Gobi Challenge…………..

My training is going well and I even managed about 22 miles of the Moonlight Challenge the other week. My belt has gone in by two notches but I still need to whittle the bulk down a bit. I feel much more positive about the Gobi than I did about the Jungle in 2006 and am now really lloking forward to it - I’m even enjoying my training.

I’ve been doing between 20/30 miles a week and trying to put in some hills in preparation for the dunes. I’ve still got four months and will get the milage up around the 60/70 mark from late May to mid June. I’ve also got a few hill training days planned and an offer of a weekend in the Welsh mountains - but it’s from a bloke so I’m not sure as he said “don’t forget your wellies”.

I’m going to experiment with my webbing which was very successful in the jungle but there are a few improvements and adjustments needed to make it even better. I’ve found a company that will make up ultralight webbing to your own requirements so I’m going to give them a go and see what they come up with. I find that military style webbing is much better than a rucksac - it is, after all, designed for personal load carrying over long distances in a comfortable and easilly accessible manner. Mainly though I still like to think I’m still in the army - very sad!

Mike 

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