Tired but elated, Pippa Middleton (sister of Kate Middleton, Duchess of
Cambridge) was all smiles yesterday as she completed the Race Across America.
Pippa, 30, crossed the
finish line just after 3am in Annapolis, Maryland, following six days, ten
hours, fifty-four minutes and 3,000 miles.
She was the only woman on the
team that also included her brother James. “I was talked into this by most of
the boys, and particularly by James,” she stated. “I found cycling at night quite intimidating.
There were a few nights when we came across snakes, skunks and deer.”
Pippa and her team were
raising money for the British Heart Foundation – which has appointed her as an
ambassador – and The Michael Matthews Foundation, named after a British
adventurer who died in 1999, aged 22, on Mount Everest. It provides education to children who wouldn't
otherwise receive one.
