admitted to having “a couple of wobbles” during training<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n\n Speaking to fellow Radio 2 presenter Sara Cox, he said: “I\u2019ve got to be honest, I\u2019ve had a couple of wobbles.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Over the weekend I was like, I\u2019m so not ready.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Despite his doubts, Evans felt “really good” after the Barry Island ride.\n<\/p>\n
\n The ride starts in Glasgow and will take him through Scotland, Northern Ireland and England before he reaches Wales.\n<\/p>\n
\n It is the longest distance ever attempted in a Radio 2 fundraising challenge.\n<\/p>\n
\n Professor Whyte, who has guided many celebrities through endurance events, will support Evans throughout the ride.\n<\/p>\n
\n It is not Evans\u2019s first major Children in Need fundraiser.\n<\/p>\n
\n In 2021, he completed a 24-hour drumathon that raised more than \u00a33.8 million.\n<\/p>\n
\n This year, he has swapped drumsticks for handlebars for a very different endurance test.\n<\/p>\n
\n During the training ride, Evans and Professor Whyte stopped at Marco\u2019s Cafe on Barry Island.\n<\/p>\n
\n Evans said he felt “really good” afterwards, easing fears raised by his earlier doubts.\n<\/p>\n
\n BBC Radio 2 shared footage of the ride on Instagram and joked: “Fancy popping in for a cuppa with Gavin and Stacey?”\n<\/p>\n
\n The ride will test Evans physically and mentally, but he is determined to give it everything he has.\n<\/p>\n
\n Evans is due to cross the finish line in Cardiff on November 13, the day of the BBC Children in Need appeal.\n<\/p>\n
\n Actor and singer Luke Evans, who is also from Wales, sent him a message of encouragement<\/a> and chose Foo Fighters’ “Everlong” as an anthem to motivate his training.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Radio 2 presenter and Ammanford native will leave Glasgow on November 9 for a five-day ride through…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":821371,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-821370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-cycling","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821370","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=821370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/821371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=821370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=821370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=821370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}