The inaugural edition · A three-day challenge for The London Clinic
1932
One number. Three units. Three days.
The idea
Same four digits, three different units, three consecutive days. A hill, a river and a road — each one a completely different kind of hard.
The weekend
Day one · Saturday
Box Hill's Zig Zag Road climbs 129 metres in two and a half kilometres. Fifteen ascents makes 1,932. For scale, the 2012 Olympic road race climbed it nine times.
Box Hill & Westhumble station sits at the foot of the climb, so you can do two ascents or all fifteen and still be home for lunch.
Day two · Sunday
19.32 kilometres of the Thames Path, downstream from Teddington Lock — where the tidal Thames begins — through Richmond and Kew to Putney.
Flat, riverside and entirely traffic-free, with eight bridges along the way. Join at any of them, run or walk as far as suits you, get the train home.
Day three · Monday
193.2 kilometres from Bath to Marylebone, following the line of the old Bath Road east through the Vale of Pewsey and the Kennet valley before turning for London.
The last mile finishes at Devonshire Place — the front door of the hospital the number belongs to.
Why I ride
“Everyone needs to raise money for a charity, because it will get them out the door. It will keep them going when it’s tough. And they’ll have a sense of worth at the end, and pride, because they’ve done it for other people rather than just look at me.”
Kevin Webster — interviewed on the Midlife Athlete podcast
Kevin was diagnosed with terminal prostate cancer in 2014 and given two years to live. Rather than yield to the prognosis, he has run numerous ultra-marathons and raised awareness and funds for charity, notably Prostate Cancer UK. His words had a profound effect on me.
They came back to me when my good friend David was diagnosed with cancer in late 2024. As a fit and healthy person, I could and should help people like my mate. I rode in the summer of 2025 to raise money for Macmillan, who had helped David and his wife.
I thought that might be it. David passed away in January 2026.
When he was fit and healthy, David ran, cycled and raced triathlons to raise money for epilepsy charities. I knew immediately what the right thing to do was.
An annual endurance challenge, to raise money for cancer care and to honour his legacy. The 1932 is the first.
The cause
Founded in 1932. Charitable status in 1935. No shareholders, and every penny of surplus reinvested into care.
The UK's largest independent charitable hospital. Over 90 years of combining medical innovation with an unwavering commitment to exceptional patient care — from pioneering the world's first independent plastic surgery unit to leading the way in robotic surgery and AI-assisted treatment.
In oncology it is a recognised leader. The award-winning Duchess of Devonshire Wing is one of the most modern cancer centres in the UK: the first private hospital in the country to offer 3T MRI scanning, the first to gain JACIE accreditation for stem cell work.
[Which specific project this first edition funds — to confirm with the fundraising team. Naming one tangible thing the money buys is the single strongest move on a page like this: donors give to a named ward, a named machine or a named room far more readily than to "cancer care" in the abstract.]
Every kilometre of this weekend funds compassionate cancer care at one of the UK's most pioneering hospitals. This is where human endurance meets human kindness.
Taking part
This isn't a sportive and it isn't a closed challenge. Two of the three days are built so that anybody can join for as much or as little as they want.
Turn up at Box Hill on the Saturday and climb it as many times as you like. Two ascents is a proper morning. Fifteen is the whole thing. The station is at the bottom, there's a café at the top, and you set your own number.
Sunday on the Thames Path. Flat, scenic and joinable at eight separate bridges, so you can take on two miles or the full 19.32. Walkers as welcome as runners.
The Monday is the solo one. Follow it live, and sponsor by the kilometre if you'd like the number to mean something as it ticks up.
Get involved
Registration and sponsorship open [date TBC]. To join a day, or to talk about bringing a team, get in touch.
[email address] · [donation page URL] · [the1932.cc or similar]
tbc to find them all.