"De Straffe wandeling" by the "Bergpallieters" in Godinne

Today Me and Captain Angela teamed up with sportsclub "de Bergpallieters" for their tough walk in Godinne. And a tough walk it was indeed...
At the end of the day the pedometer showed 23.5KM, which equaled 30402 steps and all this in a time of 4 hours and 57 minutes.
I completed the walk rather unscathed. Sore legs, totally empty and a bit of tension on the achilles tendon.... other than that no problems so far.

For me as an untrained walker I felt that I had really pushed myself today, maybe even overdone it a bit. But in the end I am proud to have completed the entire hike.
My intention was a "virtual kick in the butt" a "wake up call"...
The West Highland Way consists of 8 days of similar walks and if I look at how I feel now, I have finally convinced myself to take training for Scotland 2011 a bit more seriously.

Tomorrow "virtual buttkick" number two.... "how does it feel to be walking two days in a row?". A shorter walk tomorrow with friends from Mechelen to Haacht...
Fingers crossed..

Walking weekend 6-7 March 2010

The weekend of 6th and 7th of March will see the real start of the preparations for Scotland. The planning with books and maps and websites has been going on for a while now. Eating habits have been changed since 1st of March, but this weekend will see the real kick off... the virtual kick in the butt that will show me that i should take this seriously and start practicing more often...

Saturday the 6th I will participate in the "Straffe Wandeling" by the Bergpalieters. A walk organized by the sportsclub of my colleague Geert. My good friend and sport guru Captain Angela will join me on this walk. The walk itself is a 23km walk through the region of Godinne, South of Namur in Belgium.

Sunday the 7th takes me to Mechelen.
Another friend of mine, Cilia has come up with the brilliant plan to walk from Mechelen (her hometown) to Sint-Truiden (my hometown). The distance between these two towns is about 60KM. In this first stint we depart in the direction of Muizen (4KM) and aim for Haacht (14KM). Cilia's dad Gabi will join us on this first part of the trip.