We at team ¿Que? Guevara fully appreciate how times are tough, and that encouraging sponsorship donations is becoming a more competetive business. That's why we undertook to do some unpleasant, unenjoyable physical challenges as well as the lunatic roadtrip which our friends know we will love!
Yesterday, Chris did his second half-marathon (the first being a month ago), this time the Cardiff one. He smashed the 1hr 40 min barrier, coming in at a little over 1hr 37 mins. This after attending Octoberfest the week before - 'carb loading' he told me!
Well done Chris...and if you're impressed, why not show your appreciation with a small donation to the charities (see links in right margin of the site)
Showing posts with label Training. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Training. Show all posts
Monday, 17 October 2011
Monday, 12 September 2011
Challenge 1 completed
Chris and Rich both completed the Bristol Half marathon yesterday. Chris in a mightilty impressive 1hr 39 mins and Rich in a seemingly (it wasn't) more leisurely 1hr 55mins.
From this we can conclude that Chris should be in charge of "running to the next village to ask for help", should we find ourselves stranded in the Andes mountains in the New Year!
I can take charge of waiting with the moto-taxi.
If you're impressed with our exertions why not offer some post-race sponsorship (see either the charities page, or the links in the right-hand margin)
From this we can conclude that Chris should be in charge of "running to the next village to ask for help", should we find ourselves stranded in the Andes mountains in the New Year!
I can take charge of waiting with the moto-taxi.
If you're impressed with our exertions why not offer some post-race sponsorship (see either the charities page, or the links in the right-hand margin)
Thursday, 8 September 2011
Bristol Half Marathon
Only 3 days to go until the Bristol Half Marathon now, and this represents the first charity fundraising 'action' that we're doing. Chris and I will both be sporting our Practical Action running shirts as we pound the streets of Bristol. We've been following a reasonably strict fitness schedule to get us into shape - and I think we're targetting sub 2hrs (me) and sub 1hr 50 (Chris) this time around.
Next month we're taking on the Cardiff half marathon (where we'll be trying to improve our times), so we should be in decent shape before we take on the mountains/jungles/desert in Peru!
Remember if you want to sponsor us, all money goes directly to the charities (none of it pays for the trip).
Next month we're taking on the Cardiff half marathon (where we'll be trying to improve our times), so we should be in decent shape before we take on the mountains/jungles/desert in Peru!
Remember if you want to sponsor us, all money goes directly to the charities (none of it pays for the trip).
Tuesday, 5 April 2011
Navigation, navigation, navigation
Over the last decade Chris and I have navigated approximately 15,000 miles of foreign roads together. With plans afoot to put another 3,000 or so miles of unmarked and unsigned tracks in the Andes and Amazon, you'd expect us to do rather better than we managed last night.
Our attempts to drive Chris from a pub in Bedminster (Bristol) to the railway station (2 miles away) were an incredible feat of ineptitude.
In a hurry to catch the last train home, this was a great test of our teamwork and ability to arrive at places under the pressure of time. Despite having a sat nav device, and both living or having lived locally, we managed to navigate a perfect circle, driving back past the pub where we started 10 minutes after departing.
And so the clock ticked down. We tried route b, pushed the road laws close to their limits (possibly past them if the number of 'Slow down' illuminations are anything to go by), and delivered Chris to the station with barely 10 seconds to spare.
Note to selves, get better at navigation, or plan a circular route :o)
Our attempts to drive Chris from a pub in Bedminster (Bristol) to the railway station (2 miles away) were an incredible feat of ineptitude.
In a hurry to catch the last train home, this was a great test of our teamwork and ability to arrive at places under the pressure of time. Despite having a sat nav device, and both living or having lived locally, we managed to navigate a perfect circle, driving back past the pub where we started 10 minutes after departing.
And so the clock ticked down. We tried route b, pushed the road laws close to their limits (possibly past them if the number of 'Slow down' illuminations are anything to go by), and delivered Chris to the station with barely 10 seconds to spare.
Note to selves, get better at navigation, or plan a circular route :o)
Sunday, 3 April 2011
Cliff Face
Okay, so its not a Peruvian road-of-death, but this morning I did my first bit of cliff-edge simulation in advance of the trip; running up the mostly unstable Stonebarrow cliffs on England's South Coast. :O)
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