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Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital. ~Aaron Levenstein Its about 2 months since we decided to participate in the Oxfam Japan 2010 trailwalker, and we have only 3 weekends left between now and the big event. <pun-alert>So – who’s in peak condition? Who’s trailing behind? Who’s [...] Took a look at the website stats for the last 100 or so visits, and 70% of visitors spend only 10 seconds on the site. In that case I probably have about 3 seconds left to point you here http://original.justgiving.com/snailwalkers to help change the world, just a bit. Anyone still reading, have a look at [...] A special event for the long weekend, a 2-day epic to the highest point in Tokyo, Kumotori-san (or is that Kumotori-yama..?). A great weekend training, with plenty of uphill slogs for the first day, more uppy-downy stuff on day 2, finishing with 3hours of downhill endurance. Weather was surprisingly pleasant, and despite an incredible storm [...] It’s time to tackle the old nemesis again – Kumotori-san (2018m). Been here before, but this time I’ve got crampons and a GPS. 33 km over a day and a half – promises to be good training, and a lot of fun. Kumotori-san route Heres the target boys and girls… 40 hours to the finish. Come on, how hard can that be… When: Sat 14th Mar 2010 Snailwalkers: Paul W NeverAgain’s: Andy, Joe (“the marathon men”) Other Snailwalkers excuses: Tights in the wash (Arita-san) Rescuing relationship after gore-tex jacket girlfriend birthday present fail (Simon) Needed some quality time with twitter (Paul M) Where: CP7 to Finish Distance: 22 km (longer than the officially posted 20km due to [...] Do you think paying 16,000yen for a pair of tights is silly? Why are the two Pauls always teasing me about my tights to hide their jealousy? It is not a pair of usual tights but super tights ‘CW-X’ used by top athletes like Ichiro, Ryo Ishikawa and some medalists in Vancouver Olympics. This [...] When: 7th Mar 2010 Snailwalkers: Paul M, Paul W, Simon Guest hiker: Julian Where: Okutama station – Mt Nokogiri – Mt Odake – Mt Miktake- Mt Hinode – Hinawatada Station Distance: 21,3 km Moving time: 5hours 25 mins Stopped time: 2 hours 25 mins Moving average: 3.9 km/h Overall average: 2.7 km/h Total ascent: 1592m [...] |
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