Regular followers (if there are any) will be aware we finally managed a 30k team training session a couple of weeks ago. I've been pondering some of the conversations and reactions from the team following that session. During the journey back to Balham from CP9, James commented that he was struggling to keep pace with John, whilst John had earlier observed he thought James had been pushing the pace quite aggressively. Martin has since said he needs to train a lot more to keep up with everyone else, and I'm primarily worried some part of my injury-prone lower limbs will give way before or during the walk itself. Heel, achilles, knee, calf, take your pick.
So despite the fact that we've only met and trained as a team once since we all foolishly volunteered to enter Trailwalker, I think we have the makings of a strong team. Nobody wants to let the side down, we all want to pull our (not insignificant, in some cases) weight, and I think we all have similar goals in terms of target completion time. The only slight concern I have is James still thinks we need to stop for food. What's all that about?
So, last one to a pub in Brighton that's still open at 4am on Sunday 17th July buys the first round!
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It seems we're all quite focused on getting through the event, at a 'good' speed, and not holding the team up - this is a good thing in my book, although getting blistered feet in training wasn't quite in the plan......
All we need to do now is satisfy James' need for quality grub (and plenty of it) with the 'motor-on' imperative, and we've cracked it.
Eating whilst keeping moving is the answer. I wonder if practicing on the treadmill will pay dividends?
I might get some funny looks from the gym-going crowd if I do the full-on rehearsal, complete with daysac full of pork pies and malt loaf.....
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