Tony has accused me of being affected by too many Tigers when posting the earlier version....thus the upside down images. To prove it was my fault and not Tony's, he has resent new images, the right way up, that I will dutifully post at the bottom. Can't possible remove the upside down ones however.....Cheers Tone ;-)
Based in Beijing, Tony may not be able to get facebook or youtube, has limited access to google and can only drive his car on alternate days but he does have the greatest wall ever built by mankind to train on......
And so, he has been hard at work, dragging himself up the Great Wall of China a couple of times a week.....at least that is what he says, but judging by the huffing and puffing the hard work has only just begun (see video link below)......
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/30805609/GreatWallWorkout.m4v
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And for those of you wondering why Tony has decided to share an upside down image of the wall, a sideways image of himself and a video that can't be embedded..........join the club!!
Thanks Tone, awesome stuff :-)
And Tony's assessment of it all........
"Day 1 of Kili-training - 587 stairs (steeper than GitaBayu) climb up to the wall, I elected not to take the tram. Then 3.5K hike on the wall to the top. I was not running but walking at a good pace. Took me 48 minutes to go up from the bottom and remarkably the same to go down but had to wait quite a bit for people at a few intersections. 535 meters in elevation. Stopped and rested once for a couple minutes. Nice to end a long hike with that steep climb. Felt good the whole way. So only 7K total not the 10 boasted earlier. Legs did well, a little quad soreness and calves are good. 100 more visits and I think I might be good for Kili.
Cheers, T.
Stay tuned for Training Part II when I feature another team member and his training regime...
Kilimanjaro - ni tu ya kilima
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Good stuff Toenails - want to see you run it next time!!!
ReplyDeleteAwesome training venue...0 degrees in Bowral has me doing some serious red wine training
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