Long-time charity bike rider to be joined by 15-year-old son
The furthest Mitch, a member of the TBHS cycling team, had pedalled was 122kms during one of the charity bike ride’s group training sessions. He had also completed “a dozen or so” 100km rides, so his main challenge when the ride rolled around would be doing that distance three days in a row. “There will be a real feeling of accomplishment when I’m in Tekapo, knowing I biked there from Timaru.” Mitch was “excited” to be pedalling with his father on what would be the senior Brookland’s 12th charity bike ride. Shane Brookland said his wife volunteered him for his first rid...
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