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Welcome to our Team Blog.

We must be mad as the Trailwalker challenge means that we walk 100km across the South Downs in less than 30 hours! In fact, the route’s distance and elevation is equivalent to two and a half marathons and climbing both Ben Nevis and Snowdon! The event was originally started by the Queens Gurkha Signals Regiment over 30 years ago as a training exercise to test soldiers’ stamina and teamwork skills. Is it tough? Of course. Is it worth it? Absolutely.

As well as ending up with aching limbs, we'll also end up raising loads of money for both Oxfam and The Gurkha Welfare Trust.

Anyway, we hope you like our blog and will keep following our progress here as the event gets closer. Plus, most importantly, we'd love it if you could donate to our cause. So, please click on the Virgin Money Giving link below.

Bonjour à tous et merci de votre visite sur notre site de collecte de fond pour Oxfam.

Nous sommes deux équipes de 4 personnes et nous avons fondé l’entente cordiale afin de relever un véritable challenge: parcourir à pieds 100 km en une seule traite, en moins de 30 heures soit l’équivalent deux marathons et un semi-marathon !!!
Nous allons relier Petersfield à Brighton dans le sud-est de l’Angleterre. Cette marche qui existe depuis 30 ans a été initiée par le régiment de Gurkhas (des Népalais résistants pouvant parcourir des dizaines de kilomètres) et servait d’entraînement physique tout en testant l’esprit d’équipe. A notre tour, de vivre cette aventure. Cliquez ici pour en savoir plus >>>

Saturday, 21 April 2012

New Shoes

This week I treated myself to some new walking shoes. So, with only 83 days left to go until Trailwalker I need to start wearing them in.
After wearing them in the office at work for a couple of days, today was the day I introduced them to the great outdoors!
With the promise of a coffee and a cake when we got there, Angela and I set off on the shortish walk cross country to Keynsham. Initially it was sunny, albeit pretty muddy underfoot in places, but the ominous grey clouds promised some more inclement weather to come. And sure enough it was soon raining steadily, but this didn't spoil our enjoyment of the lovely countryside.
My shoes proved to be absolutely fantastic and soon enough we'd covered the 6 1/2 miles in 1 hour 46 minutes and with no blisters (see below...) I'm certainly very pleased with my purchase.
My New Shoes
(Merrell Refuge Pro's)
Over my last few walks, I've been trying out a pair of "1000 mile" socks.
According to the marketing blurb, the 1000 Mile sock is a sock within a sock. The inner layer stays with the foot, the outer layer moves with the shoe thus eliminating friction on the skin and reducing wear.
They guarantee no blisters and not to wear out within 1000 miles! A pretty big claim indeed, but so far I've had great performance from them (and no blisters!) & I'd definitely recommend them.

Neil
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