Michelle Heaton hopes to 'wing' 46-mile charity cycle ride with no training

She turned 40 last week and has been celebrating rather than spending hours in the saddle.
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Michelle Heaton hopes to “wing it” when she takes part in a 46-mile charity cycle ride — after revealing she has not done any training.

The singer and presenter will cycle the Prudential RideLondon-Surrey 46 on August 4. She turned 40 last week and has been celebrating rather than spending hours in the saddle. She recently returned from a Las Vegas holiday with her husband Hugh Hanley and at the weekend, her family threw her a party at home in Watford.

Heaton said: “I have not even been on a bike yet. I am planning to just get on the bike and get on with it.” The star said she planned to “wing it” and rely on her experience cycling 187 miles across India three years ago in aid of the Nicki Waterman Foundation.

Heaton, who is mother to Faith, seven, and AJ, five, will be completing the cycle in aid of Prevent Breast Cancer.

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She said the charity was “close to her heart” due to her own health difficulties. Following the birth of her daughter, Heaton had a double mastectomy after discovering she has the BRCA2 gene, meaning she is at higher risk of developing ovarian and breast cancer.

Three years later, after the birth of her son, she had a full hysterectomy. Heaton said she wanted to raise awareness about preventing the disease.

“If it was not for Prevent Breast Cancer I might not have known I had the gene mutation,” she said. “So I wanted to raise awareness for a cause close to my heart."

For more information go to prudentialridelondon.co.uk

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