Five minutes of fame.....

They say we are all supposed to get five minutes of fame during our lifetime and mine definitely came on Friday! The RAF Recruiting media team who are supporting the challenge in a big way, had set up a press call with regional news teams and I spent a fascinating morning cycling up and down the pan in front of a load of King Airs and trying not to think about my best side or the fact I was encased in unflattering lycra! BFBS, BBC Look North and ITV Regional News were in attendance and it was a great opportunity to explain the challenge, talk about the charities and thank my sponsors and the RAF for the great amount of support they have given me. The day previously the Lincolnshire Echo had also released a piece on the challenge which can be found here. It is great that people have been interested in the story and hopefully it will encourage people to support the charities which is the main point! The tv coverage will run on the iPlayer etc probably until Friday so if you want the take the chance to go and spot me in action, now's the time!

The RAF have also decided to stand up a media team to follow the entire challenge which hopefully means more coverage will become available. I just need to be really savvy about linking it to the Just Giving pages whenever we put something out so a lot of people have been interested in donating but haven't found the links. For anyone following this my two charities are Help for Heroes (www.justgiving.com/rachaelcadman) and ShelterBox (www.justgiving.com/rachaelcadmanshelterbox) and both would be extremely grateful for your support! During the challenge itself I shall be updating via the forum on the Enduroman website and the RAF Careers Facebook page (www.facebook.com/rafcareers) should hold all of the media clips etc that the mobile team send back.

Not long to go now!