Demosthenes Mateo Jr

In Australia, 3 children die of cancer every week. Please sponsor me and support my challenge to fight kids' cancer and save little lives!

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I've Ridden 447.7 km to fight kids' cancer

My Rankings

National: 1281st
State: 253rd in Qld
My Team: 6th

I've raised $749 to fight kids' cancer Donate Now

My Story

18 Sep 2024

This October, I am taking part in the Great Cycle Challenge to fight kids' cancer!

Because right now, cancer is the largest single killer of children from disease in Australia – over 700 children are diagnosed with cancer every year and sadly, 3 die every week.

Kids should be living life, not fighting for it.

And so I am riding and raising funds to support the Children's Medical Research Institute to continue their work into the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and finding a cure for childhood cancer.

Please support my challenge by making a donation through my fundraising page to give these kids the brighter futures they deserve.

Together, we can save little lives.

Thanks for your support.

Demosthenes

My Legacy

Here's my personal impact over 8 years to fight kids' cancer and save little lives.

3,130 km Ridden

Raised

2017
6,592 km Ridden

Raised

2018
1,676 km Ridden

$293 Raised

2019
2,766 km Ridden

$245 Raised

2020
3,122 km Ridden

$555 Raised

2021
6,205 km Ridden

$768 Raised

2022
4,084 km Ridden

$921 Raised

2023

28,023 km

Ridden

$3,695

Raised

My Challenge

27.1 km ride - Wrapping up GCC 2024 - Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Logged this ride 9 days ago - View on Strava
50.0 km ride - Ferry Loop - Saturday, October 26, 2024

Logged this ride 12 days ago - View on Strava
23.5 km ride - Afternoon Ride - Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Logged this ride 15 days ago - View on Strava
Mission Accomplished

19 Oct 2024

When I signed up for this year’s GCC Ride I have set my goal to ride only 200kms; just a fifth of what I have set last year. This was after realising that my body could barely ride 10kms at a time when I did a few test rides around our block. Thanks to my mates who accompanied me on my first ride, I felt that I could set my goal higher and so I increased it to 300kms.

I love pushing myself to my limits. I love doing something where there is a big chance that I could fail. If you only do things knowing that you could not fail then there is no growth. Failure really is just a chance to fine tune your strategy.

This GCC Ride isn’t just for kids suffering with cancer. This ride was also for me. As my doctor told me, be glad that what you have is not cancer.

Thanks to everyone who supported my fund raising. We did it all together.

https://greatcyclechallenge.com.au/Riders/DemosthenesMateoJr

Posted 18 days ago
77.0 km ride - Not Riverloop - Saturday, October 19, 2024

Logged this ride 19 days ago - View on Strava
22.5 km ride - Fixie under a supermoon - Thursday, October 17, 2024

Logged this ride 21 days ago - View on Strava
92.3 km ride - GCC Ride #5 - Saturday, October 12, 2024

Logged this ride 26 days ago - View on Strava
27.0 km ride - GCC Ride #4 - Friday, October 11, 2024

Logged this ride 27 days ago - View on Strava
Goal Achieved

9 Oct 2024

Thanks to all you wonderful people who supported my ride. This morning I woke up realising that I have surpassed my goal of raising $500! Amazing! This is probably the quickest in the 8 years that I have been doing this. I’m overwhelmed by your generosity. You know who you are.

So now the pressure is mounting to complete my end of the bargain. I still have lots of riding to do. Been checking the forecast everyday trying to find even just a tiny window of time to get on the saddle but the weather hasn’t been cooperating. It is quite frustrating to be honest but then I can’t help but think about the devastation in Florida and it made me realise that I am in no position to whinge about what seems like a drizzle compared to what is happening on that side of the world. There is always something to be thankful about.

The plan is to ride for an hour on Friday after work and then wake up early on Saturday for a “longer” ride before the weather turns bad again. It’s funny and frustrating at the same time knowing that earlier this year I could have ridden the entire 300kms in one go. Literally. On my fixie bike. Those days are gone and I have to be thankful that I could still ride my bike.

Again, thanks to everyone. We are all in this together.

Posted 28 days ago
$250 raised to fight kids' cancer!

I just raised $250 to fight kids' cancer and achieved PROTECTOR LEVEL in the challenge! Thank you so much for your support.

Posted 29 days ago
$100 raised to fight kids' cancer!

I just raised $100 to fight kids' cancer and achieved DEFENDER LEVEL in the challenge! Thank you so much for your support.

Posted 29 days ago
74.0 km ride - GCC #3 - Saturday, October 5, 2024

Logged this ride 33 days ago - View on Strava
27.0 km ride - Not getting easier; not getting faster either 🤷‍♂️ - Thursday, October 3, 2024

Logged this ride 35 days ago - View on Strava
27.2 km ride - GCC Ride #1 - Tuesday, October 1, 2024

Logged this ride 37 days ago - View on Strava

My Sponsors

Kick Cancer's Butt Day Matching Donation

“Here's your matched donation from our generous supporters. THANK YOU so much for your awesome efforts to kick cancer's butt!”
$310.39
Received this donation 29 days ago

Demosthenes
Loreta Blanco
$124.20
Received this donation 29 days ago

Demosthenes

“Salamat po manang. Grabe napaka-generous nyo po. God bless 🥰🥰🥰”

Salamat po manang. Grabe napaka-generous nyo po. God bless 🥰🥰🥰
Ashish Panda

“Good going Demo!”
$72.45
Received this donation 29 days ago

Demosthenes

“I’m sending you a big thank you all the way to India. Much appreciated 🥰”

I’m sending you a big thank you all the way to India. Much appreciated 🥰
Guruprasad Rao
$51.75
Received this donation 29 days ago

Demosthenes

“Ey Guru! Thanks for your donation. I can take some of your Remedy tickets 😉”

Ey Guru! Thanks for your donation. I can take some of your Remedy tickets 😉
Think-DIS Community Services

“Congratulations on supporting such a fantastic cause!”
$51.75
Received this donation 28 days ago

Demosthenes

“Thank you so much for supporting my fund raising 🥰🥰🥰”

Thank you so much for supporting my fund raising 🥰🥰🥰
Angela Villetri

“Great course, enjoy the ride and stay safe”
$36.23
Received this donation 29 days ago

Demosthenes

“Thanks so much Angela. Much appreciated. 🥰”

Thanks so much Angela. Much appreciated. 🥰
Rachael Egan

“Demo I hope all is ok I heard the news and can't believe you are on your bike already!!”
$36.23
Received this donation 29 days ago

Demosthenes

“Hi Rachael. Thanks for your donation. It was a total shock for everyone. Even the doctors. I had no symptoms at all. They just found it from a routine scan. I have more stories to tell you.”

Hi Rachael. Thanks for your donation. It was a total shock for everyone. Even the doctors. I had no symptoms at all. They just found it from a routine scan. I have more stories to tell you.
Anonymous
$25.88
Received this donation 23 days ago

Demosthenes

“Thanks so much for supporting my fund raising. 🥰”

Thanks so much for supporting my fund raising. 🥰
honeejean@gmail.com
$20
Received this donation 21 days ago

Demosthenes

“Salamat kaayo Che”

Salamat kaayo Che
Jonah Nobleza

“Go go go Dems”
$20
Received this donation 29 days ago

Demosthenes

“Salamat kaayo bai. Amping kanunay. Ride safe.”

Salamat kaayo bai. Amping kanunay. Ride safe.