Mark Carrington

I am riding 400 km in memory of Sjaan and Gerda van de Kraan. Please sponsor me and support my challenge to fight kids' cancer and save little lives.

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I've Ridden 90.7 km My goal is 400 km

My Rankings

National: 182nd
State: 59th in NSW

I've raised $734 My goal is $2,500 Donate Now

I'm Riding For

Sjaan and Gerda van de Kraan

Tante Sjaan and Tante Gerda were sisters. In 2022, Gerda died with cancer on the same day as her sister Sjaan, 3 years earlier. My ride is for both of them. My wife misses her weekly chats with Gerda. We miss them both. ps., Photo is of Tante Sjaan.

My Story

26 Jul 2024

Every year I ride for kids cancer - 11 years and still going. The old days of riding a big challenge across a map are gone - the last one from Melbourne to Shoalhaven Heads in 2022 was hard work (and the weather was wet)

Last year I had an idea to ride the rail trails for Victoria. That did not happen as Lorraine broke her wrist and we moved house. I will look again to riding on the rail trails in Victoria to look for orchids. Who knows. Meanwhile I will aim to ride more than I have - harder work now as Gordon is not exactly a bike friendly place to cycle from That is why my target is little - not a lot of time and no fitness.

Cancer is the largest single killer of children from disease in Australia – over 600 children are diagnosed with cancer every year and sadly, 3 die every week.

Kids should be living life, not fighting for it.

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.

My Legacy

Here's my personal impact over 11 years to fight kids' cancer and save little lives.

1,056 km Ridden

$2,557 Raised

2014
2,570 km Ridden

$4,415 Raised

2015
1,236 km Ridden

$2,510 Raised

2016
1,328 km Ridden

$2,990 Raised

2017
1,185 km Ridden

$3,333 Raised

2018
1,378 km Ridden

$4,446 Raised

2019
1,973 km Ridden

$3,947 Raised

2020
1,350 km Ridden

$3,515 Raised

2021
2,111 km Ridden

$3,154 Raised

2022
523 km Ridden

$4,003 Raised

2023

14,800 km

Ridden

$35,604

Raised

My Challenge

21.1 km ride - Afternoon Ride - Saturday, October 5, 2024

Logged this ride 11 hours ago - View on Strava
20.0 km ride - Afternoon Ride - Friday, October 4, 2024

Logged this ride 1 day ago - View on Strava
24.4 km ride - Morning Ride - Thursday, October 3, 2024

Logged this ride 3 days ago - View on Strava
$500 raised to fight kids' cancer!

I just raised $500 to fight kids' cancer and achieved GUARDIAN LEVEL in the challenge! Thank you so much for your support.

Posted 3 days ago
17.1 km ride - Afternoon Ride - Wednesday, October 2, 2024

Logged this ride 3 days ago - View on Strava
8.2 km ride - Afternoon Ride - Tuesday, October 1, 2024

Logged this ride 4 days ago - View on Strava
$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 5 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 71 days ago

My Sponsors

Claudia Fisher

“So worth the sweat, go Mark!”
$124.20
Received this donation 4 days ago

Mark

“Danke schön, Claudia. Time to get motivated for riding”

Danke schön, Claudia. Time to get motivated for riding
Gordon Lambert

“Enjoy the ride for such a worthy cause, Mark.”
$103.50
Received this donation 5 days ago

Mark

“Thanks Gordon. Really appreciate the promotion too. Comes at a challenging time in the cycle challenge journey”

Thanks Gordon. Really appreciate the promotion too. Comes at a challenging time in the cycle challenge journey
James Brown

“Tremendous effort Mark!”
$103.50
Received this donation 2 hours ago

Mark

“Thanks mate. Hard to believe that 10 years has slid by since we met in Tokyo”

Thanks mate. Hard to believe that 10 years has slid by since we met in Tokyo
Mark Newbury

“Keep on peddling!”
$72.45
Received this donation 5 days ago

Mark

“Thanks so much mate. You are #1 on the leaderboard”

Thanks so much mate. You are #1 on the leaderboard
Jennie

“Have a good ride, thank you for supporting such a great cause! Hugs galore”
$71.42
Received this donation 7 hours ago

Mark

“You just bought tears to my eyes. A donation deep from the heart. You are so special. Huge hugz”

You just bought tears to my eyes. A donation deep from the heart. You are so special. Huge hugz
Michele

“Thank you for raising funds to fight children's Cancer!”
$62.10
Received this donation 3 days ago

Mark

“Thanks so much Michele. Give a hi to Jim”

Thanks so much Michele. Give a hi to Jim
Philippa Rowlands

“Hi Mark, A wonderful legacy you are creating. Enjoy the ride. Love Philippa”
$36.23
Received this donation 17 hours ago

Mark

“Thanks so much. Love Mark”

Thanks so much. Love Mark
Anonymous
$36.23
Received this donation 4 days ago

Mark

“Thanks so much - really appreciated”

Thanks so much - really appreciated
Mark Carrington

“Kicking things off with my own personal donation to fight kids' cancer!”
$124.20
Received this donation 71 days ago

Mark