We've made a solid start to raising the minimum $1,000 we need to compete in Trailwalker. With the latest donation from a very kind Matthew Grant we're now holding $390 of the $1,000.
So with a couple of months still to go, we're adding a 'stretch goal' of $2,000 which we'd really appreciate your help in achieving.
Here's an example of what you can do by donating to our team: if you donated just $20, it can pay for five household gardens to be set up in Cambodia. The vegetable gardens can help families to have a more diverse diet and decrease the chances of malnutrition. That's a benefit that keeps on giving.
You can donate online now with your credit card in less time than it takes to read this. Start here.
Thanks!
May 31, 2006
Meet the new team
The Glutes For Punishment is 50% recycled 2004 team, 50% fresh blood. Rog and I are back for another crack at it, and this time we're joined by Bride King and Felicity Kohut. When you remember that in 2004 we had one attractive blonde woman between two teams of four, you could say that in 2006 Rog has quadrupled his attractive blonde female team member ratio. I briefly considered naming the team "Three Blondes and a Bimbo" but I thought maybe I could be accused of false modesty.
Anyway, who are these new team members really?
Bride (pron: "bridey") King is a physiotherapist, Pilates instructor, has represented Australia in middle-distance running, and is often asked to accompany Australian athletics squads as a team physio. If we can just keep up with her, she has great preparation and skills to contribute to the team. Plus, her sister is volunteering to help us in training and support. Bride is also going to coordinate our support crew needs this time around. If you'd like to volunteer to help out, drop her an email.
You'll remember Felicity "Flick" Kohut from Trailwalker 2004 because she transported us from a world of pain to an interlude of glorious relief at the Crosslands checkpoint with her massage skills. No doubt having seen (and felt) how good condition we were in, she's decided to have a crack at it herself this time. Which, since she's an experienced bushwalker and works as a homeopath, massage therapist, and bushcare team leader, seems like a great idea. She can cure your pain and give you a detailed botanical description of the plant that did it to you. Also, her boyfriend Nick lives in Berowra, close to the course, and is a founding member of our support crew - yay! Felicity's coordinating team clothing needs and first aid requirements. If you can help Flick with your experience from last time, drop her an email.
Rog is still Rog, of course, as he will remain for a good while yet. Having proven himself so capable in the role in 2004, he's once again managing our timetables and schedules, and we may yet see the popular Mr & Mrs Crawford out on a checkpoint or two with a sanger and a hot cup of something.
And me? Well, as before I'm going to blab a lot, bother a lot of people, try and extract some money from them, and generally fill in forms, cross T's, dot I's, and distribute copies of things.
Anyway, who are these new team members really?
Bride (pron: "bridey") King is a physiotherapist, Pilates instructor, has represented Australia in middle-distance running, and is often asked to accompany Australian athletics squads as a team physio. If we can just keep up with her, she has great preparation and skills to contribute to the team. Plus, her sister is volunteering to help us in training and support. Bride is also going to coordinate our support crew needs this time around. If you'd like to volunteer to help out, drop her an email.
You'll remember Felicity "Flick" Kohut from Trailwalker 2004 because she transported us from a world of pain to an interlude of glorious relief at the Crosslands checkpoint with her massage skills. No doubt having seen (and felt) how good condition we were in, she's decided to have a crack at it herself this time. Which, since she's an experienced bushwalker and works as a homeopath, massage therapist, and bushcare team leader, seems like a great idea. She can cure your pain and give you a detailed botanical description of the plant that did it to you. Also, her boyfriend Nick lives in Berowra, close to the course, and is a founding member of our support crew - yay! Felicity's coordinating team clothing needs and first aid requirements. If you can help Flick with your experience from last time, drop her an email.
Rog is still Rog, of course, as he will remain for a good while yet. Having proven himself so capable in the role in 2004, he's once again managing our timetables and schedules, and we may yet see the popular Mr & Mrs Crawford out on a checkpoint or two with a sanger and a hot cup of something.
And me? Well, as before I'm going to blab a lot, bother a lot of people, try and extract some money from them, and generally fill in forms, cross T's, dot I's, and distribute copies of things.
Come join us on a training walk
Maybe you couldn't commit to doing Trailwalker this year because you don't have the time, or because you worry about not being fit enough?
No worries, why not get a small taste of the fun of Trailwalker by joining us on one of our training walks?
You'll get to meet Bride, Flick, Rog and me, get some healthy and non-risky exercise, you'll get to see some of the lovely natural bush you've been driving past all these years, and you'll have a bit of fun.
Training walks usually go for a minimum of five hours, sometimes up to 12, not including transport time.
Upcoming training walk dates and routes:
Sun 11/6 - Blue Gum Forest Walk (Blue Mountains)
Sun 16/7 - Stages 3 to 5, Thornleigh to Berowra, 31kms
Sun 23/7 - Stages 6 to 9, Berowra to Frenchs Forest, 45kms
Sat 5/8 - Brooklyn to Hornsby, including Crosslands to Hornsby at night
...as well as many shorter mid-week training walks/jogs for each individual member of the Glutes.
Give your nearest Glute member an email/call for more details. Hope you can join us soon!
No worries, why not get a small taste of the fun of Trailwalker by joining us on one of our training walks?
You'll get to meet Bride, Flick, Rog and me, get some healthy and non-risky exercise, you'll get to see some of the lovely natural bush you've been driving past all these years, and you'll have a bit of fun.
Training walks usually go for a minimum of five hours, sometimes up to 12, not including transport time.
Upcoming training walk dates and routes:
Sun 11/6 - Blue Gum Forest Walk (Blue Mountains)
Sun 16/7 - Stages 3 to 5, Thornleigh to Berowra, 31kms
Sun 23/7 - Stages 6 to 9, Berowra to Frenchs Forest, 45kms
Sat 5/8 - Brooklyn to Hornsby, including Crosslands to Hornsby at night
...as well as many shorter mid-week training walks/jogs for each individual member of the Glutes.
Give your nearest Glute member an email/call for more details. Hope you can join us soon!
Photos from first training walk
Powering up another hill
Originally uploaded by bigyahu.
Sunday 28 May and Flick, Bride and I completed the first training walk of our schedule designed to get us in shape to walk 100km non-stop on August 27/28th.
Sadly Rog had to stay at home, nursing a calf (muscle, not a young herbivore.)
You can find the photos here, and as an extra bonus, here's a little video of us overtaking another team also in training:
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