Comic Relief\u2019s 1,000-kilometre tandem cycling challenge from Weymouth to Edinburgh, which begins on Friday.<\/a><\/p>\nHe said: “He really wanted me to do this challenge, which is coming on Friday.<\/p>\n
null (Image: Jack Margerison\/Comic Relief\/PA Wire)<\/p>\n
“So I’ve been training my t*** off for it and he knows that and he knows how much it means to me.<\/p>\n
“So this Comic Relief challenge, 1,000 kilometres on a tandem from Weymouth to Edinburgh.<\/p>\n
“I’m up for it, pending something horrible that happens this week, but he’s steady at the minute and I guess slowly but surely improving a bit, but it’s pretty f*****g bleak.”<\/p>\n
Please be aware, the video below contains swearing.<\/p>\n
Greg missed his Radio 1 Breakfast Show on Friday but said he would be back in the saddle from Monday.<\/p>\n
The Comic Relief ride will see the DJ cycle through County Durham and other parts of the North East.<\/p>\n
On March 18, he will travel from York to Sunderland, passing through Hartlepool, Peterlee, Seaham, and Ryhope.<\/p>\n
The route, more than 600 miles long, requires Mr James to spend at least eight hours cycling each day.<\/p>\n
Fans and celebrities have shared messages of support for Mr James and his family.<\/p>\n
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One supporter commented: “You bring so much joy to people every single day.<\/p>\n
“I hope everyone\u2019s love and support can bring you a pocketful of joy at a difficult time.”<\/p>\n
While former X-Factor stars Jedward also commented their support to Greg, writing: “Love and strength to you and your dad.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Radio One DJ Greg James has shared an emotional update about his dad just days before he is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":467262,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[123880,4985,16957,167491,167489,167490,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-467261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-comic-relief","tag-cycling","tag-dad","tag-fundraising-challenge","tag-greg-james","tag-mr-james","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467261","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=467261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467261\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/467262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=467261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=467261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=467261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}