We read somewhere that "Failing to plan is planning to fail". We also learned that many teams and walkers attempt the 100 kilometre trailwalk without much preparation or training. We were told that not many finish the distance (not surprisingly). We don't know what our outcome will be, but we are sure of one thing. We will not let "lack of planning, preparation or training" as causes that let us down.
We have decided to practice on the actual trail every weekend (at least most weekends) with the objective to familiarize ourselves with the actual terrain, conditions and varying weather (heat, cold, wind and rain). Here is our training plan.
As you can see we will train regularly leading up to March 2008 and then start winding down the intensity of our training to conserve our energy for the big day. We plan to train at nights too because we will be walking Check Point 3 (Grants Picnic grounds) to Check Point 7 (Woori Yallock Primary School) during darkness on the actual day. That is a distance of 41.2 kilometres in the dark, possibly rain and cold and up and down back breaking uphill and knee crunching downhill sections.
We also aim to peak in our training sessions, on February 9th 2008, doing 6 sections from Check Point 3 (Grants Picnic grounds) to Finish (Wesburn Park) in one session over an estimated duration of 20 hours. Don't even come near us the following Monday and don't talk about walking or training.
Hopefully we will build familiarity and endurance on these sections - through two training sessions on these areas.
We would love to invite your comments and suggestions on the above training plan.
We have decided to practice on the actual trail every weekend (at least most weekends) with the objective to familiarize ourselves with the actual terrain, conditions and varying weather (heat, cold, wind and rain). Here is our training plan.
As you can see we will train regularly leading up to March 2008 and then start winding down the intensity of our training to conserve our energy for the big day. We plan to train at nights too because we will be walking Check Point 3 (Grants Picnic grounds) to Check Point 7 (Woori Yallock Primary School) during darkness on the actual day. That is a distance of 41.2 kilometres in the dark, possibly rain and cold and up and down back breaking uphill and knee crunching downhill sections.We also aim to peak in our training sessions, on February 9th 2008, doing 6 sections from Check Point 3 (Grants Picnic grounds) to Finish (Wesburn Park) in one session over an estimated duration of 20 hours. Don't even come near us the following Monday and don't talk about walking or training.
Hopefully we will build familiarity and endurance on these sections - through two training sessions on these areas.
We would love to invite your comments and suggestions on the above training plan.
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