Friday 19th April 2013: 134 days to the big day!

I’d like to tell you that training has eagerly commenced and we are now on our way to being finely tuned athletes. I’d like to tell you that Jason Stobbart is running 10 miles every morning, has given up chocolate and is scaring the local Lytham Zumba enthusiasts by joining them twice a week. I’d like to inform you Stephen Fox has given up beer / wine, shaved his wind resistant mullet, purchased a bike and is cycling to the office morning and night. I’d like to tell you Mick Poole has joined the lifeboat rescue service and his kayaking in the sea on a daily basis. I’d like to tell you I am doing the Preston Guild Wheel for breakfast, Beacon Fell for Lunch and the Lancaster Canal for tea. However……………………………………………………………….

In reality we have put our training off another week! Come on guys – step it up!! Look what I confiscated off Mr Fox:-

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Team Konkura have signed up for the 2013 Race The Sun charity challenge to raise money for sick and disabled babies / children through Action: Medical Research for Children. The challenge involves a 50 mile bike ride through rugged terrain, a climb to the summit of England’s second highest mountain, Helvellyn, which stands at 3,116ft (950m) and a 2 mile kayak across Lake Thirlmere. The course route is shown below:-

The team is made up of Captain Ian Worthington, Vice Captain Stephen Fox, Navigator Jason Stobbart and all-round athlete Michael Poole. I’d like to say we have been training hard already, but that starts next week! - honest!!

We have a target of £2000 to raise, but our aim is to generate much more to support the brilliant Action Charity and the amazing work it does for sick and disabled babies and children.  We would be immensely grateful for any support you could give to this worthwhile cause. Please sponsor us at http://www.action.org.uk/sponsor/teamkonkuras013rts81

Over the coming months the team will be taking part in various online challenges to assist our training and benchmark our improvements (or decline!). Feel free to take part, and see if you can better the scores posted by the team:-

Race The Sun 2013 : Training Challenge - April

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