I agree with Marty in sticking with just one main charity, rather than spreading it out per person.
Helps stop any confusion when contacting people for sponsership / donations etc. Also, the charity might be more happy to help promote the event either by advertising on their site, or donating material such as badges, balloons etc if they are the only one.
I recently emailed Karl as i was after a bit of info regarding lejog and L2B.
I'm sure he wont mind
, i've copied the reply i got ...L2B bit... below.
The May 2007 London-Brighton "c5alive" run was about 64 miles, and involved
seven c5's on the road looked after by a large support van carrying over 60
car batteries plus a spare C5,tools,snacks etc. We also had Ray (aka
"c515mph" on the forum) following in his estate car as a "fend off" vehicle
to stop traffic rear-ending the slow moving convoy of seven c5's. The
support van would meet us at pre-determined "rest stops" that were five
miles apart, where we could take a toilet break, swop batteries, grab a
drink etc. Stops were limited to 10mins if possible, once we set off the van
would wait a while before driving ahead to the next rest stop. Ray stayed
with the group of C5's with a couple of the spare batteries, and a few tools
in case of emergencies, in the back of his car.
The journey went well, with the first half (London-Crawley) only taking
about four hours. We had a c5 break down with a broken gearbox in Coulsdon,
but it was placed in the van and we carried on with the spare. The half way
rest stop at my place in Crawley took about 90mins because we had to repair
the damaged C5 in case it was needed later on (which it was...).
The second half of the journey, Crawley to Brighton, took forever and was
the most demanding part of the day. We were all tired and so were the
batteries. We basically ran out and ended up using half charged batteries.
It was the second half of the day that made me vow never to repeat the
experience. The physical effort of all that pedaling was also taking its
toll, and some of those hills never seemed to end ! Several C5's, mine
included, began to overheat and cut out.
Eventually we did crawl our way into Preston Park, Brighton - but it left me
completely exhausted. I was however also left with a huge sense of
achievement and still look back on the event with a large amount of pride.
Daz