Trailwalker may be taking place in the middle of summer, but 4everfriends are taking no chances. Last weekend Heather and Helen took their training to the extremes by walking through the night in wind and rain. And the verdict was ... it will be very tough indeed if that's the weather we get for the event itself. However good the waterproofs and boots, eventually the rain gets in. When that happens, and you're cold and tired, and it's several miles to a change of socks, morale flows right away. They managed 20 miles before deciding, at 4.00 in the morning, that enough was enough.
But it could so easily be very different - some of the team were out walking again this weekend with temperatures nudging 30c which presents another set of challenges with the heat sapping energy and making it difficult to keep up a good pace. We'll be keeping a close eye on the weather forecast as we get nearer the event.
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