Vandals causing ‘unsustainable’ levels of damage to toilets in Borders town<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n Kathy has been training on roads around the Borders, covering up to 100 miles a week.\n<\/p>\n
\n She will ride as part of a five-person relay team, which includes her niece Charlotte Dun, called Five Hearts One Cause.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n She said: \u201cI\u2019m a cyclist \u2013 but usually a summer cyclist. Rob keeps reminding us you don\u2019t just ride a bike when it\u2019s sunny \u2013 apparently we\u2019re doing this in wet and windy weather too.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cYou can\u2019t rest tired legs when you\u2019re riding four days on the bounce. There will be tough parts \u2013 but we\u2019re doing it for a reason.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
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Kathy Weir and son Ben in Italy at the culmination of the All Roads Lead To Rome challenge in 2024 (Image: Craig Watson)\n<\/p>\n
\n Wainwright, Doddie\u2019s friend and former teammate, has now led seven fundraising rides since 2020.\u00a0\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n He said: \u201cIt has to be painful. Three 180 to 200-mile days in a row is relentless.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIt\u2019s immensely positive to see Doddie\u2019s family continuing the work he started. To turn something so painful into something forward-looking and positive \u2013 I\u2019ve got enormous respect for Kathy and the boys.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Paul Thompson, director of fundraising at My Name\u20195 Doddie Foundation, said Kathy stepping up to take on the full challenge was \u201cincredibly powerful\u201d.\n<\/p>\n
\n Last year\u2019s event, Doddie\u2019s Grand Tour 2025, raised more than \u00a31 million for research.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n To donate or follow the ride, visit the JustGiving<\/a> page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kathy Weir, 55, will be among hundreds of riders participating in Doddie\u2019s Triple Crown 2026 next month. It…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":484212,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,85],"class_list":["post-484211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cycling","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=484211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484211\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/484212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}