Lockdown Laps 2.0

The challenge
Each week we will run, walk, ride and swim our favourite local outdoor routes and log them using Strava to achieve our weekly activity total.

At the end of each week, the total miles are converted to equivalent £s and 50% of the total is donated to Fareshare Sussex. The remaining 50% is then donated to a separate charity; nominated by the team member who wins that weeks challenge.

Help us create a positive impact through FareShare Sussex by supporting our fundraising efforts and helping us meet our 1500 miles / £1500 target.

Keep an eye on our weekly efforts here:

Why FareShare Sussex?
We have a great relationship with the team at FareShare Sussex. Hundreds of thousands of tonnes of good food is wasted by the UK food industry every year. At the same time, millions of people are struggling to afford to eat.

This crisis has now been amplified by the Covid-19 pandemic, and so we want to do a little more to help change this and create a positive impact.

Your donation will help us make a positive impact through FareShare Sussex.

WEEK 13: 5TH APRIL-11TH APRIL

It’s the final countdown! Indeed, the last week of our current challenge, and the team logged 153 miles, which means we surpassed our £1,500 fundraising challenge for FareShare Sussex, who gets all one hundred and fifty three pounds. Wahoo!

It’s been a consistent team effort during a weird, unsettling, and ultimately challenging time, so we’re proud to have met our goal, and do our bit to help FareShare Sussex doing vital work in our local community.

Oh, and the picture below are gloriously green because Chris set us the challenge to capture “Best forest, copse, clump of trees”.  Enjoy.

WEEK 12: 29TH MARCH-4TH APRIL

Motivated to support our Nicola’s fundraising efforts for Rainforest Trust UK alongside FareShare Sussex this week (she’s running a stonking 30 miles a week for 30 days!), the team cracked out another 231 miles for the second week running. So, that’s £115.50 for Rainforest Trust UK, and £115.50 for FareShare Sussex.

In line with Nicola’s charity of choice, Sophie asked the team to capture wildlife on their outside jaunts, and share the pictures for general admiration, kudos, and blog purposes. Here are a few of those delights, including a gnarly beach worm…

WEEK 11: 22ND MAR-28TH MARCH

The sun is shining; the evenings are lighter for longer. Hallelujah, we’ve made it! And, with a whopping 231 miles clocked this week, it appears the team are feeling the seasonal benefits, too.

Josh set the challenge of taking a picture of the most unusual street name, Tilters inevitably veered into some titillating territories. Sophie’s sign proved victorious (we’ll keep it clean here; some of the other street signs are featured below). She chose Reclaim These Streets’ crowdfunder for Rosa to receive £115.50; the other £115.50 went to FareShare Sussex.

WEEK TEN: 15TH MAR-21ST MARCH

This week, the team conquered 192.5 miles. Last week’s winner, Mel, set everyone the challenge of surrounding themselves in spring. You know the drill; lying in a bed of daffs, lambing, going full-blown Julie Andrews, belting out The Hills Are Alive on Devil’s Dyke.

A lot of lovely pictures have been shared. As you might expect, they’ve put a spring in our steps (sorry). Anyway, Mel picked Josh’s marvellous moss proved triumphant, meaning £96.25 to FareShare Sussex, and another £96.25 to Stonewall.

WEEK NINE: 8TH MAR-14TH MARCH

This week, we saw a huge uplift in miles logged from the previous week, with 226 mile collective achieved. The motivation for this increase in activity came from Hugo, who challenged he team to ‘think outside the box’ when planning their week’s activities. From swimming in lochs in Scotland to windsurfing in the Witterings… this week was great fun!

£113 was donated to Fareshare Sussex, and the remaining £113 donated to Shelterbox – experts in emergency shelter after disaster.

WEEK EIGHT: 1ST MAR-7TH MARCH

This weeks challenge was to leave the routes we explore in a better condition than they were found – a fantastic challenge, set by last weeks winner Rose. The clear winner was Lou who helped to make her local community a better place by litter picking whilst running and walking around her local park. Nice one Lou!

A total of 123 miles was logged this week, with £61.50 going to Life Center nominated by Lou, and the remaining £61.50 going to our friends at Fareshare Sussex.

Senior designer Hugo has set next weeks challenge which is going to be a corker!

WEEK SEVEN:  21ND FEB-28TH FEB

Championed by Sophie, the team were challenged to ‘say no to groundhog day’ and try something new. Ditching their regular running shoes and bikes, the team explored a range of different activities this week from surfing, night hiking to Geocaching. Great fun and a great sunny week to do something different.

It was agreed by unanimous decision that Rose Morgan with her Geocaching should take the crown. A total of 160 miles was logged this week, with £80 going to Fareshare Sussex and Rose nominating charity Emmaus Brighton to receive the other £80.

WEEK SIX:  15TH FEB-21ST FEB

Pancake Week! Fuelled by pancakes the team rode to victory netting their highest weekly total yet – 303 miles. We collectively agreed at the beginning of this week that we would support senior developer Rachel Bilski with her annual pancake fundraising for BEAT.

£151.50 was donated to Fareshare Sussex and £151.50 was donated to BEAT.

WEEK FIVE:  8TH FEB-14TH FEBRUARY

This weeks challenge was to step out of your comfort zone and do as many different activities as possible. It was a close race between Paul Mallaghan, Sophie Robehmed and James Schock, with Sophie taking overall victory with an impressive 7 different activity types – including a spot of arctic parkour!

176 miles where logged this week, with £88 going to Fareshare Sussex and the remaining balance being split across the following 3 charities as nominated by Sophie.

• £36 to Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM)
• £26 to Save the Children’s Beirut explosion emergency fund
• £26 to Addenbrooke’s Charitable Trust

WEEK FOUR:  1ST FEB-7TH FEBRUARY

Elevation week.  This weeks challenge was a tough one – most amount of elevation gained in a single week.  Well, in the words of the classic film Highlander “There can be only one”. Tilt MAMIL and legend Ivor Sims not only decided he was going to win this week, but he decided he would do so in a single activity. On Sat he set out on his bike and racked up an impressive 1KM of elevation in a single ride. Hero.

A whopping 243 miles where logged this week, which translated into £121.50 for Fareshare Sussex and £121.50 to Ivors chosen charity the National Autism Society.

WEEK THREE:  25TH JAN-31ST JANUARY

On the 7th day there was sun (finally). This week was a tough one motivationally speaking. It rained … alot, so the team had to dig deep to get out amongst the elements to keep the miles ticking over.

185 soggy miles were logged and as a reward, mother nature gave us a day of respite on the Sunday with some glorious sunshine.

£92.50 has been donated to FareShare Sussex with the remaining £92.50 going to Mind, who support mental health awareness.

WEEK TWO: 18TH JAN-24TH JANUARY

Despite more rain being forecast, we were actually blessed with some beautiful winter sunshine this week. This glorious golden orb in the sky kicked the team into overdrive and saw us deliver a weekly team personal best of 291 miles!

This weeks challenge was ‘total time’, and permalancer Rich Cookson took to his local hills to take home victory, being active for over 8 hours.

The total pot of £291 is split between our nominated charity FareShare Sussex and Shelter, as nominated by Rich Cookson;

WEEK ONE:  11TH-17TH JANUARY

Despite apocalyptic levels or frost, rain and mud the team got off to a flying start this week, with a whopping 248 miles logged. The weekly average needed in order to achieve our target is 214 miles per week … so a strong start.

This weeks challenge of ‘total local distance’, was claimed by James Schock who mountain biked and trail ran his way to victory across the icy Scottish highlands. Competition was fierce with Ivor Sims hot on hit heals all week long, but alas … his new riding gloves just did not give him the edge he needed.

The total pot is £248, with £174 donated FareShare Sussex and the other 50% being donated to Trees for Life as nominated by James.