Wednesday, October 17, 2007

A short training walk

The Moovettes minus Renee went on a short stroll last night - starting at my place, we wandered up Royal Parade, around Royal Park, past the zoo, past the children's hospital and back up to Royal Parade. At that point, Bridge decided we hadn't walked far enough, and we should walk around at least half of Princes Park. She also decided that in order to liven things up a little, and to move and stretch different muscles, we ought to practice our silly walks. Amid cries of protest about having an image to maintain, we walked backwards, kicked our knees up, walked with our hands on our heads and so on. (Not all at once, but we may try that next time.)

All in all, we walked about 8.6 km in an hour and a half. I think the silly walking slowed us down a little, but it did help to loosen up the legs - could be a good strategy along the Warburton trail.

The one low point of the walk was when we (or mostly me) realised that cumulatively we've only walked about half the track in training. We've got a long way to go, literally. We've got a bit of time, too, though.

Monday, October 15, 2007

WE MUST BE TOTALLY NUTS!



Image "courtesy" of Oxfam Trailwalker Map Books

Pictures from last training walk

Just about to walk down a hill that felt like a cliff! You can just make out Port Philip Bay in the distance.



Lunch!

The Moovettes exist!

It's kind of scary to see it

Please remember that we are walking the 100kms for a cause, every little bit counts.

Sunday, October 7, 2007

It's Official

Gulp! We faxed off our team registration form on Friday (complete with credit card numbers).... no turning back now.

In honor of this important event we thought it deserved celebrating.... with a walk!

Stats for Sunday 7th of October, 2007

Practice number: 4
Location: Kalista, Grant's Picnic Ground
Distance: 13.5 km
Climbing: over 400m up and over 400m down
Walkers: 5 (Renee was absent and we made up for her conversational skills with Emperor Joshua and Baretto Brig's husband Stu)
Conditions: Beautiful fine day, mild to warm in Sunshine and perfect walking in the shade
Time: 3hrs
Speed: averaging between 3-5 kms/hr
Fastest walker: Emperor Joshua and Stu (show offs!)
Slowest walker: Bridge, Brig and Bob
Topic of conv: Where is the top of this bloody hill! Picture to come including an elevation map (hopefully) of what we walked.

How we pulled up: Physically, I think we realise we have some work ahead of us.
Mentally, I think we are all getting excited. Now that we have walked a section of the trail that we know is moderately difficult the full 100kms doesn't feel insurmountable, just bloody hard.

Stay tuned for information regarding our official team number and Oxfam team webpage. This also means you will all soon be able to donate to our team at Oxfam!

Happy Trails!