The Challenges Ahead

The Challenges Completed

  • Speak at the WI. Completed 06/01/11
  • Swim in the Sea New Year's Eve. Completed 31/12
  • Create a buffet with 40 different items. Completed 31/12
  • Visit 40 different bars in Guernsey. Completed 31/12
  • Stay in bed for 24 hours. Completed 1800 29/12 -- 1800 30/12
  • Knit a wooly jumper. Completed 29/12
  • Drink 40 different types of beer - Completed 29/12
  • Jerbourg Bridge Swing. Completed 28/12
  • Bath Tub Race - Completed 28/12
  • Boxing Day Dip - Completed 26/12
  • Polar Bear dip on Christmas Day - Completed 25/12
  • Santa Fun Run - Completed 19/12
  • Do my 1st DWS "Do it in your Pants" - Completed 12/12
  • Lion Rock Jump - Completed 12/12
  • Compete 50 climbs outdoors - Completed with "Do it in your pants" 12/12
  • Catch, prepare & BBQ a 5lb Sea Bass. Completed 11/12
  • Save a bro, Grow a Mo. Completed 1/11 - 30/11
  • Work an on-call for free - Completed 12/11 - 18/11
  • Learn to ride a Motorbike. Completed 07/11/10
  • Give Blood. Completed 21/09/10
  • Skydive. Completed 08/09/10
  • Cycle 4 times round Guernsey approx 100 miles - Completed 05/09/10
  • Appear on Local Radio. Completed 03/09/10
  • Stop smoking - Stopped 01/09/10
  • Enter a "Man Powered Flight". Completed 27/08/10
  • Exhibit Vegetables at the North Show. Completed 25/08/10
  • Cycle to work for 40 days. Completed 23/08/10
  • Appear in a Shakespeare Play. Completed 20/08/10
  • Build a scarecrow. Completed 08/08/10
  • Enter the Herm Fun Run. Completed 07/08/10
  • Climb an E1 before the end of summer. Completed 05/08/10
  • Attempt the Havelet Traverse. Completed 01/08/10
  • Climb Snowdon. Completed 15/06/10
  • White Water Rafting. Completed 13/06/10
  • Itex Walk. Completed 05/06/10
  • Rock to Rocque. Completed 30/05/10
  • Lead a climb on the cliffs. Completed 25/05/10
  • Compete in a Triathlon - Completed 25/04/10
  • Mud 'n' Fun run. Completed 13/02/10
  • Go Ormering. Completed 02/01/10

Supporters of the 40 / 40 Challenge

A list of the people, organisations and companies who are supporting the 40 / 40 challenge.
Bowditch Fitness & Nutrition - Training Programme
Island Adventures - Kayak Challenge
Zoe Ash @ The Guernsey Press
Mike Zeller & Carl Ward @ Island FM
Oddsocks - Shakespere Challenge
Guernsey Mountaineering Club - Climbing Challenges
Jenny Kendall-Tobias @ BBC Radio Guernsey

Sunday 14 February 2010

Mud 'n' Fun Run

Well yesterday (13th) was the day of the Mud 'n' Fun run. So off I trotted at 1330 upto the start, not knowing what to expect. When I got there I was amazed, so many people had turned up to run (the highest number I saw was 523), many in fancy dress, there were at least 2 "wedding" parties there, complete with wedding dress and suits. Anyway, whilst waiting for the start it started to snow, but only for a few moments but enough to start thinking why am I doing this? :-)
1400 the hooter was set off and away we went. 1st obstacle nothing special, just a jump down and over a small stream. Looking back it was quite funny as nearly everyone was trying not to get wet! Over the stream across the field then bang.. a nice 2 minute stroll through another stream, not to bad the water was only ankle deep! Across a road, through a few more fields (each getting progressively deeper with mud), then the next thing I can remember is the "reed beds", started off OK the water / mud / cow field run off was about mid calf-on me, until we hit the bend. Bearing in mind I'm 6'4" the water / mud / cow field run off was just below my waist and we had this for about 5 minutes! After that things just got worse! More fields, hill climbs, mud, water it was relentless just has you got warm again after leaving one stream or pond, you hit another. Cargo nets over to Ivy Castle, mud tunnels to crawl through, then the "deep" one. The water over to the wall of Ivy Castle, remember I'm 6'4" tall the water was freezing cold and well over my waist, I did see some people who could hardly stand up in it! Out of the water and scramble up the side of the castle, then onto the "swamp trek" again knee deep water / mud, but having to climb over tree stumps, duck under branches, round bends, the floor was uneven and a couple of deep holes to catch you out.
After the "swamp trek" across open fields again, then I heard the sweetest thing I'd heard for the past hour, "You're heading back now, only anothe mile left" but that last mile included another couple of streams to wade through and then back onto the rugby club fields. Under the cargo net, then a mud crawl. As I was under the fence on the mud crawl I heard someone say "You need to connect the red one to make it live", I laughed thinking there were just messing around, until I saw the batteries and realised it WAS an electric fence!! Once through the mud crawl, across the tyre run, then into the last 2 water hazards, a couple of skips!! But a great place for a "Kodak" moment. All in all I had a great time and did enjoy myself. Would I do it again? Hell yes, bring on 2011!!
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