tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91466669601948324962011-04-22T02:59:22.252+01:00Next April I am taking part in an expedition to Nepal. The expedition will attempt to set the world record for the highest altitude match of sport ever played, by staging a 20/20 cricket match at Gorak Shep, 5164m above sea level. In doing so we aim to raise £250,000 for charities in both the UK and Himalaya regions.Chris Bealehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16089207912276403864noreply@blogger.comBlogger121100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146666960194832496.post-54307944870302923852009-04-08T11:49:00.002+01:002009-04-08T11:53:44.632+01:00

Well after a year of planning, training and preparation the day is finally here. Tomorrow we fly out to Nepal to begin our adventure.The last 12 months have been an incredibly busy but rewarding period for me, with the press launch at Trafalgar Square, hiking through the snow in Brecon Beacons and numerous team building events being highlights. The next 19 days promise to be nothing different,

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So its been 2 weeks since my last post and so much has happened its hard to remember it all.We had a couple of great events a final expedition meeting and the announcement of atitle sponsor in Nokia Maps.From a personal perspective things have been non-stop as I try and get the last of the website changes made and work with the expedition leaders to get hold of all of the Tech Kit we need for

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Its getting close now.I'm starting to stress a bit...Things have been hectic over the last month as April draws nearer. The website is taking over my life although I am making good progress,As for my training, well thats another story. The last month has been disappointing in terms of the amount of training I have been able to get in,. Injury and sickness have meant that over the last 6 weeks

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ForewordThe last month has been a hectic one and as a result my blog has been neglected. This was recently brought to my attention by Cuzza and as a result I have decided that this blog entry will be an epic. I intend to document the Brecon Beacons training weekend in detail, although it may take me some time to do so. I hope you have the patience and interest to read the story in its entirety

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Living in central London its pretty difficult to get time on anything resembling a hill. This is a bit of a problem given that in under 3 months time we will be walking up a very big hill for about 8 days.Alongside all of the running and trim trails, I am trying to fit in as much time as possible walking on hills. This inevitably involves heading outside London, which means an early start.So at

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..but planning training is a pain in the arse.January has arrived and now that the excesses of Christmas and New Years are out of the way its time to get serious about training. I've been training quite a bit up until the end of last year averaging about 3-4 sessions a week over the last few months. Now though its time to step it up a gear. Over the last couple of weeks I have been spending

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3 days on and my body has mostly recovered from the pain. Most of my toes have thawed too so that's good news.Last Sunday marked my first taste of ridiculous events in ridiculous conditions, and i'm sure it won't be my last. On the face of it, the Grim Challenge seemed aptly named. An 8-mile off-road run on an early December morning. The course description on the offical website is as follows

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So last weekend Glen, Brooksie and I headed up to the Cotswolds to get some training in on the hills. We planned to get 5-6 hours walking in on both Saturday and Sunday. My training so far has been mostly running and Trim Trail sessions, so this was a good opportunity to get a few solid hours hill walking under my belt.The preparations for the trip had been going on for some time, and our

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So after our disappointment last weekend I decided I had to get back into the training. I've been sick for a couple of weeks and hadn't been able to get any runs in. I finished work and got changed and set off to run home. Nothing too taxing, just a gentle 4.5 km to get me back into it and stretch the legs out a bit.I stepped outside breathed in the icy air and realised that winter is well on

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Southwesterly 50-70mph, gusts 80 to perhaps 100mph locally. Very difficult conditions even at low level, with any mobility widely difficult on higher areas. Significant wind chill.Torrential rain. Snow, soon turning to prolonged heavy rain. Will finish lateafternoon as snow above 800m.Well, that was the forecast heading in to Friday afternoon and it set me in to a bit of a panic. I decided

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I have just returned from a 2 week trip to the states to see a mate. My mate Richie is a bit of crazy bastard. He does Ironman Triathlons. He loves Ironman so much that he quit his job and applied for a pro license from Triathlon New Zealand. on the 31st of August he had his first start as a pro in the Kentucky Ironman so I decided to head over and support him. For those of you who aren't

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This is the first entry in my blog, and represents the start of an amazing adventure. Next April, I will be taking part in an expedition to Nepal in an attempt to set a world record, and raise loads of money for two very worthwhile charities.So what's this all about? The challenge is pretty straight foward - find two teams of like-minded individuals, fly to Nepal, walk halfway up the highest

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