Challenge update

It's been quite awhile since I last posted on the blog and a lot has changed with the challenge. Back in February, Sholto broke a bone in his foot whilst out on a run. At first it seemed that he would be still be able to do the walk, but unfortunately the operation he had was not a success and he has now had to pull out of the challenge. This is extremely disappointing as the walk was the 'brainchild' of Sholto's and something he had wanted to do for awhile. He has though very kindly agreed to be my back-up for the event and support me over the weekend at the end of July.

After I realised Sholto wasn't able to do the challenge, I was then faced with the prospect of doing the challenge on my own. This was not something I wanted to do as I think it would make the challenge considerably more difficult without having someone to push me on. Thankfully, Nicky, a colleague at work and a very dedicated long-distance runner, has (foolishly?!) agreed to join me for the last day. Any takers for 60 miles on day two???

In April, Sholto and I went to Iceland for 8 days. Originally the trip was planned so that we could do some training. Obviously, Sholto was not able to do this and instead resorted to 'extreme crutching', which was very impressive as he 'crutched' his way to the top of a few waterfalls. I was able to put in some good hill training and in the process see a lot of incredible places in an amazing country.

Training at the moment is going very well. I'm gradually building up the distances I'm walking/jogging each weekend. I'm up to 30 miles now and over half-term I'll be going up to Offa's Dyke to put in 40 miles of training a day for 3 days as well as a 20 mile walk/jog on the 4th day. It will also be a good opportunity to sort out some of the logistics of the challenge, such as meeting points to 'refuel' and stopping points at the end of the first 2 days.

I think that's all for now and I will try to update the site more frequently from now until the challenge.

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Cheers,

Oli.