If we're not ready now, then we never will be...

Date: Sat 12th July
Distance: 11 kms
Location: Hertford, Chapmore End, Stapleford, Waterford
Conditions: OK
Weather: Dry and bright
Participants: Wol, Lurch, Pip, Gee

So, the final official training walk before the big day. The last couple of weeks have seen us cut-back on our training (tapering, I think is the correct term for all those serious atheletes out there), and so today's walk was just a quick 10kms or so on pretty easy and familiar terrain.

After rendezvouz at NRA, we headed off up to Bengeo, then across the fields to Chapmore End and then down to Stapleford. Then we wound our way back along the river and through Waterford marshes before completing the loop back to where we started from.

Any suggestions to extend the walk were vehemently opposed by Gee, who thought (at the time obviously) it'd be a good idea to get leathered on Friday night and stay out until the early hours. At least he knows for sure now, that Sambuca is not a great addition to pre-walk preparations, and he's vowed to lay off the grog this coming Friday...

The general feeling is that we've done as much training as time would allow and although next Saturday is quite possibly going to be a living nightmare, we feel pretty prepared and reasonably confident that we're going into the race in good shape.

Just wanted to say a big thanks to everyone that's helped us get this far, to those that have sponsored us, and to those that have had to put up with other-halves disappearing for hours on end.

I've kept track of how many training walks I've done, and assuming that we've all done pretty much the same, I reckon we've covered about 3400 km between us, since we started in Feb.

So, bring on the Trailwalker, the six are one, and the Ramblers are ready to rumble!

Wol.