It hasn\u2019t just been for the hell of it \u2013 although, as it turns out, that may have been a genius move, had it been done purely as a team-building exercise \u2013 we have done it to raise money for the TAG Youth Club, a local charity we started supporting last year.<\/p>\n
The charity is a wonderful endeavour, providing a safe and engaging environment for disabled young people to take part in activities, meet up with their friends and learn valuable life and social skills. Our aim is to raise \u00a31,500 so that TAG can buy a handrail and ramp for the stage at their HQ in Ham and it has certainly given us all a very warm feeling to be contributing to such a worthy cause.<\/p>\n
But perhaps what has given this writer even more of a glow is how the experience has thoroughly galvanised Performance\u2019s UK team in one fell swoop.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s been a far more emotionally rousing experience than I think any of us expected. As the week has progressed, the levels of competition \u2013 whether between colleagues or simply individuals trying to better their own previous bests \u2013 has ramped up significantly.<\/p>\n
With each member of the team taking 20-minute stints in the saddle, the general ethos has been to go hell for leather in every case.<\/p>\n
And, while the prospect of so much vomit-inducing exercise may have been daunting before the week started, every team member has pushed themselves to improve the distance they\u2019ve travelled on the bike in each stint, as proven by the ever increasing average distances covered as the week went on.![\"\"](\"https:\/\/performancecomms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-12-at-15.54.37.jpg\")
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