Some advice I want to finish in under 24 hours.... Good for you. Remember, though, that getting the whole team round (and, indeed, finishing) is more important than your speed. Be realistic about what you can achieve. Southdowns is not as hilly as some 100 km walks (it has approximately 6,600 feet of ascent, which includes 3 memorable hills) and you should be able to get a reasonably fast time if you have done enough practice. To achieve this time you would need to walk at 3 mph and have less than 3 hours in breaks. That may sound easy while sitting in your chair reading this article but I should warn you that the minutes you spend at checkpoints will tick away faster than you can imagine and it is easy to spend half an hour at a checkpoint without even noticing. The key is not to set off too fast, maintain a steady pace and be efficient at checkpoints. To have a realistic hope of doing this time, you need to be able to do a 26 mile walk in under 9 hours (and feel like you could carry on at the end of it). Get to know your pace during training walks. At the risk of sounding slightly nerdy, I always record my times on walking events (including stops) and use them to calculate realistic goals for myself on longer walks.
Posted on: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 15:09:50 +0000
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