Peterborough fitness team go around the world in 28 days - virtually of course

Elevate Fitness Studio in Peterborough has kicked off a 28-day challenge from today (June 1) to circumnavigate the globe in aid of Médecins Sans Frontiéres (MSF).

Called Elevate Around the World in 28 days, the challenge will consist of a team of 36 people, who will be running, cycling, and rowing a total of 41,075 km in a virtual relay.

The team will be covering an average distance of 1467km between them every day to clock up enough kilometres to complete the challenge and meet the fundraising target of £10k

Dan Cumberworth and Darren Fox of Elevate Fitness Studio have been hosting online fitness classes throughout the lockdown and keeping their gym members motivated and healthy with regular social media posts.

Dan said :“The motivation to reach our £10k fundraising target comes from seeing the amazing work of Médecins Sans Frontiéres in countries that are least able to respond to the coronavirus pandemic.”

Darren added: “We’ll be recording the number of kilometres each participant covers each day and tracking our progress around the globe on Facebook and Instagram.

“I’ll be on my static bike and rower every day pushing to go as far as I can and motivating the other team members to get their distances covered too”.

The team are being supported with a donation of more than 100 packages of sports nutrition supplements from Muscle Finesse in Orton Southgate.

Supporters can follow the challenge on the Elevate social media pages using the hashtags #elevate28, #ElevateAroundTheWorld and #ElevateMSFcovidappeal.

The website here will be updated daily with facts and information about each place as they visit, as well as the work that MSF do there.

The Elevate team have also set up a Just Giving page here and will be posting regular updates as the challenge progresses.

Supporters can also follow the challenge Instagram here and Facebook here