Today's Trailwalker inspired track:
With A Little Help From My Friends ~ Joe Cocker
Today's Trailwalker inspired quote:
One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating. ~ Luciano Pavarotti
So far in training we've done 84km of the trail in 27:01 hours, over 4 separate days... Yes, that 1 minute (in the 27:01) is totally important. We know that adding fatigue and break time onto this during the actual event will mean that we will really be pushing ourselves to cross the finish line in our hopeful and perhaps seemingly deluded, 40 hours. But we're up for it, April fools day notwithstanding.
In TW progress we're loving connecting and sharing with fellow trailers...
We met another Trailwalker while on a photo shoot this past weekend. The uber fab and fit Jim from Wolfpack. Love the name. Hoping for our own Hangover sometime after we finish our 100ks. The Wolves are looking to finish in 30 hours. We hope to see you all at the end. And of course we'll be photographing it all...just in case our very own delirium and amnesia sets in and we require some kind of pictorial evidence to remember it all.
But you can count on one thing for sure. We will be entertaining ourselves. AND we will be very well fed. Our financial donations have been rolling in from friends, family, colleagues and clients...Jan & Geoff, Jude & Dave & Daisy, Lynne...Your donations to this wonderful charity and the ongoing work Oxfam does and your support of us is so special. Thank you all truly.
And there are the more out of the box donations...
A very special contribution to the "dangle a carrot in front of us to get us over the line" foundation - from Trace's fabulous high school friend Phil.
An Aussie food fest with only the best treats from home. If this doesn't get us over the line, then nothing will.
The only problem being. There seems to be none left for the end. We were just testing it all for the trail, plus doing a spot of carb-loading cross-training. Phil - you have motivated us beyond belief!! You are a total STAR. But we need another box. Kidding...
And so this week we will now be following the advice of Tracey's new notebook - "Fruit gives health sufficient on the body". Indeed.
AND...
We will.
Lest you think we are all junking our lives away... Tracey's recent lifestyle change is a double-page spread this month in the BAB Mag. (Look out for our TRAILWALKER story in BAB next month...) Tee we are so proud of you. You continue to inspire us Soundtracks, that, and your AWESOME Party Mix Tapes.
Then there is her new talent for all things Soup-a-licious. She's been cooking up a storm all week. LOVE YOUR WORK. Hello Soundtracks Soup Kitchen. She's featuring all kinds of flavors, Moroccan flair, a bit of broccoli, cauliflower and blue cheese, lentils and mushrooms. With protein protein protein... A recipe for Trailwalker success and good trail nutrition. Yummy stuff.
Going to run it all off now - training through the cherry blossoms. Have a fabulous Easter weekend, filled with glorious chocolates - dark chokky is rich in antioxidants, after all. Runner's World said. Our very own Easter Bunny Box has just arrived. Better make that a double run.
21 days, 16 hours & 57 minutes til Trailwalker 2010!
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