a week on and training's going better than expected. 3 miles run a day, bar saturday, and so far I'm feeling pretty fit.
Let's see how I'm feeling when I start upping the mileage....
Tuesday, 22 February 2011
Wednesday, 16 February 2011
why the Beatles?
ok, so we needed a team name to register.
Being of veteran status, with birth years ranging from 63-66, we went for The Beatles references - first greatest hits album covered 62-66.
It's better than the other suggestions, believe me.
Being of veteran status, with birth years ranging from 63-66, we went for The Beatles references - first greatest hits album covered 62-66.
It's better than the other suggestions, believe me.
at the start...
I think I've done a rather silly thing.
Michael called and asked if I'd consider doing a sponsored walk. 100km in 30 hours. That sounds ok, why not? I'm in. Trailwalker - to raise money for the Gurkha Welfare Trust and Oxfam.
Do I know anyone who might join a team of 4? Sure.
I made a couple of calls, and should have been on my guard straight away. Steve, who has done the event previously (both in HK and the UK), couldn't make it. John, who hadn't, could. See the connection?
A day later and we've got 4 of us together - James, John, Michael, and myself, Martin. As soon as we start comparing notes the reality dawns.
a) this is a pretty serious undertaking
b) the other three have serious provenance as runners
c) oh shit
closely followed by
d) I'd better get down the gym
It's nearly a week later, and my training mileage has just cracked 11.9.
To put this into context, Michael is competing in a 50km race next weekend, John is running daily from the look of him, and although James claims to be counting on idiocy and a high pain threshold, I'm still worried.
Why am I here, blogging? I need to be out pounding the pavement....
Michael called and asked if I'd consider doing a sponsored walk. 100km in 30 hours. That sounds ok, why not? I'm in. Trailwalker - to raise money for the Gurkha Welfare Trust and Oxfam.
Do I know anyone who might join a team of 4? Sure.
I made a couple of calls, and should have been on my guard straight away. Steve, who has done the event previously (both in HK and the UK), couldn't make it. John, who hadn't, could. See the connection?
A day later and we've got 4 of us together - James, John, Michael, and myself, Martin. As soon as we start comparing notes the reality dawns.
a) this is a pretty serious undertaking
b) the other three have serious provenance as runners
c) oh shit
closely followed by
d) I'd better get down the gym
It's nearly a week later, and my training mileage has just cracked 11.9.
To put this into context, Michael is competing in a 50km race next weekend, John is running daily from the look of him, and although James claims to be counting on idiocy and a high pain threshold, I'm still worried.
Why am I here, blogging? I need to be out pounding the pavement....
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