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Avalance Endurance Events, Special Forces Fan Dance Race for Everyman Cancer Campaign

24km, Bergen weight 35lb minimum weight not including water and food, around 4-4500 feet of ascent in total.

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Troserch X roads route

4/17/2013

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I decided to try a new route through Troserch Woods going up the steep hill and steps that I usually come down. This section which is now uphill is steeper than 'Burning Calfs Hill' covering a distance of 0.306miles and climbing 192ft and is not long after going through a river, so my trousers are soaking and my boots full of water making them heavier. The route is 4.32 miles long and has a total elevation gain of 463ft.
From the outset I found the going tough, the weight wasn't too bad but I just didn't have the energy to run... I did but it was hard! This was due (I think) to the amount of food and water I'd consumed throughout the day:
7:30am Breakfast 210 calories, approx 300ml green tea - no milk or sugar
10:30am 2 slices of toast with margarine 205 calories nothing to drink
12:00pm Ham salad fajita wrap 400 calories, approx 300ml green tea - no milk or sugar
3:30pm 50g mixed fruit and nuts 250 calories, no drink
7:00pm RUN!
I'd only eaten 1065 calories and drunk 600ml of liquid during what was essentially a 9 hour working day then went for a high intensity run. The sausage casserole after never tasted so good!
I finished the run in 58 minutes 55 seconds.
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    I plan to do this race with my brother 'Strider' (Link to his blog above) on 20th July 2013, mainly to see if at 44 I still have the 'stones' to be able to do it.
    The reason I am making this public is to ensure that I actually go through with it and do not back out, because I know that the excuses for not going out training will start, like "I have too much college work to do", "My gout is playing up" or "It's raining".
    So by putting my intentions on here and making it public I will be more determined not to embarrass myself by "wimping out".

    This blog will mainly consist of what I am doing to train for the event and how the training is going.
    I will not have as much time as I would like to train as I work two jobs, am studying in college and have a family that I spend as much time as possible with, so please don't expect superhuman feats of physical endurance... I'm just an unfit average Joe.

    The other reason I want to do the race is because "I want that patch sewn on my bergen!"

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    Distance 4.13 miles
    Total elevation gain of 449ft.
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    Troserch oval Twice

    Distance 6.97 miles
    Total elevation gain of 837ft
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    Burning calfs hill

    Burning Calfs Hill climbs 194 feet within a distance of 0.39 miles giving an average slope of 9.2%.

    Troserch figure of 8

    Distance 5.95 miles total climb of 743ft very muddy and treacherous single track, some parts up to mid calf in mud and crossing through 3 rivers.
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    The FAINT red line is the track I took.
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