Who: Khilan, Paul W & Reza
When: March 29, 2008
Where: Mt. Futago
Navigator: Paul W.
Distance: 14 km (Total To Date: 14km)
Duration: 4:20 (Total To Date: 4:20)
Altitude (Max): 208 m
Pace (Avg): 13:31 min/km
Pace (Max): 6:24 min/km
Speed (Avg): 4.4 km/hr
Speed (Max): 9.5 km/hr
Well, this was a mellow start … not too Rambo-ish … but enough to get a feel for us hiking as a team (minus Paul M – Foot Man!) … getting comfortable with our gear & what to pack (Khilan – BRING WATER !!) … and frankly, seeing where our bodies are as far as conditioning. I think we were all surprised at our condition … but then again, this was not exactly a break-neck effort and certainly not anything remotely close to what a 100K would feel like. But still, we learned a lot from it.
Not knowing how far we are going to make it in this madness, we are going to take credit for every bit of achievement … so here we are at our first 10K … of TRAINING !!
Paul W. certainly did a bang up job of being the navigator. Our overall time should have been better if it were not for a couple of trail-deviations … which were not due to Paul … the book/guide (Day Walks Near Tokyo) was last revised in 1992 (!!) and there were some conflicting signs on the way. Also, we took a couple of breaks which were quite leisurely … except for Paul’s brief “systems check” !!
As for lessons learned, Paul has started listing a few of the critical Snailwalking Rules.
Finally, our overall conditioning seemed pretty good at the end … even though I was seriously looking forward to an Onsen and a massage !
Already looking forward to the next one. But the question remains … Could we do something seven times longer and certainly tougher? … stay tuned …