Training starts with a walk on Easter Saturday - 8.5 miles with two hills. Went from Surbiton through Kingston to Richmond Park, up past Pen Ponds and out through East Sheen Gate, then west from Mortlake to Sheen and then Richmond. Arrived at 5pm exactly to meet wife and friend for a meal and then a show. Lovely cool & dry weather, magical sighting of 30-40 deer peacefully grazing while I respectfully walked around them, no aches suffered. A good start!
Futher walks of 9, 11, and 12 miles, plus various training runs on the flat and up a nearby hill.
Slightly worried to see on Wikipedia that only 40% of climbers actually reach the summit (Uhuru’s Peak). Most turn around at Gilman’s Point, which is 300 metres but some hours lower down. Most of these people will have trained also. Hmmm.
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