Yep...

I walked London to Cambridge this summer just gone. That was 100km and I got it finished in just under 21 hours.

Pix also did a stupidly long walk on the north Norfolk coast so he might be along soon too.

My training firstly consisted of investing in decent shoes and socks. You have to protect your feet at all costs and get them used to the strains. Get a decent backpack and a water bladder too so you're not always looking for water stops.

You need to start building on what seems to be a decent foundation there. Try going for a 20k walk, and increase it by 5k every other weekend. In my training I started off by just ambling up or down the Bure valley railway line or Marriots Way. Keep it regular so you get used to the strain, and don't worry too much about walking speed to start with.

My final training walk was about 60k, I left my front door in NR5 and walked to Sherringham. If you're in the Norwich area we're spoiled with long distance paths to train on, there's a website called Norfolk interactive trails that you can map these things out on.

Slow and steady wins the race, your body will let you know when you can go faster. And you've got plenty of time to train up for it! Happy to answer anything else about it too...

Posted By: Bungle on October 12th 2016 at 11:00:05

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Looking to do the BHF 103k Trek from London to Brighton in June next year (General Chat) - shortfatb, Oct 12, 10:26:26
- Vigorous sexual intercourse, twice a day (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Oct 12, 11:21:34
  - Oh, I continue with that do I? I thought maybe I would have to cut down (n/m) (General Chat) - shortfatb, Oct 12, 11:35:40
  - This sounds more fun than getting rained on in the middle of nowhere on Wherrymans Way... (n/m) (General Chat) - Bungle, Oct 12, 11:28:25
- Also this training guide (General Chat) - Bungle, Oct 12, 11:05:56
  - Thanks, looks good. So what percentage of the ultimate distance did you complete before (General Chat) - shortfatb, Oct 12, 11:38:17
    - And I dunno why autocorrect keeps buggering up "Sheringham" (n/m) (General Chat) - Bungle, Oct 12, 12:34:53
    - 62k - Bowthorpe to Sherringham. (n/m) (General Chat) - Bungle, Oct 12, 12:24:17
- Yep... (General Chat) - Bungle, Oct 12, 11:00:05
  - Thank you. That's just the sort of stuff I needed. (n/m) (General Chat) - shortfatb, Oct 12, 11:40:43
    - You're welcome mate, couple of other things... (General Chat) - Bungle, Oct 12, 12:31:23
      - Thanks, that's really helpful (n/m) (General Chat) - shortfatb, Oct 12, 13:17:12
        
        be a lot easier if you ask Bungle to do it on your behalf (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Oct 12, 15:04:10
        
        I do want to do another one... Hmm 🤔 (n/m) (General Chat) - Bungle, Oct 12, 15:21:39
        
        Mrs Shortfatb wants to be there too, although she'll need her own nom de plume as (General Chat) - shortfatb, Oct 12, 16:56:34
        
        you, shortfatb,me, Pixyman, My Garry (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Oct 12, 15:57:30
        
        Sounds like a sitcom in the making. (n/m) (General Chat) - Bungle, Oct 12, 16:17:37
        
        great name for a sitcom - what could go wrong! (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Oct 12, 16:24:49

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