This blog post is optimistically titled "preparing for the OMM", the OMM being the Original Mountain Marathon that's happening over the late May bank holiday weekend in Iceland.
Having decided a number of months ago that this was a good idea, my partner Kat and I are starting to believe otherwise. We're also starting to think that preparation might have been a good idea...
The OMM is a two day running and navigational challenge. Currently, Kat is injured and unable to run, and neither of us have successful histories in navigation. We have also not really camped before, and this challenge involves us carrying our camping kit and being self sufficient for the weekend. Needless to say, we're a bit scared.
So the last few weeks have been a slightly panicked rush of finding/buying/borrowing kit, combined with long runs accompanied by a rucksack. After one of these runs last week, I discovered that a small amount of discomfort soon leads to horrible looking rucksack burns on your back. Ouch!
We're doing all of this to raise money for the Lullaby trust, so to give us more motivation to not just stay in our hostel eating Nutella, then go to www.justgiving.com/RADCC2015 to donate.
And wish us luck - we're going to need it!!
Having decided a number of months ago that this was a good idea, my partner Kat and I are starting to believe otherwise. We're also starting to think that preparation might have been a good idea...
The OMM is a two day running and navigational challenge. Currently, Kat is injured and unable to run, and neither of us have successful histories in navigation. We have also not really camped before, and this challenge involves us carrying our camping kit and being self sufficient for the weekend. Needless to say, we're a bit scared.
So the last few weeks have been a slightly panicked rush of finding/buying/borrowing kit, combined with long runs accompanied by a rucksack. After one of these runs last week, I discovered that a small amount of discomfort soon leads to horrible looking rucksack burns on your back. Ouch!
We're doing all of this to raise money for the Lullaby trust, so to give us more motivation to not just stay in our hostel eating Nutella, then go to www.justgiving.com/RADCC2015 to donate.
And wish us luck - we're going to need it!!
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