Since April, I have been training the 'East End Girls' so that they are in peak condition for the Breakthrough 60K Walk this coming weekend and they are all there and ready for it all to happen. I am so proud of each and every one of them for what they have achieved.
I suppose in a way I had a dream regarding this walk and the team and as the Universe would say, if you visualise it strongly enough and believe it will happen, it will and I could not ask for more.
Every step that I planned has been completed and I now have a great group of close friends, because that is what we have become, who would probably never have come together without this goal. We are there for each other, we support and tease and have put the world to rights on so many occasions. It is a great feeling.
Unfortunately two of our members will not be able to do the walk and two others are a little doubtful but are going to start but we know you are all with us whatever happens and may even be cheering us on. We are doing this for you too.
So what now, well ready and rearing to go, not only for this but for more walks - day long, weekend long and perhaps even week long. What more could a walkers' coach ask for.
Wednesday 13 September 2006
Monday 4 September 2006
Muscles like grapefruits!
At the end of a 12 mile walk on Sunday, I felt as if my calf muscles had been replaced by two huge grapefruits, it's not that appealing an image but that's the best way to describe it. Actually, apart from this I felt good. This was the second consecutive day of walking on our penultimate training weekend and I felt a great deal lighter than I had 24 hours earlier when we had walked 17 miles.
Well of course I would, wouldn't I? I mean I hadn't walked as far. Well I am sure the distance did play a part but I think there's much more of a psychological element. The day before, I had already done the walk previously and knew exactly where we were at each stage and more importantly how far we still had to go. On day two although I knew where we were finishing I wasn't entirely sure where I was and the end came more quickly than anticipated, never a bad thing.
So how, can we all be surprised by the end point on the big two day walk and not be expecting it for longer than needed. I have the feeling that not checking a pedometer regularly might help as well as not getting pulled into speculative conversations with others. Perhaps we also need to try to live in the moment and enjoy where we are at the time, look around us and take in the scenery and environment as well as the company.
If you have any suggestions, I would love your input.
Well of course I would, wouldn't I? I mean I hadn't walked as far. Well I am sure the distance did play a part but I think there's much more of a psychological element. The day before, I had already done the walk previously and knew exactly where we were at each stage and more importantly how far we still had to go. On day two although I knew where we were finishing I wasn't entirely sure where I was and the end came more quickly than anticipated, never a bad thing.
So how, can we all be surprised by the end point on the big two day walk and not be expecting it for longer than needed. I have the feeling that not checking a pedometer regularly might help as well as not getting pulled into speculative conversations with others. Perhaps we also need to try to live in the moment and enjoy where we are at the time, look around us and take in the scenery and environment as well as the company.
If you have any suggestions, I would love your input.
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