It's taken over a week to recover and one of our riders has been pretty bedridden since (we were that committed), but we did it.

2,400 miles covered, then the 24 hour race done (42nd out of 160 in our interestingly titled 'open men' category).  Almost £3000 raised for charity (and still growing - come on you can still contribute if you haven't yet).   A big thanks once again to our main sponsors Saab.

See the highs and lows of the race on Flickr.

Base One FC were crowned Jumpers For Goalposts champions last night as they beat bitter rivals Sport Billy 8-2 in a fiercely contested match at the Barnes Velodrome. Read the full report here.

Rich is the latest recruit to join the project management team. He is a Prince2 2009 Practitioner qualified project manager, and has varied experience within the website, product and engineering design fields over the past 5 years.

"I try to make the best use of my creative and technical understanding to bridge the gap between aesthetic and function"

Rich joined on the 16th November and blended right into the team, so much so we forgot to write a blog post about him!

He also enjoys photography and snowboarding!

Krupa is the latest member of the Search and Social Media team.  Her first opportunity came to her after she got CIM (Chartered Institute of Marketing) certified about a year ago. She previously worked for a highly acclaimed B2C marketing agency that dwelled within the Digital Spaces, Social Media and Online PR. Krupa worked primarily across the Social Media platforms to create Conversation, Engagement & lots of Buzz!  Now, new to the company she promises to excel within her role.

Krupa is currently a swim coach and has an active presence within her gym as well as being very involved in Charities and Siddha Yoga (A Self-Realisation and Meditation concept.) 

Mark has worked in Online Marketing for just over four years but has been net obsessed for many years. His love affair with everything Internet began learning html and building basic websites for himself and friends as a hobby.

Mark's first opportunity to utilise these skills and expand upon them in a work environment was as part of the online marketing department at a reputable overseas property company. From there he hasn't looked back and has wanted to learn and experience as much as possible relating to online marketing. He arrives at Base One having worked for an agency as well as client-side covering various B2B and B2C industries. He is also GAP (Google Adwords Professional) qualified .

Mark is football mad, supporting Fulham and playing for Mole Valley SCR. Besides that he maintains a selection of blogs and some websites and spends a lot of time learning as much as possible about the internet and Online Marketing. Mark also has an addiction to DVD's both movies and TV shows and at present his collection consists of around 350.

After many years searching for fame whilst undertaking various Performing Arts courses and following a short stint within TV Production; Lorna somehow fell into Events which then lead rather seamlessly into her first marketing agency role. She has worked within Marketing for just over five years, being nurtured by the best within a number of successful growing agencies.

Everyone needs a bit of culture in their life though right, so after much deliberation Lorna felt it was time to fulfil her lifetime longing for a bit of travel and in November last year made the bold decision to head to Sydney in search of work. After travelling the east coast of Australia for three weeks she had well and truly been hit by the travelling bug and decided to continue her cultural search within South East Asia for another three months. She arrived home in July ready for a fresh start and came across The Base One website - needless to say she got in touch and just weeks into her new role she says: "I am loving it!"

Lorna started with Base One on the 17 August.

Sara is brand new to the marketing profession, completing the CIM Professional Diploma in Marketing after escaping her previous life in the City as a lawyer and legal recruiter. She is a food and wine lover, and also loves to travel, having also lived abroad throughout the years in Dubai, Paris and Washington D.C.

Sara is a fresh new marketer, ready to get stuck in. She joined the team on 7 August.

Jess is a Brighton girl, but now resides in the big smoke. She has a CIM marketing qualification and loves the world of advertising, having 5 years experience to prove it. Jess has worked on commercial and business clients alike including Land Rover, Samsung and BA and leans very much towards digital communications. She likes to ski, read and generally get out and about trying new things. She arrived at the Base One family on 17th August.

Esme started on 22nd July 2009. She comes from a web development background and moved into project management about 2 years ago. Previously working in other digital agencies on a wide range of projects and clients. She says, "I am really enjoying working at Base One - it's nice to work for such a vibrant, friendly agency who put so much focus on its clients & quality of work."
Esme is from Basingstoke and in her spare time she is either is planning her wedding (next May), spending time with her family, or out in the countryside somewhere walking her two Beagles!

Over 10 years fully integrated agency marketing experience across B2C & B2B sectors. Beverley's specialist subject is definitely B2B. She's had the pleasure of working with a wide range of clients who market anything from Large Enterprise Data Storage Systems, BlackBerry's, Private Jets, right through to Channel Marketing Rexel stationery! Through the years she has had the opportunity to take part in Pan-European & Worldwide campaigns. Marketing is what she loves and agencies are where it's at for her.

Two years ago Beverley travelled the world on her own. Ideally she'd like to go to the gym 5 days a week but achieves 4 (Fridays are for the pub). Happiest when curled up on the sofa watching X Factor or knee deep in mud at a weekend music festival.

Joining Base One on 9th June 2009 Beverly says of Base One "this place is fun, vibrant, inspirational and incredibly educational in terms of helping to develop my career. I'm very much enjoying being part of Base One."