1200km Bible Ride

Purpose:

I used to be an avid cyclist, but started losing interest when Covid struck us, and stopped cycling when Lock-down started in 2020.

Then in 2023, I got the urge to get back into active sports and started cycling again. It was shocking to see how much I've “deteriorated” in the last three years. 

I decided to crank things up an bit and plotted a route from Johannesburg to Jeffery's bay, I started a 12 week endurance and strength training program in the first week of January and finished it yesterday… done and dusted.

During long hours of intense training on my indoor trainer, I started thinking that all this effort should be applied much more efficiently than just full-filling a “bucket list” item. I considered doing this for multiple charities or non-profit organizations, but then decided to support Open Doors - Geopende Deure when I passed a Mosque with Palestine flags hanging from the towers, next to the M1 highway in Johannesburg, 

Open Doors is a Christian organization that amongst other...