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Win a GIANT road bike worth £1800*
A sportive organised by
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This inaugural GSD Giant sportive will take you around the picturesque lanes of West Sussex and Hampshire in support of a locally-based charity, the AGSD-UK. Setting out from the magnificent Goodwood Racecourse the route circumnavigates the South Downs between Petworth in the east and Droxford in the west; passing through some of the prettiest villages and hamlets the South of England has to offer. You’ll cycle by green rolling pastures, ancient woodlands, river valleys and wetlands all within one of Britain’s most accessible “Breathing Spaces”, the recently designated South Downs National Park. You’ll experience an exhilarating and challenging sportive and you'll be helped to recuperate afterwards with hot food, refreshments and music.
Choose one of three circular routes according to your ability:
Giant 102 miles “Huge, cruel and eats unprepared cyclists”
Spirit 76 miles “For lively and courageous souls”
Demon 44 miles “Summon immense energy for this devil of a ride”
Entry Fees - Please read carefully
Entry fees are taken when you sign up for the GSD Giant. A Virgin Money Giving web-page is also set up for you although fundraising is not compulsory for this event.
Provisional
Carbon-fibre road bike
Worth £1800
(see below for details)
Glycogen Storage Disease (GSD) As you train for endurance and carb-load to pack your body with glycogen, give a little thought to those babies, children and adults who have considerable stores of liver and muscle glycogen, and yet such exercise would be painful, damaging or even life-threatening. Each of the known glycogen storage diseases (GSDs) gives rise to symptoms ranging from mild exercise intolerance through to premature heart, liver or kidney failure. The diseases are mostly controlled through strict diet or careful exercise – you may have read a recent news article about a 12 year-old girl with GSD who must eat twice her weight in cornflour each year. Only one GSD, Pompe Disease, has an approved medicine to halt the disease progression; without it infants die before their first birthday and older children slowly deteriorate until their muscles cease to support their bodies and they become too weak even to breathe.
*Optional Sponsorship - win a road bike worth £1800
Join the GSD Giant Sportive and your entry fee will cover all your costs. However, by raising just £50 in sponsorship from friends, family and colleagues, you will not only be helping the charity support those living with GSD, you will be entererd into a fantastic Prize-Draw giving you a chance to win a Giant carbon-fibre road bike: the Defy (men), or Avail (women) composite 1 road bike worth £1800. Every additional £50 you raise will give you another chance of winning this amazing prize; so £100 will give you two entries, £1000 will give you 20 chances to win.
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Prize Draw Rules
1. The draw is open only to fundraising individuals registered for the GSD Giant cycling sportive to be held on Sunday September 2nd 2012. 2. Each fundraising individual is restricted to one entry for every £50 they raise on behalf of the AGSD-UK (excluding Gift-Aid) through the GSD Giant fundraising event. 3. The draw is not open to directors, trustees or staff members of the AGSD-UK. 4. The prize draw is open to UK residents only. 5. The Prize can only be sent to a valid UK address. 6. The winner will be chosen at random from all valid entries. 7. The winner will be contacted via email and their name will be displayed on our website (www.agsd.org.uk). 8. The prize of a Giant road bike will be built at Giant HQ and then sent to the prize winner's UK address. 9. The competition will run from 1st March 2012 until 2nd September 2012. 10. The draw will be made on the day of the event or during the week immediately afterwards. 11 The Judge's decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.