I’m seeing a pattern forming
Well the blogging has gone on the back burner in recent weeks. I’ve been developing a website at work, and as always, obsession sets in as I opt for the path of most resistance in an effort to learn how to create functionality way beyond my capability. It’s an effective way of learning, as sheer ...
Time to refocus – with a little help from the family
Had a great weekend this weekend. Spent a day with John and Dan in the pub on Saturday watching the Grand National, the Chelsea vs Villa FA Cup semi-final and ‘El Classico’ (Barcelona vs Real Madrid) – all the while putting the world to rights. Good times. Sunday was consequently a bit wooly, but managed ...
Researching the route
Map With just over 8 weeks to go, I thought I’d visit the Three Peaks Challenge website again. I find it quite motivating to remind myself of the distances we’ll be covering in 24 hours. Forget the 5 or so hour climbs of each peak, there’s the 10 hours of driving between them. Everyone I’ve ...
9 weeks to go
Well the blogging has slowed down (cap off to you dad!). And, unfortunately, so too has the training. A culmination of things have made it difficult to do more than the day-to-day walking to work; firstly too much work, robbing me of time – the day job has been keeping me very busy, and when ...
Leigh-on-Sea take two
If you read about last weekend’s exploits, you’ll know my endeavor to cycle to Leigh, and do some hill walking was cut short, thanks to a dose of the man-flu. Well today, I managed it as planned. The ride was fine, and the weather wasn’t ideal, but I find that all adds to the challenge, ...
Man-flu takes its toll
After a week of walking 6 miles a day, I’ve started to lose weight already. I often wonder why I haven’t done it before, when it only takes a week of thinking about what you’re eating and walking instead of getting the bus, to make an impact. However, I caught a rotten cold on Tuesday, ...