Dictionary

cycleathon en · NOUN

Etymology

From cycle + -athon.

Meanings

1. A charity event in which participants cycle a long distance.
   • Richie’s most memorable event was co-ordinating and taking part in a static cycleathon in Truro on behalf of the RNRMC. The team, from 824 NAS, had planned to ‘cycle’ 146 miles, the equivalent distance between Culdrose and Derriford Hospital in Plymouth and back, […] 2013 April, “Culdrose’s charity champion”, in Navy News, Portsmouth, Hants., →ISSN, page 18, columns 3–4:
   • More creative and productive fundraising is now happening through inviting potential donors to view their work in the developing world, launching a cycleathon, climbing the CN Tower, and in the case of prostate cancer, growing mustaches. 2017, Mark Petersen, “[Strategy] Examples of capacity building”, in Love Giving Well: The Pilgrimage of Philanthropy, Eugene, Ore.: Cascade Books, →ISBN, page 96:
   • More than 30 people at Lovat Fields Retirement Village took part in a five-hour ‘cycleathon’, pedalling on exercise bikes in aid of two older persons’ charities. 2011 January 26, “30 ‘village people’ get on their bikes”, in MK News, number 438, Milton Keynes, Bucks., page 15, column 1:
   • PEOPLE can banish the winter blues and get fitter by joining in cycleathon sessions at Sandwell Central Library this month. Five minutes on the library’s exercise bike means a mile travelled and is a good way of getting that little bit fitter. 2018 January 11, “Riding high for fitness at town library”, in Sandwell Chronicle, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, page 4, column 3:
   • This year’s fundraising has seen a cycleathon, various charity concerts and resident Carolyn Storey run the London marathon. 2016 October 13, Charlotte Duncker, “War memorial project reaches halfway point”, in Bury Times, Bury, Greater Manchester, page 47, column 1:

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Synonyms

bikeathon