John Wood
- National: 164th
- State: 26th in Qld
- My Team: 1st
My Story
This October, I am taking part in the Great Cycle Challenge to fight kids' cancer!
I'm aiming to ride 720 kilometers for the month. That will represent 10 kilometers for every year that I've been blessed with being able to be on this planet.
Because right now, cancer is the largest single killer of children from disease in Australia – over 600 children are diagnosed with cancer every year and sadly, 3 die every week.
Kids should be living life, not fighting for it.
And so I am riding and raising funds to support the Children's Medical Research Institute to continue their work into the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and finding a cure for childhood cancer.
Please support my challenge by making a donation through my fundraising page to give these kids the brighter futures they deserve.
Together, we can save little lives.
Thanks for your support.
My Challenge
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The final tally
3 Nov 2019Thank you all.
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What an amazing month
3 Nov 2019What a month it's been. Spurred on by your very generous sponsorships and the many expressions of support and encouragement, Pom and I have managed to put 1,206 kilometres of road and bike track behind us.
The weather has been sensational and it has started to rain on the day after the Challenge finished. May it continue to do so plentifully in the days ahead.
I have benefited enormously from the input of my team of supporting cyclists who have pushed and dragged me over 1,000 kilometres. Thank you Pom, Brian, David, Ken, Lyndon, Peter and Simon. Some mornings when I doubted my capability to continue on and reach my target, your enthusiasm and camaraderie soon had be back on track and feeling no pain. Pom who was only able to ride on Fridays, managed to go way past her target in clocking up a total of 198 kilometres in only five rides. Thanks also to Andrew my exercise physiologist and Lena at Heavenly Zen Massage for keeping me in the saddle and helping me to survive. Unfortunately, I have only lost 3 kilos for the 1,000 kilometres and I put that down to too many ice coffees with the lot.
It’s been such a rewarding experience, participating in an activity that you love doing, which at the same time has enabled me, with the awesome generosity of my sponsors, to be able to facilitate such valuable support to the Children’s Medical Research Institute’s quest to treat and find ways to prevent cancer in our dear children.
Thanks you one and all for your fantastic support.
Come on October 2020.
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46.3 km ride - Last day of GCC. Reached 1,000km target. - Thursday, October 31, 2019
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56.2 km ride - Day 30 - Nundah to Nudgee Beach 🏖 via Mitchelton - Wednesday, 30 October 2019
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13.0 km ride - Redlands PCYC l - Wednesday, 30 October 2019
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86.7 km ride - Nundah Scarborough - Tuesday, 29 October 2019
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1.0 km ride - Test ride - Monday, 28 October 2019
From Manly West
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17.6 km ride - Day 26 Manly West to Thornside - Saturday, 26 October 2019
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8.0 km ride - Redlands PCYC - Friday, 25 October 2019
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36.5 km ride - Day 25 of GCC - Friday, October 25, 2019
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HIT THE TARGET
24 Oct 2019Stirred on by the awesome sponsorships and words of encouragement from you all, I managed to reach my GCC kilometers target of 720 kms, this morning, with 7 days remaining. Thanks also go to my mates who have ridden the journeys with me and plied me with coffee and nourishment (Ice coffee with the lot) along the way. Thanks also to Huey who has kept the headwinds to a manageable state.
Incidents have been relative few, after dismounting my steed in a rather ungainly manner and landing on my butt, on day 1. Since then I've had my progress closely monitored on two occasions by nest protecting magpies and two days ago, I was confronted , on a dedicated bike/pedestrian track, by a vesper motor scooter that was traveling at speed in the opposite direction.
Whilst I'm not extending my kilometers target, I intend to keep ride to see how far I can go. Next Tuesday, my cycling group and I are planning an 80km round trip between Nundah and Scarborough. Might need a soft cushion to sit on after that.
Thank you again for supporting Pom & me and the Children's Medical Research Institute, in the campaign to treat and ultimately discover the means to prevent cancer being suffered by our precious children.
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41.6 km ride - Day 24 - Bulimba to West End - Thursday, 24 October 2019
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23.8 km ride - Day 23 - Bayside wander 20km to go. - Wednesday, 23 October 2019
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8.0 km ride - Redlands PCYC - Wednesday, 23 October 2019
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43.5 km ride - Day 22 - Manly West to Carindale & Southgate - Tuesday, 22 October 2019
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54.2 km ride - Day 21 - Manly West to Cleveland Point - Monday, 21 October 2019
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5.5 km ride - Redlands PCYC - Monday, 21 October 2019
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30.5 km ride - Day 18 GCC Nundah to Nudgee Beach - Friday, 18 October 2019
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6.0 km ride - Redlands PCYC - Friday, 18 October 2019
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54.3 km ride - Day 17 of GCC - Nundah to Pam’s 88 Cafe, Nudgee Beach, via Mitchelton - Thursday, 17 October 2019
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34.9 km ride - Day 16 of GCC - Wednesday, 16 October 2019
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7.5 km ride - Warm up - Wednesday, 16 October 2019
From Redlands PCYC
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$2,500 raised to fight kids' cancer!
I just hit $2,500 to fight kids' cancer! Thank you so much for your support.
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40.0 km ride - Raby Bay to Victoria Point - Tuesday, 15 October 2019
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30.2 km ride - Manly West to Lytton 🦅 hide - Monday, 14 October 2019
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8.0 km ride - Warm up - Monday, 14 October 2019
To Redlands PCYC
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4.0 km ride - Warm up - Friday, 11 October 2019
To Redlands PCYC
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42.7 km ride - Morning Ride - Friday, October 11, 2019
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33.5 km ride - Bulimba to West End - Thursday, 10 October 2019
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9 Days & 274 kilometers behind me
9 Oct 2019The riding is going well and my cycling buddies have dragged me through 274 kilometers already. Only 446 to go.
No major dramas so far apart from nearly being skittled by a guy who was waving good bye to his family as he backed out of his drive and a few close encounters with a magpie, despite the fact that I have Collingwood magpie stickers on my bike and helmet.
Thank you all again for your great support and words of encouragement.
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7.5 km ride - Warm up - Wednesday, 9 October 2019
From Redlands PCYC
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44.1 km ride - Nundah to Shorncliffe - Tuesday, 8 October 2019
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41.7 km ride - Manly West to Wellington Point - Monday, 7 October 2019
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58.7 km ride - Morning Ride - Saturday, October 5, 2019
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51.8 km ride - Manly West to Cleveland - Thursday, 3 October 2019
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5.0 km ride - Warm up - Wednesday, 2 October 2019
From Redlands PCYC to Redlands PCYC
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13.1 km ride - Lazy laps - Wednesday, 2 October 2019
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52.3 km ride - Nundah to Nudgee Beach and Mitchelton - Tuesday, 1 October 2019
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The time is near.
29 Sep 2019Only two days to go before the Challenge gets underway and Pom & I can’t wait to start reeling off the kilometers towards our goals.
Training is going well and this week we rode from Clontarf to Petrie via Kippa-Ring, along the new and controversial Petrie to Kippa-Ring rail line. The 30 kph tailwind for the return ride was much appreciated. So much so that Pom elected to continue across the Hornibrook Bridge to Brighton to clock up 42 km.
We awoke this morning to discover that we are now leading the sponsorship in the “Family Teams” Division, Australia wide, so thank you all again, for your generous support and words of encouragement.
John & Pom (Team an Aussie and a Thai)
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Progress Report
22 Sep 2019Thank you all for your encouragement and generosity. Preparation is going well and Pom & I can't wait to get the rubber on the road in the actual challenge.
On Friday, Pom & I rode the 43 kilometers from Cleveland to Victoria Point and back and it made us realise how fortunate we both are to be fit and healthy enough to enjoy such an activity. What made it more meaningful was that by taking part in the Challenge, we are able to contribute to helping find a cure for Kids' Cancer. It is only with your care and support that we are able to do that.
So a great big thanks to you all.
John & Pom (Team "An Aussie and a Thai")
Posted 121 days ago -
$1,000 raised to fight kids' cancer!
I just hit $1,000 to fight kids' cancer! Thank you so much for your support.
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$500 raised to fight kids' cancer!
I just hit $500 to fight kids' cancer! Thank you so much for your support.
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$250 raised to fight kids' cancer!
I just hit $250 to fight kids' cancer! Thank you so much for your support.
Posted 149 days ago
My Sponsors
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Kick Cancer's Butt Day Matching Donation
“Here's your matched donation from a group of our supporters and corporate partner WINC. THANK YOU so much for your awesome efforts to kick cancer's butt!”
$307.70Received this donation 102 days agoJohn
“Thank you so much guys for your overwhelming generosity and support. Your contributions really lifted my spirits and spurred me on 🍻”
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Patrick Cooper
“Hey Woody, Well done mate for taking on such a tough challenge for a great cause. Proud of you!”
$207Received this donation 137 days agoJohn
“Hey Pat, Your "The Man". Thanks so much for your continued sponsorship and encouragement. Just completed a 40 km training ride, along the Moreton Bay foreshore between Shorncliffe and Scarborough. Training environments don't come much better than that :-). Thanks again Mate.”
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Ned Aughterson
“Go John!”
$124.20Received this donation 104 days agoJohn
“Hi Ned. Thank you for your generous sponsorship and words of encouragement. Your support stirs me on.”
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Terry & Libby Lucas
“Congratulations John and the team, very well done. Your efforts are commendable considering the dry, hot weather we have experienced during the challenge.”
$124.20Received this donation 55 days agoJohn
“Thanks Terry & Libby for your most generous sponsorship and the words of encouragement throughout the Challenge. The support on the track from the Southern Stars, that you and Ken were the foundation members of, certainly played a critical part in getting me across the line 🚴🏿♂️”
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Glenis
“Thank you John for helping save our precious children. It's a wonderful project and I am pleased to be part of the project.”
$120Received this donation 138 days agoJohn
“Thank you Glenis and David for your generous support. It is great to be involved in this campaign and it’s also comforting to have David keeping an eye on our welfare while we are clocking up the kilometres.”
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Greg Lynn
“Good on you John, it's a great cause 👍”
$103.50Received this donation 131 days agoJohn
“Hey Greg, Thanks for your generous support and great encouragement. You should come along on some of the rides that Ken, David and Simon do with me to push me through the Challenge.”
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Jenny and fily
$103.50Received this donation 136 days agoJohn
“Thank you Jenny and "family" :-). The support we are getting is enormous and really spurring us on. Out looking for some more comfortable cycling pants, today.”
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Pam Tran
“Hi John, You are so compassionate, I wish you all the best . Thanks so much for helping our little lives. Yours sincerely, Pam and Harry”
$103.50Received this donation 94 days agoJohn
“Pam and Harry. Thank you so much for your generous sponsorship and words of encouragement. The cycling for the little ones is so rewarding especially with the support of wonderful people like you. Cheers, John & Pom”
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Paul Pike
“Watch out for Magpies!”
$103.50Received this donation 126 days agoJohn
“Thank you Team Pike for your generous sponsorship and encouragement. Go Pies !!!”
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Rod and Wendy Whannell
“Good luck John. This is an outstanding effort for a wonderful cause. All the very best reaching your financial and km goals.”
$103.50Received this donation 149 days agoJohn
“Thanks Wendy. Support like you’ve given me spurs me on and makes the Challenge so rewarding and enjoyable.”
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Roger BYRNE
“Go John. Great cause.”
$103.50Received this donation 141 days agoJohn
“Hi Roger. Thanks for your generous support . It makes the cycling easy when people like you are willing me on.”
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Ron Walpole
“Onya Woodi and Pom.”
$103.50Received this donation 114 days agoJohn
“Hi Ron. Thank you for your generous support and encouragement. Only two days left before the cycling kilometres start counting towards reaching out targets. Can’t wait 😊 ”
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Clare Wood
$100Received this donation 103 days agoJohn
“Thank you for your great support Clare and particularly the huge help in conquering my mountain ”
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Mary Gurr
“Go John go!”
$100Received this donation 81 days agoJohn
“Thank you Mary for your generous donation and for your encouragement.”
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Brian Clarkson
“Ride like the wind John, but if you do have wind, make sure I'm not behind you :-)”
$72.45Received this donation 103 days agoJohn
“Thanks Brian for your generous sponsorship and support out on the road. Highly unlikely that I’ll be spending much time with you in my slipstream.”
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Julian Walsh
“Fantastic cause John - close to our hearts. Thank you for your efforts.”
$72.45Received this donation 149 days agoJohn
“Thanks for your great support Julian. You’re my first sponsor for 2019. Last year Year was my first GCC and it was one of the most satisfying and rewarding experiences that I’ve been involved in.”
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Ken Saunders
$72.45Received this donation 103 days agoJohn
“Thanks Ken for your generous sponsorship and encouragement and for your support out on the road.”
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Nicole Catakovic
“Hi John, I am very pleased to be able to support you in this fabulous cause. All the best and I have no doubt you will make the 700km! 😎🚲🎉”
$72.45Received this donation 130 days agoJohn
“Hi Nicky, Thank you for your generous sponsorship and great words of encouragement. With the support I’m getting from you folk, I’m getting more confident every day. It’s great to be able to something you really enjoy and have it benefit those less fortunate than myself.”
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Simon Steenland
“Go John go”
$72Received this donation 82 days agoJohn
“Thanks Simon, for your generous sponsorship and for your support and encouragement to me on my way to the 1,000km target. The job would have been much more difficult without you guys.”
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Stephen Wood
“Go Johnny go”
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Jennifer Gault
“Happy Riding John”
$51.75Received this donation 141 days agoJohn
“Thanks Jen and Rob for your continued, great support. We desperately need rain up here, so I'm praying it falls this month and not in October.”
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Judith F Holmes
“Congratulations John on being part of this great fundraiser.”
$51.75Received this donation 127 days agoJohn
“Thanks Judith for your great support and words of encouragement. Please let me know when you are able to join Pom and me for a ride(s)”
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Julie & Lorne
“Thanks John ! Keep up the great cycling and well done !!!!”
$51.75Received this donation 98 days agoJohn
“Thanks Julie and Lorne for your generosity, words of encouragement and for being such great friends and neighbours. 🚴🏿♂️”
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Karen Dobeli
“Great work John :)”
$51.75Received this donation 128 days agoJohn
“Hi Karen, Thank you so much for your continued support and words of encouragement. 😊😊”
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Kerry Gorey
“Great effort John for a great cause. Ride on! Kerry”
$51.75Received this donation 128 days agoJohn
“Hi Kerry, Thanks for your generous support and words of encouragement. Praying for fine weather in October but also for some rain, preferably at night 😊”
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Peter Brown
“Good on you John, great cause.”
$51.75Received this donation 121 days agoJohn
“Hi Pete, Thanks for your generous sponsorship. You’ve provided the boost I needed to start the day, after last nights disappointing AFL result 😀”
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Greg Hood
“Well done Woody! Great cause!”
$50Received this donation 149 days agoJohn
“Thanks Greg. Your support is very much appreciated.”
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Stephen Hass
“Awesome riding John, especially your 44.1km ride on Tuesday 8 Oct!! Was meant to be Hottest Oct Day for 14 Years and you did 44.1km! I felt beat at 11.9km same day.”
$46.58Received this donation 102 days agoJohn
“Thanks Stephen. I have some great mates cycling with me and they keep me honest. Did enjoy the ice coffee with the works, at the halfway point 😀”
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Cannon Hill Dental
“All the best John!”
$36.23Received this donation 103 days agoJohn
“Thank you Steve, Tennille and Chloe for your generous sponsorship and your words of encouragement. Got another ride in today and now getting close to halfway in my kilometres target 😊”
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Edwin Gadd
“Goodonya Woody. A great effort...keep well and safe too. And Go Pies!!!!!!”
$36.23Received this donation 135 days agoJohn
“Thanks Ted for your great sponsorship and encouragement. Uphill battle for Pies this year but who knows 😀”
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Lyndon Bedwell
“Your an inspiration , great your out there.”
$36.23Received this donation 101 days agoJohn
“Thanks Lyndon for your sponsorship and encouragement. I’m so lucky to have friends of the caliber of you guys, to cycle and spend time with and share experiences.”
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Michael J Roderick
“Gday mate good job John See you soon”
$36.23Received this donation 102 days agoJohn
“Good morning Mike. Just woke up to discover your sponsorship. Thank you for your generosity and encouragement. 🍻”
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Clare Wood
“Congrats dad!”
$31.05Received this donation 81 days agoJohn
“Thank you Clare for your sponsorship and encouragement along the way 🥰”
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Eddie And Glen
“Great what your doing John”
$26.78Received this donation 114 days agoJohn
“Thank you Glen and Eddie for your wonderful continued support and encouragement.”
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John Wood
$124.20Received this donation 153 days agoJohn
“🚴🏿♂️🚴🏻♀️🚴🏻♀️🚴🏿♂️🚴🏿♂️🚴🏻♀️🚴🏻♀️🚴🏻♀️🚴🏿♂️”
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John Wood
“Thanks to Regatta Hotel”
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John Wood
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