I imagine you'll have your feet up for most of the coming week? :wink:
yeah, got Monday off work.
One bloke who finished just behind me, did the whole walk with his little dog. His dog was great, and clearly having a whale of a time, and not the slightest bit distressed. Tough little terrier thing. :-)
It was tough. 1,000 people signed up. 895 took part. By checkpoint two, 200 people had dropped out.
No one died, there are no critical illnesses, and no one is in hospital now. This is all pieced together from facebook posts etc 50% didn't finish, there were two heart attacks, a diabetic emergency, a few collapses from heat exhaustion, and dehydration, a few passed out, a lot gave up, some were made to stop and finish by paramedics at each checkpoint, a lot self selected.
It was not a race, but I was still pleased to finish 8th, I set off at 8am and finished 4.30am next day.
I took a few breaks at checkpoints, check point number 9 I stopped for 20 minutes for first aid (self admininstered) could've managed without it, but needed it, I'd done it at checkpoint 6 too.
We got a little lost between checkpoint 8 and 9. Not really lost. I was on my own, there were a couple behind me a few ahead of me, we could see each others head torches. A route signpost was missing or not clean, we joined forces to consider our next move, and walked together to checkpoint 9 where we split up.
It was no big deal, we were not lost exactly, just struggled to follow the official route. Basically we knew where we were, we knew how to get to where we needed to be next, we just didn't quite do it by their route, and lost a quarter of an hour. It was right by where I used to live (and was also at one time a voluntary South Downs Ranger) so we took a short cut / long cut. We could see the harbour lights, we headed there and found our way to check point 9 and sent marshals back to sort the signs out.
One chap walked the whole way with his little dog. His dog was awesome, not distressed at all, you could tell he was having a ball. At one point, I was briefly dis-orientated, and I followed the little dogs paw prints. :-)
I had a couple of support drivers, my dad, and my friend. It was a great help, they each had a kit bag that I had packed. Meant I carried less stuff, and had the luxury of choices, and could change footwear etc. Also nice to see a friendly face at checkpoints, only met them at every other one, but it really helped me finish. I had a free hot meal at checkpoint 6, I skipped the free massage, I avoided the medics, and treated myself and pushed on.
If you have any questions, please ask.
Here are some photos;
there are lots of official photos here, I'm not in them (at least not yet) the little dog is though
I'm well chuffed, just got the official stats, and found I'd done it in 20hrs 29 minutes, not the 21 hors 30 minutes I'd thought.
Made up, over the moon, very pleased.
Dead on my feet, aching all over, and falling asleep all over the place. LOL
anyway, I'll give this thread a final bump in September, in case anyone wants to make a donation , as my just giving account will continue to accept donations until mid September ;)
otherwise, that's it from me, thanks for the kind words and the support and the money donated
weird seeing ya NOT attached to a bike .. did brian blood axe inspire 1 of the tats ? :)
glad you made it through ok.
the bloke with the dog "yes dear, just taking the dog out for a walk haha" .. a m8 has to avoid that word as the dog knows what it is.. think it might be so keen if it did that walk.
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Congrats and well done, dude! :)
Bet you've got blisters on yir blisters!
I imagine you'll have your feet up for most of the coming week? :wink:
yeah, got Monday off work.
One bloke who finished just behind me, did the whole walk with his little dog. His dog was great, and clearly having a whale of a time, and not the slightest bit distressed. Tough little terrier thing. :-)
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I'd have been impressed if you'd finished 7th.
8th a bit crap though isn't it?
It was tough. 1,000 people signed up. 895 took part. By checkpoint two, 200 people had dropped out.
No one died, there are no critical illnesses, and no one is in hospital now. This is all pieced together from facebook posts etc 50% didn't finish, there were two heart attacks, a diabetic emergency, a few collapses from heat exhaustion, and dehydration, a few passed out, a lot gave up, some were made to stop and finish by paramedics at each checkpoint, a lot self selected.
It was not a race, but I was still pleased to finish 8th, I set off at 8am and finished 4.30am next day.
I took a few breaks at checkpoints, check point number 9 I stopped for 20 minutes for first aid (self admininstered) could've managed without it, but needed it, I'd done it at checkpoint 6 too.
We got a little lost between checkpoint 8 and 9. Not really lost. I was on my own, there were a couple behind me a few ahead of me, we could see each others head torches. A route signpost was missing or not clean, we joined forces to consider our next move, and walked together to checkpoint 9 where we split up.
It was no big deal, we were not lost exactly, just struggled to follow the official route. Basically we knew where we were, we knew how to get to where we needed to be next, we just didn't quite do it by their route, and lost a quarter of an hour. It was right by where I used to live (and was also at one time a voluntary South Downs Ranger) so we took a short cut / long cut. We could see the harbour lights, we headed there and found our way to check point 9 and sent marshals back to sort the signs out.
One chap walked the whole way with his little dog. His dog was awesome, not distressed at all, you could tell he was having a ball. At one point, I was briefly dis-orientated, and I followed the little dogs paw prints. :-)
I had a couple of support drivers, my dad, and my friend. It was a great help, they each had a kit bag that I had packed. Meant I carried less stuff, and had the luxury of choices, and could change footwear etc. Also nice to see a friendly face at checkpoints, only met them at every other one, but it really helped me finish. I had a free hot meal at checkpoint 6, I skipped the free massage, I avoided the medics, and treated myself and pushed on.
If you have any questions, please ask.
Here are some photos;
there are lots of official photos here, I'm not in them (at least not yet) the little dog is though
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattpitts74/sets/72157645298639392/
those of you who use facebook, can browse some of the chat about the event here,
www.facebook.com/events/575511549170420/677414468980127/?notif_t=event_mall_reply
I think?
http://pasttimes.proboards.com/thread/1223/signed-chairty-walk-miles-stop?page=2#ixzz35VN21UzG
Your JustGiving page will carry on accepting donations until 22/09/2014. So all you need to do is tell people your page address:
http://www.justgiving.com/Mark-Brown27
got this e-mail from them
Made up, over the moon, very pleased.
Dead on my feet, aching all over, and falling asleep all over the place. LOL
anyway, I'll give this thread a final bump in September, in case anyone wants to make a donation , as my just giving account will continue to accept donations until mid September ;)
otherwise, that's it from me, thanks for the kind words and the support and the money donated
glad you made it through ok.
the bloke with the dog "yes dear, just taking the dog out for a walk haha" .. a m8 has to avoid that word as the dog knows what it is.. think it might be so keen if it did that walk.
What brand/model shoes did you wear, and with hindsight what would you have done differently?
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I wore Nike marathon running trainers for the first 30 miles, I then switched into Mammut hiking boots for the rest of it.
Wouldn't have done a great deal different really, think it was all about right. Maybe lingered less at some of the checkpoints.
Oh yeah, I lost my chewing gum, I'd make sure I had plenty.