Only 6 days until we set out on our great trek, and we're all getting a bit nervous! I just learnt yesterday that this event was first held in Hong Kong as a training exercise for the army... eek.
We've had a few team members suffer temporary injuries during training, but everything seems to be on track now. I bought my walking stick this afternoon to help with those knee-killing descents, and am getting in a good stock of Amino acid supplements and protein powder. Oh, and plasters for all those blisters too!
We've decided that we won't be stopping anywhere overnight as this will probably cause our joints to seize up, so if all goes according to plan we should complete the course in about 26 hours. Mind you, that's based on a steady 5kmph, which may be a bit optimistic, but we like optimism!
Takashi has very kindly offered to be our support team, along with *Twinkle*. Figuring out the logistics has been a bit tricky. The thing is, the course is about an hour away from Tokyo, thus it's not worth the support team returning home for the night.
It's all very exciting though! Have to say nice things to my legs everyday and persuade them that they are more than capable of completing the course.
Donation-wise we're doing really well, having raised over £1800! Not far to go before we reach our target now. Thank you everyone who has supported us so far. If you'd like to help, it's really easy to do so. Just visit http://www.tamegoeswild.com/trailwalker/donate.htm and you'll find the various options listed there.
GANBAROU!
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