Point to Pinnacle: D-day
322 days ago, on 31 December 2017, I posted a photo of kunanyi from near the bottom of the university with the caption, “One day, Mountain, I will walk to your summit”. Today, I did it. I didn’t specifically have the Point to Pinnacle in mind when I posted...
Point to Pinnacle: Mount Nelson
My training for the Point to Pinnacle has basically been non-existent for the last three weeks. I have really struggled to get out of bed in the mornings and I’ve been lucky if I’ve managed more than one walk a week. This is Not Good when the event is...
Point to Pinnacle: Fern Tree
Sunday 23 September (57 days to go) Today’s plan was to walk to Fern Tree to see if I have any chance of completing the Point to Pinnacle in 57 days time . . . The official race guidelines say all competitors have to have passed the kunanyi turnoff...
Point to Pinnacle: Truganini Track
Sunday 12 August (97 days to go) Not far from my house is the Truganini Track, which is a 2.1 km medium grade bush walk from the Cartwright Reserve on Sandy Bay Road up to the Mt Nelson Signal Station, an elevation of 350 metres. Ever since I found out...
Point to Pinnacle part 3
A backlog of posts about my Point to Pinnacle experience, being a not overly fit, desk-bound, not-getting-any-younger casual walker. Friday 3 August (106 days to go) I’m going to try to follow the 12-week training plan they have suggested for the event. So that means I’ll start it in...
Point to Pinnacle Part 2
A backlog of posts about my Point to Pinnacle experience, being a not overly fit, desk-bound, not-getting-any-younger casual walker. Wednesday 1 August The Point to Pinnacle entries opened today. I thought I had set myself up a reminder at 7.00 am so I’d remember to go in and enter...
Point to Pinnacle part 1
A backlog of posts about my Point to Pinnacle experience, being a not overly fit, desk-bound, not-getting-any-younger casual walker. 27 July 2018 I like to walk. I go for a 20-minute walk every morning and aim to walk at least 12,000 steps every day. Occasionally, I sign up for...
Silence
Today I picked up a copy of the free magazine published by Penguin Books, underline, which had a feature on a book called Silence: In the Age of Noise by the Norwegian explorer Erling Kagge. I had never heard of Mr Kagge before today, but according to the magazine,...
Accountability – Week 7
Here are last week’s results. 8 glasses of water 4/7 12,000 steps 7/7 10 min morning walk 7/7 Meditate 7/7 Breathing (3x a day) 2/7 No sugar 6/7 No alcohol (M-T) 3/4 Screens off 9.30 (M-T) 3/4 Bed by 10.00 (M-T) 3/4 Bed by 11.00 (F-S) 1/3 Daily gratitude...
More accountability
After saying I was going to post my habit tracker once a week, I promptly forgot the next week. Tsk. So here are the next two weeks of my faltering progress: 21-Aug 28-Aug 8 glasses of water 7/7 7/7 12,000 steps 7/7 7/7 10 min morning walk 6/7 7/7...