Training begins! (After Christmas)

Hello Chaps! Rick here. We've agreed to begin training after Christmas, gives us both a chance to pack on a few more pounds (which we will be needing, I assure you..) and for me to recover fully from my ankle injury, that's been the bane of my life for the last 6-7 months or so..

In the first month of training we will be slowly increasing our distances, most likely starting at around the 5 mile mark, hopefully in the last week of the month hitting a few 10 miler's. This will hopefully help us avoid injuries such as shin splints, as well as Phil's mysterious 'foot' pains he endured in Newquay.

After the first month, when we've got back into the swing of things (seeing as I haven't been on a proper run in far too long), we will be picking it up dramatically. We will be trying to fit in 3 or 4 larger distance (12-15miles) runs a week, often over 'horrible' terrain, this will help increase our endurance, which we will be needing in the Jungle. We will try and maintain this throughout next term, then when we return for Summer term (after a few weeks of much needed rest) we will once again push harder, hopefully covering between 80-100 miles a week.

This will give us an excuse to be eating well over 5000 calories a day (Something I nearly already do, but Phil's a soft arse, and only consumes around 2500...)

Anyways, I'm sure we will have lots of pictures of us Sand Dune running coming in the next month or so.

Phil has proposed we go to the Lakes for a week training during the Christmas Holiday. I really, really don't want to, he may touch me.

Rick

No Going Back

Alright guys this is Phil actually writing a post. Yesterday (after much frustration) me and baron paid our first deposit, which is non refundable ensuring that we actually are going to this race. this has prompted us to join various facebook groups and watching videos on youtube. we looked at each picture and video with an increasingly worried look on our faces. from the extreme bites and injuries on peoples legs to the man in tears declaring that he 'wasn't a quitter' as he crossed the finishing line i don't think the enormity of the event has or will be realised until we get there. Then there is the heat that we also connot possibly prepare adequatley for. from the sounds of this piece it sounds like that we are having a few reservations about this trip. This however could not be further from the truth, both me and Rick cant wait to go and start some serious training (around 70-100 miles p/w), and Rick is going to try and sort us out with some training (inside the studios at gym he works at) that will go someway to creating the humidity we will be enduring throughout this run.
there will be more updates and perhaps pictures of our preperation
cheers!