My 2022 challenge is locked in!
Although this year I won’t be alone, a good friend of mine Jamie Kinch will be also completing this challenge. I’ve known Jamie for nearly 20 years, starting our friendship on the rugby field with a killer 10/12 combination (for those of you that know rugby, I used to call a hell of a lot of S1 moves). We played together for a number of years and had many laughs along the way. We are very like minded when it comes to exercise and wanting to challenge ourselves. Its been over 10 years since we both did our first triathlon together, a wet summers night at Dorney Lake. Jamie to this date is still yet to beat me at a race (when entered together). Jamie then decided to head across the pond to work in the US of A and although far apart we have always kept in contact. We even managed to cycle across 3 states when I visited Jamie and family a couple of years ago. A ride that caught me off guard only a few months after JOGLE. Didn’t have anything in the legs, yet the lobster roll on the way home was so worth it! The surprising thing about that ride was Jamie beforehand suggesting that we wear matching tops, he then went on to suggest a top that i already owned! See I told you we were similar!
After a number of different challenges between the pair of us, cycling across Europe, JOGLE, Ultramarathons, Ironman 70.3 and full distance Ironman. We were both looking for the next challenge. After me finishing The Roc Tri last year and a debrief call with Jamie saying it was the hardest thing i have ever physically completed, we set out to look for a new challenge and maybe meeting somewhere new to do it.
So we’ve decided to travel half way round the world to embark on an epic 6 day multi event challenge. Together we are each going to run 45.4, cycle 144.2 and kayak 37.6 miles over the course of 6 days through Patagonia’s Glaciers, with over 10,000 ft of elevation gain!
This is opening up some new disciplines for both of us, kayaking is going to be new to both, yet running further than 15 miles is going to be something I haven’t done before. Yet to top that off I will not only have to run further than I ever have before, but back it up with 2 in 2 days!
For some people any one of these stages would be an achievement, yet we have picked a challenge that has 6 epic stages back to back.
Our flights are booked and we will be heading via a night in Buenos Aires in late November. We have 8 months to get in shape for this and I already have the training plan open and ready to be updated. Again this will be new for me as I have to build up running stamina and miles, but with a back to back marathon in mind at the end of it. All of which has to be juggled around bringing up a puppy! Only another 4 months to wait until she can come running with me though!
Full transparency in that we would get a part refund on our entry fee if we raise over £5,000 each. So we have decided to create a joint page where we hope to raise £10,000 for Children with Cancer. So if you feel like you want to contribute, as much or as little as you can, please head over to our Just Giving page for more information.
I Just Felt Like Cycling 