My new sneakers
Please don't tell my mum but yes, I have registered for the Oxfam trailwalker for 2010.
For those of you who don't know "Trailwalker" is a 100km endurance walk performed in teams of 4 over a 48 hour period. It is not a relay, everyone has to finish the 100km, and we aim to raise money for Oxfam by participating. I have done the walk in Melbourne 4 times now and once in Hong Kong and this year will definitely, well almost certainly be my last. It does get in the blood somehow.. its a bit like having a baby you tend to forget the pain and only remember the good times (well actually there really aren't many good times involved in walking for about 32 hours- the usual time it takes us to complete it). Ok there is the beautiful east-of Melbourne bush, the friendships formed over the training legs, the raw emotion on the day but sometimes its overwhelmed by the heat, the sweat, the hills ( I will learn to love Hackett's road), the rain, and especially the blisters... But for now I have bought myself some new sneakers and will get training to be extraordinary. For more info see www.oxfam.org.au/trailwalker
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