Helen Napier from Manaccan has dubbed her 24-hour charity cycle the ‘biggest achievement of her life so far.’

Between Friday, January 28 and the evening of Saturday 29, she rode non-stop on her Zwift pedal bike in her spare room, raising money for the MS Society UK in honour of her sister, who suffers from the condition.

And Helen became the oldest woman in the UK to complete the challenge at the age of 51.
Originally she had set herself the target of raising £2,000. 

However, overwhelming support has seen that amount rise to £4,110 at the time the Packet went to press.

Over the course of the time period, which allowed for breaks every six hours to eat and change, she pedalled 401.3 miles. 

Helen told the Packet why she ended up cycling just over the originally planned 24 hours. She said: “I was so close to 400 miles I just thought, ‘I might never do this again so let us go for the 400.’ So I did!”

Helen spent the last three months training intensively for the ride but the whole event was thrown into jeopardy when she suffered a migraine and nausea on the morning of the ride.

She said: “I was umming and ahhing as to whether to carry on. It wasn’t the best build-up but my husband said just get on the bike and see how you feel. 

“I started earlier than I’d advertised and thought I’m here now I may as well carry on, but the nausea didn’t go until the 22nd hour.

“The nausea was tough because I had to force myself to eat so my body would keep going so my body wasn’t burning muscle instead of fat.

“Once the nausea went I got my second wind and I thought I could carry on but now I feel really good. It definitely added to the achievement.”

She added: “It is probably the biggest achievement of my life so far... onto the next challenge.” 
Helen revealed that she is now going on to coach other cyclists to help them reach their long distance goals.

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