I don’t what people to think that my preparations for the hike are limited only to honing my body to a peak of Olympian fitness. I have also been getting my gear into best order and near the top of my list is the pressing need to upgrade my mobile phone. This will be a […]
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TRAINING UPDATE 2
My determination to properly prepare and train for my planned hike continues. I asked Marie, my physio, what I might do to prepare for a 1000k walk and she recommended (a) that I walk – always go to a professional for advice! -, and (b) that I try pilates. The logic of this latter advice […]
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Those of you who have already posted support donations should know that I am taking very seriously the implied obligation that I actually complete this hike, to that end I have started taking every opportunity to get in walking practice. So when the outdoor education centre, where I occasionally supervise, offered me an afternoon’s work […]
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This is a pre-start post just to ensure that the site has some content even from day one. With 8 weeks to go before I start out I increasingly find myself looking at my feet and talking to them as though they were separate entities – mostly I’m apologising to them for what I’m about […]
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What’s it all about?
My plan is to walk all 1000k (624 miles) of the Ulster Way – basically a hiking route around the whole of Ulster touching every county. WalkNI recommend that people walk the red sections and use public transport for the blue sections but I plan to hike every inch of the route. I estimate it […]
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