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Comment on We’ve only gone and done it by Michael

Michael — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:38:23 +0000

Congratulations to all of you, a great achievement, well done!

Now rest those legs and feet!

Comment on We’ve only gone and done it by Sam Meldrum

Sam Meldrum — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:22:58 +0000

Well done guys!

Comment on We’ve only gone and done it by Tom Meldrum

Tom Meldrum — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:21:05 +0000

Congratulations to all four of you. What you have achieved is truly amazing. I have to say that at 70km, and 0200hrs, you were all surprisingly cheerful and looking very good. This, despite the fact that you must already have been suffering a great deal.

Well done. Now get some sleep.

(See you between CP6 & 7 next year?)

Comment on Feet, don’t fail us now by Tom Meldrum

Tom Meldrum — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:36:00 +0000

You may not get to see this before the big event - but:

GOOD LUCK!

Tom

Comment on Powered by (insert favourite walking snack here) by Tom Meldrum

Tom Meldrum — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:12:05 +0000

Hi guys,

A couple of things which you may like to consider:

Boiled potatoes with salt (get those carbs in and maintain your electrolyte balance in one - what a winner), Pretzels, Cookies, Salty Crackers, Bananas, Turkey or Chicken or Peanut and Butter Sandwiches, Chicken Noodle or other Soups, GU (or other carbo gels - I think SIS do a good one), chocolate bars, Muesli bars, trail mix (as you will be walking on trails).

In general - eat stuff you like. Try to choose stuff that you can almost constantly nibble all the way around. Your body can only absorb a certain amount of calories at one time, so it’s important to keep the furnaces stoked.

You may also want to consider some electrolyte tablets (which dissolve in your water bottles/camelbacks). I use Nuun which seem ok.

Good luck in your final preparations.

Remember, all the hard work has been done now. In the last couple of weeks you can’t really improve your fitness - so take it easy and conserve your mental and physical energy for the big day (and a bit). We hope to try to catch you en route.

Tom

Comment on Team walk 0.5 - Henley to Christmas Common sort of circular by Tom Meldrum

Tom Meldrum — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:34:50 +0000

So a maximum of 5 hours in total stoppage time before the ambulance comes to carry us away.

Fixed that for you.

Comment on Team walk 0.5 - Henley to Christmas Common sort of circular by nickmeldrum

nickmeldrum — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:43:36 +0000

Hey Tom,

Yeah we are planning for a walking pace of around 4kph I think… Which means 25 hours walking. So a maximum of 5 hours in total stoppage time before the bus comes to carry us away.

Comment on Team walk 0.5 - Henley to Christmas Common sort of circular by Tom Meldrum

Tom Meldrum — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:24:32 +0000

Way to go guys - that is a very good pace. Presumably quicker than you will be attempting for the actual event?

[v impressed]

Comment on One day… by evenmoreshocked

evenmoreshocked — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:58:00 +0000

Team mate Nick, much respect to you for your impending Welsh hills adventure. I doff my cap to you. Oops my sunglasses have fallen off…

Comment on One day… by nickmeldrum

nickmeldrum — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:26:52 +0000

What a beautiful story, it had it all: scarfs, blue ducks and a misspelt small horse that looked suspiciously like a flower.

Anyway wish me luck cos this weekend I’m going off on a 40km walk over some welsh hills with more than 1000m of ascent