A team of six runners that are planning to run from Westminster-to-Cheltenham (W2C). A distance of 138 miles over 4 days. This is not a relay we are each planning to cover every mile.
The itinerary is as follows...
Day 1 Westminster to Slough - 28 miles
Day 2 Slough to Reading - 34 miles
Day 3 Reading to Swindon - 44 miles
Day 4 Swindon to Cheltenham - 30 miles
Day 2 Slough to Reading - 34 miles
Day 3 Reading to Swindon - 44 miles
Day 4 Swindon to Cheltenham - 30 miles
Whilst this is an undeniably tough challenge it is achievable. Training has gone incredibly well over the past few months with consistent mileage of >60 miles a week and no (touch wood) injury issues.
There are also plenty of stories to draw confidence and inspiration from not least of all Eddie Izzard's recent heroics in South Africa.
As a team we wanted to do something for a children's charity and decided to support Winston's Wish (http://www.winstonswish.org.
As a team we wanted to do something for a children's charity and decided to support Winston's Wish (http://www.winstonswish.org.
How do you decide which one to support or not? It would be great if you could support this but I don't want you to feel under any obligation to do so. Maybe a penny a mile - £1:38? That's less than a cup of coffee and if everyone did that it would soon mount up.
If you wish to donate then you can do so here http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/team/w2c.
You can also tweet encouragement or incredulity to the team at http://twitter.com/w2cultra. We will be using this account to update our status on the road.
We also have real time tracking via racedrone whch will be active here.. http://www.racedrone.net/event/w2c-138-miles.
Thanks for reading this - see you on the road!
