Trailblazer Challenge

Held last Saturday, I'm glad to say we all completed it in one piece. Over 800 took part, with many walking or running 50k or 100k. We did the 34k course and were well glad when we had completed that. If we are to attempt the 50K next year we will need to seriously need to up our training.

We started in the City at 7am and the first 18k was along the banks of the River Torrens gradually making our way out to the foothills surrounding the city. It took us though many suburbs, even one called Highbury, which even over here had a weird smell about it. Sadly it was a nice area unlike the hovel that surrounds the red half of North London. We reached checkpoint 1 about 10.15.

Then started the first of the 2 hill climbs up the aptly named Black Hill. As we got higher so too did the scenery over the City start to spread out beside us. Good spirits, camaraderie and a few sugary sweets got us to the 2nd watering point. From here a further steep uphill climb to the Morialta Conservation Park. On this section the aches really started, but I think it was the mental side of getting near the finish. There were others who were doing the 100 k walk about us and they actually looked in a worse state than we were. God knows if they competed their target.

Anyhow Peter Williams my boss and Andrew Tatlock my Geordie Chum, completed our 34k challenge in 6 hrs 47mins well ahead of our expected time. We have raised in excess of $1500 between us, for "troubled children" so we're happy with our efforts. Needless to say we spent the rest of the afternoon at the well named Edinburgh Hotel supping several well earned Coopers pale ale, with our other halves and kids. Roll on next year and the 50k challenge.....

Move in to the new house on Weds 21 Oct at last....