had trained hard – Steve! –  and those who had enough gears (Andy).  A fast descent into Brighton saw most of us arrive saddle-sore but happy at around the 6 hour mark. Matthew and Phil, having been held up in a road closure, arrived an hour or so later, in plenty of time for beer, picnic and Frisbee on the beach, thanks to the support crew.

A fantastic day all round, we raised some £2,500 thanks to the generous support of friends, clients and colleagues. A big thank you to those who encouraged and sponsored us.

If you’d like to sponsor us you can still do so by visiting our page at Just Giving.