A year to prepare

So, a year until I have to walk for 7 consecutive days up a great big hill, and back down again.


My starting position probably isn't the greatest. Apart from the extra pounds that seem to have grown from nowhere around my middle over the last few years without me even noticing (Do men suffer from water retention?) I had major knee surgery at the back end of 2008 and am still only about 80% recovered.

I have taken the first big step in my preparation though, by joining a gym. This was a huge step for me as a self confessed loather of gyms and "gym types"...... you know the ones I mean, those who bang on constantly about what their gym visit consisted of and think it perfectly normal to use words such as "reps" and "presses" in every day parlance.

Anyway, I have joined and I've even been..... twice.... so the preparation has started.



Oh and I've also got a hat......