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| Gem and her Camelbak |
Gem and Gubbs' camelbaks arrived in the week. If you've been following our Twitter feed or Facebook page, you will have already seen the picture.
Gem decided to try it out while around the house, while Gubbs decided to wait until the planned weekend walk for his first time.
Here's a picture of Gem with hers in the house to the right.
The Camelbaks are a little strange to use at first if you've not tried using one before but it is great to drink while on a walk without the need to get a water bottle from your backpack. We'd definitely recommend one to those who are doing Trailwalker or any kind of hike and are wondering if it is worthwhile.
As for other equipment purchases, Jo and Julie went shopping on Saturday to purchase some new boots for Jo and new walking poles for Julie. Lucky for Jo too as she's now inherited Julie's old walking poles!
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| Jo's new boots |
On Sunday Jo decided she wanted to break in the Meindl boots with a short walk around the paths near home with husband (and team support crew member) Stewart and also Gubbs.
We were supposed to get a picture with Jo wearing the boots on this walk but I'm afraid we forgot.
As for actual training this week, Julie stole the show with an 8 mile walk on Friday followed by another 12 miles on Saturday. The rest of us need to step it up a gear as she is really putting us to shame!
In a bid to not be left too far behind, Jo, Gem and Gubbs joined the gym this week to get those fitness levels up and do a bit of cross training to ready our bodies ready for the rigorous challenge of Trailwalker.
Saturday morning saw Jo and Gem participate in a three hour Yoga session. For those who've not been to a Yoga class before, it is tougher than you imagine! Although it's not walking, the stretches and positions learnt will go a long way in the training sessions and in the event itself to help our muscles from freezing up.
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| Gubbs' Saturday morning walk |
Gubbs meanwhile was on another Saturday morning walk with team friend Brendan.
They managed to get another 8 miles in the bag while walking through the countryside around Eastleigh, including a section past the Itchen River.
It was a beautiful morning for a walk even if a little chilly.
Finally we'd like to thank everyone who has sponsored us so far. We have passed the 10% mark thanks to Stephen, Tracy & Peter, Mark, Debbie and Lilian.
If you'd like to sponsor us you can do so by going to our Virgin Money Giving fundraising page.
Thanks for reading,
Jo, Julie, Gem & Gubbs
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