We chose ‘Cardiac Risk for the Young’ as our charity as it has close links with young people in the area and wanted to pick a charity where our contribution would really make a difference.
Our journey began at 15.50 on the 7th May 2010 in Upton-Upon-Severn, a small town in Worcestershire. The walk took us through Tewkesbury, across to Stow-on-the-Wold and Chipping Norton and finishing at Winslow in Buckinghamshire. The entire route consisted of road-marching and was 100km, approximately 63 miles. We tried to keep moving with as few breaks as possible, but the fatigue soon caught up with us during the night time.
This was definitely the most difficult part. The conversation stopped as soon as the sun went down and there was nothing to look at anymore. There were parts where we would find ourselves actually falling asleep whilst walking! Thankfully, we managed to remember to bring a little portable radio which was a real lifesaver! Once the sun was up again for the last leg, we felt quite rejuvenated and were ready to reel in the finish line with a bit of help from sweets and some Powerade!
We managed to finish the walk in 23 hours and 30 minutes which was within our time frame of 24 hours, which we were really pleased about. It was something that we felt really proud to have achieved, but not something that we hope to do again in a while!
To date, we have managed to raise £1052.50, well in excess of our target of £1000.
If you would like to support our cause you can donate at http://www.justgiving.com/alexandgannywalk100km
Alex Boden and Chris Gann
