Successful 201.2km cycle ride by Cambridge solicitors raises money for Headway Cambridgeshire

Posted 15/07/2012

Ashtons Legal’s Ruth Booy and Justina Molloy took part in the Cambridge Big Bike Ride on Sunday 8 July to raise funds for Headway Cambridgeshire.  They completed the 201.2km (125 mile) Gold Route in 8 hours and 23 minutes of cycling time.  The ride started at Jesus Green and took in St Ives, Doddington, Huntingdon, Stilton and St Neots before finishing back at Parker’s Piece.   They set their fundraising target at £2012; this has almost been achieved with money still coming in from those who preferred to make sure they went the distance before committing their cash.  Their Just Giving page can be found at www.justgiving.com/RuthandJustina-HeadwayCycle.

Justina and Ruth are keen cyclists and had trained hard for the event; enduring double spinning classes, circuit training and clocking up over 400 miles on their bikes at weekends in the six weeks before the ride.  In spite of being rain-drenched during the first part of the ride, both enjoyed the event and are back to their normal exercise routines this week.Ruth heads Ashtons Legal’s Injury Group and is a Trustee of Headway Cambridgeshire. Justina is an Associate in the Catastrophic Injury Team and has developed a niche in handling injury claims for cyclists, runners and tri-athletes. Both are specialist brain injury lawyers and are keen to promote and assist with the fantastic work of Headway Cambridgeshire, which they have seen first hand through the support provided to their clients.Mary Goode, CEO of Headway Cambridgeshire, said: “As a Trustee of Headway Cambridgeshire Ruth is well aware of the difficulty in raising funding to support our excellent work throughout Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; hers and Justina’s efforts in this tremendous challenge were greatly appreciated. We are pleased to see that they wore cycle helmets for this event and we hope that people will continue to sponsor them through Just Giving”.