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28 June
Two months to go...
We've enjoyed a great month together preparing, buoyed on by the wonderful support from our families, friends and colleagues. Thanks again to each of you! We've gradually increased our training, with the longest walk so far being 29km over the first two stages. We've also done a couple of night walks, the highlight being tricked by a very high tide along the banks of Middle Harbour as we repeatedly lost the trail late at night. Jelly has gone to the greatest lengths to avoid a session, with a misguided effort at tree lopping causing him to damage power lines, his home and his neighbour's letter box and to miss one of our night walks as he cleaned up. And we're still waiting for his gels, his nutrition plans, and his supply of skins. On one of the walks Saint managed to destroy one of his poles by leaning on it and snapping it in half. He too has relented and invested in some proper trail shoes and a hydration pack. Mark occasionally feels the old rugby injuries, while Ted has learnt the hard way the need to stay hydrated on the long walks. Generally the tracks have been extremely wet after all the rain over the last month or more, and we're wondering how we are going to keep our feet dry to try to avoid blisters.
27 May
Three months to go...
With three months to go we're taking stock of our preparations. To date we have managed to get lost on each training walk, most recently adding 2km to a training walk of 15km. Our best hope seems to be to try to stay close to whoever is in front of us (and hope they are doing the Challenge!). Jelly (Richard) has assured us for a month that he can secure energy gels (and all sorts of other things) for significantly less than retail - still waiting. He has, however, ditched the slippers and bought himself some fancy European trail shoes. The Saint (Dave) has not had any further falls and is getting the hang of his poles, and Ted (Simon) just keeps taking it all in his stride. Mark still has no silly nickname and has taken to doing his training walks at 4am to acclimatise. We're having a great time preparing, and seeing some amazing scenery none of us knew existed, right on our doorstops!
16 May
Off and walking
We finally managed to pull the team together for our first team walk on 9 May - the 13.5km leg through some beautiful areas between Berowra and Apple Tree Bay. Jelly (Richard) showed up totally unprepared - no hat, wearing slippers, no bag - but soon demonstrated that riding 10,000 km per annum can help on a simple 13km stroll as he literally leaped up the hills crying out in joy. Interestingly, he did complain about his hip flexors, particularly on the downhill sections - something to work on in coming months. However, his experience in sitting on a bike for 3+ hours at a time meant that he was well versed in talking the whole of this walk and it would seem that we have someone in the team who can keep us awake as we stumble through the night hours. Despite trying out walking poles, the Saint (Dave), distinguished himself by not one, but two, spectacular falls. The first occurred in the creek (!) - after being warned by two of us about the slippery rocks and casually dismissing the warnings, it was slow motion, face plant into the creek. His front and shoes were totally soaked, and we were only half an hour into the walk. Second fall was also slow motion, this time backwards as he stormed down the last hill. For Ted and Mark, however, it was nice and simple and we even managed to finish the walk before it got too dark (which was good as we had not prepared for a night finish). A great start together with few harsh words and some optimism (possibly misplaced) at the end.
