What worries me is that I'm now walking it on my own. I did have a walking buddy, but he's now injured and the last thing I want is for his injury to be made worse because he's supporting me on my challenge. So I'm now doing it solo, which is a little daunting if I'm honest. I know there will be plenty of people doing the walk and I'll get to meet lots of them on the walk, but it's not the same as having a walking partner, being able to encourage each other and push each other onto the finishing line.
One of my colleagues at work is walking both the Guernsey and Jersey Itex's. And he's planning on walking them both in 24 hours total. Which works out at 16 mins a mile! On cliff paths! So, needless to say, I'm not planning on walking with him. I have no target time to complete this walk in. I will just be over the moon to finish at all, whether it takes me 12 hours or 20 hours. I'm secretly hoping for more like 12 hours though!
My new pedometer arrived in the week, so I figured I better test it today. Only I'm not sure I set it up properly. The walk I did today was 10.5 miles, only the pedometer thinks I walked 7.5. So something not right there. And apparently I walked 25000 steps - that's a fair amount of steps!!
Today I walked the east coast, from my house, out along the east coast round to Rozel in the north east. Not fantastic weather initially, looked like it was going to chuck it down, but I figured I can't choose the weather on the Itex so had better get used to the rain. But it actually didn't really rain much. It was very overcast and gloomy, but pretty warm at the same time. I guess, if the weather is like that next weekend then it'll be good conditions for the walk.
Oh My God. The itex is now less than a week away. What the hell have I let myself in for? I have to be a total lunatic.
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