For three months the fitness expert has been in hard training for a 1000-kilometre charity ride for the Jodi Lee Foundation.

Bowel cancer is a cause that's close to Mr Read's heart.

His father, Bob, had been in hospital for an unrelated issue when an MRI scan detected the cancer in his bowel. "If he hadn't had the other thing, he never would have had the bowel cancer found. But they found it and they were able to just cut it out," he said.

His father's close brush with the mortality spurred Mr Read to seek a way to get involved in a charity that raised awareness about bowel cancer.

Then he heard about the Jodi Lee Foundation's charity ride and he was immediately taken.

The event in March will have Mr Read and 22 other cyclists pedal through steep hills and mountains, winding through Jindabyne, Thredbo, Mount Buller and the Yarra Valley on their way from Canberra to Melbourne.

A strength and conditioning coach who specialises in kettlebells, Mr Read has been been preparing his body for the journey with a gruelling fitness routine. He is on his bike most days, riding up to 150 kilometres and combining it with his own kettlebell training.

Besides the charity ride, Mr Read will also be holding a resilience workshop and every cent of the $200 fee will be paid directly to the Jodi Lee Foundation.

The five-hour workshop focuses on people regaining their posture and mobility.

"You can donate by coming along to the workshop and get something back for it as well. Recreational athletes and even people who are kind of stiff and sore would get a lot out of it."

In the meantime Mr Read wants to raise awareness that early detection can help save lives and is encouraging people to buy bowel cancer screening kits from pharmacies.

"Pretty much one in 12 people is going to get this thing, yet you can get rid of it in 90 per cent of cases and it's only going to cost you $40 to figure it out. That's pretty good money to spend."

Bowel cancer affects about one in 12 people and one person dies from the disease every two hours. Australia has the highest rate of the cancer in the world.

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