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As for the cycle challenge itself, three employees from ZDNet UK's publisher, CNET Networks UK — (from left) Will Sturgeon, managing editor of silicon.com; Helen Cooke, marketing manager of CNET Networks UK; and Andrew Donoghue, executive editor of ZDNet UK — completed the 400km cycle from Nyeri to Kisumu in five days, raising more than £16,000 in the process for Computer Aid International.

The route took them into and out of the Rift Valley, climbing extreme hills and crossing harsh terrain in temperatures in the high 30° as they crossed the equator four times in the course of the week (read more here).

Photo credit: Will Sturgeon