Lachlan Morton riding 1000 kilometers to raise money for Ukraine

Lachlan Morton has set out this past night on a 1063-kilometer ride from Munich in Germany to the Ukrainian border to provide awareness and funds for GlobalGiving's Ukraine Crisis Relief Fund. The EF Education - EasyPost riders is looking to raise $50,000 for Ukrainian refugees.

“That made it hit closer to home, having a teammate who is directly impacted by it. I found it hard to focus on trying to get ready for a race when something so significant was happening in the world. I’m a pretty optimistic person generally, but in the past couple of weeks, I’ve just felt that there has been very little to be excited about. It’s hard to get your head around. It’s surreal in a way. You watch the news, and the news is so heavy that you almost just disengage from it, because it is too much," Morton said.

Amidst the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, almost three million people - mostly women and children - have left the Ukraine into neighboring western countries. At the time of posting Morton is approaching the German to Czech Republic border.

"Honestly, I don’t know what people should do. I don’t know what I personally can do. It is difficult to fully concentrate because you are aware that a war is still happening in your country. What the people of Ukraine need is for the war to be stopped. But what Lachlan is doing is good. The more people who are speaking about this, the better. It is great that he is raising money for Ukrainian refugees, too," he concluded.