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- Warwick Rex Dundas $100
- Craig Ng $100
- Alan Partridge $65
I am going no-where Lynee - quite literally - I am on the Ring Road - 3rd time round. Just bought a bag of tungsten-tipped screws: never going to use them...... never going to use them!
$65 can cover the cost of home based care kits for HIV/AIDS carers in Zimbabwe.
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Thank You 16 December
Try Nations would like to thank everyone who has helped us achieve raising the compulsory target of $1000 for Oxfam. The speed at which the target was reached is just fantastic and everyone's generosity has been inspiring.
But don't stop just because we've reached $1000, every dollar raised will go to a good cause. Hopefully we can go on from here and achieve a much bigger total.
Thank you.
Now all we have to do is train for 3 months and walk 100ks over bush-land, hills, streams, mountainsides, forests ...
Where on earth is Try Nations 10 December
Inspired by Matt Harding the team decides to dance in celebration of successfully completing the first stage of the walk and our first team training session.
10 things you didn't know about Trailwalker 03 December
1. The average time taken to complete the 100km trail: 29 hours.
2. There are 80 portaloos in operation.
3. 7000 bananas and apples will be consumed by walkers over the weekend.
4. 1km of strapping tape will be used on some very tired feet.
5. 800 volunteers will help the event run smoothly.
6. 2500 toilet rolls are used.
7. The highest amount raised by a single team is $80,821.
8. 600 glow sticks will be used to help light the trail overnight.
9. 27kgs of peanut butter will be consumed.
10. 53kgs of jam will be consumed by walkers.
What is this thing called pain, and why do we love it so? 21 October
So why are four seemingly normal people even contemplating walking non-stop (except for some well earned sleep) for 100ks (62 miles).
The following article may go some way to explaining this bizarre behaviour. Taken from The Age, October 19, 2008, Kim Crow (Olympic women's pair rower) explains why pain is gain:
www.theage.com.au/opinion/what-is-this-thing-called-pain-and-why-do-we-love-it-so-20081018-53mt.html
Training starts on Manchester Lane 14 October
Friday 10th October saw Try Nations begin training. But rather than starting at the foot of the Dandenongs, we headed to the heart of the city and Manchester Lane, Melbourne's premier Jazz venue (www.manchesterlane.com.au).
The night was in celebration of Elaine's birthday rather than any real training effort and we were testing out our dancing shoes rather than our walking boots. But it definitely felt like I'd walked 20ks the next morning.
More news to come soon.
