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Portsmouth UK to Portsmouth USA

Steve Benson11 May 2020 - 08:00
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We move up into first place

Well done to our team of 25 runners and cyclists that have moved up into first place in this virtual challenge against nine other clubs across the south.

The race, which has been organised by United Services Portsmouth, is for charity and we’ll be continuing to raise money for both the Rugby Club and the NHS.

The challenge is to walk, run or ride 3,200 miles from Portsmouth (United Kingdom) to Portsmouth (United States). We have a month to complete the challenge which started on Monday 1st May and will finish on Sunday 31st May!

Our team of 25 are logging their distances through our club pages on Strava. For every mile accumulated running or walking, we're credited with a mile towards our total - or every two miles accumulated cycling, we're credited with a mile towards our total.

Each person is allowed a maximum of an hours exercise time a day to accumulate as much distance as possible. If exercise lasts longer than an hour, average paces are worked out to decide how much distance would have been covered.

We had a slow start as we got our team together at the last minute, but we're continuing to chalk off the miles and have worked our way up to top of the table!

Don’t forget to help us by donating to either (or both) of the links below:

ERRFC:
https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fundraiser-portal/fundraiserPage?pageId=1157865&newPage=true

US Portsmouth NHS page :
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/usrfc

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