Let's take the High Road

And why not?!

Tracey & I took a trip down memory lane last night...we walked the 6 miles that took us once again along Trimley High Road & back.

This was the very first route we walked last year & then so many times! We first used to walk it in over 1hr 40 mins & started to feel really positive with each minute we knocked off that time! Last night, we walked it in 1hr 27mins & were really pleased especially as we faced an awful headwind walking back......very hard work. I was a bit of a heavy breather by this time & couldn't talk normally (hooray, some may say) so I know I was having to work hard. If you can talk normally, you're not working hard enough & if you can't talk at all STOP before you drop!!

It brought back so many memories, not least of all how we used to finish our longer walks with these 6 miles.... because once you walked the 3 out, you just had to walk those 3 back...no getting away with it....also, of how I first hit my "wall" that time at 14 miles & really panicked, thinking there was just NO way I would ever manage the 26.2 miles. Hopefully those hard times I faced last year will help me through this year, fingers crossed.

I wore my new trainers for the first time & had no problems. My ones from last year are now feeling very sorry for themselves & as they have probably helped me through over 400 miles, I think it's time they only helped me in the gym from now on. Tracey has also bought her new pair & is hoping they are going to be ok. The woman tried to persuade her to buy one pair for training & then one pair for the actual walk.....DO NOT DO THIS. It is imperative that you train in the trainers that you will wear on the big night.

Training packs will arrive soon so maybe it's time to start thinking about doing a second walk each week soon & maybe even our early morning Sunday ones again...

xx