\n The ride is being described as a ‘spiritual and symbolic act of reflection, resilience, and renewal’ for the team which is inspired by the Islamic Hijrah, the historic migration of the Prophet Muhammad.\n<\/p>\n
\n They are set to head out to the Arabian Peninsula in January for the ride through mountainous terrain in western Saudi Arabia.\n<\/p>\n
\n The group will be cycling to support orphans in Palestine for the charity ‘Aid for Mankind’, an organisation that is helping vulnerable families and displaced orphans across the borders of Palestine in Egypt and Jordan.\n<\/p>\n
\n The ride will cover more than 340 miles in the sweltering heat and over three continuous days, covering around 110-120 miles a day with 12-15 hours a day in the saddle.\n<\/p>\n
\n The team said: “As we cycle through the mid-sweltering heat of January, we will be drawing strength from that legacy, using each mile to raise awareness and funds for a cause close to our hearts.\n<\/p>\n
\n “This isn\u2019t just a ride. It\u2019s a mission of mercy. Every mile we push is for the children of Gaza orphans who\u2019ve lost everything.\n<\/p>\n
\n “We are raising life-changing funds to provide them with food, shelter, education and hope.\n<\/p>\n
\n “We have been training extremely hard to prepare for the challenge since May of this year and have managed an average of 60-100 miles a week, although we did cycle 100 miles in one day on a Sunday a few weeks back.\n<\/p>\n
\n “The trip cycling through towns from Blackburn to Blackpool and back was worth the fish and chips.”\n<\/p>\n
\n You can donate towards their cause by searching ‘Aid for Mankind UK Hijrah Ride 2026’, and track their progress on the Blackburn Hijrah Riders 2026 Instagram page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The ride is being described as a ‘spiritual and symbolic act of reflection, resilience, and renewal’ for the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":161283,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-161282","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-cycling","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161282\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}