We had a great send off from the Tumour Terminators, students and staff at Wentworth Falls Public School. The Terminators go in the City to Surf every year to raise funds for children's cancer. They were a great group of kids with a real commitment to helping others. It was an inspiring start to the day.
The weather was again fine and the first few hours were marked by a wind of about thirty knots. Fortunately it was a tail wind. On a day when most walking was downhill with a tail wind, it seemed less of an effort until the shin splints set in. You can only walk down so many hills before the shins say "enough". I dropped a total of over five hundred metres today. Between the shins and the toes, I'll need quality recovery time tonight.
Thanks to Dr Paul I have been able to prevent a repeat of Wednesday night's hypothermia by looking after myself (or actually have Jan look after me) better than I did coming into Lithgow.
There was a footpath most of the way. It wasn't always cement and
it wasn't always even, but after several days of walking into the oncoming traffic on the side of the road it was a blessing.
Lunch was an average hamburger at the side of the road near Springwood. Jan has had to scout ahead for meals every day to keep up my carbohydrates. Walking is a very time consuming activity and meals need to be short and sweet.
At Emu Plains we were met by Jan's very colourful and very loud friend Red. Red made sure that everyone within a hundred metres or so knew that I had walked there from Orange. It was a different, but enjoyable reception.
I am looking forward to the last day starting at Panthers On The Prowl. Dianne Langmack has been busy organising the start and I am looking forward to walking the first ten kilometres with Dr Andrew Penman, CEO of the Cancer Council of NSW. Andrew is walking with me to celebrate ten years of Relay for
Life.
The weather was again fine and the first few hours were marked by a wind of about thirty knots. Fortunately it was a tail wind. On a day when most walking was downhill with a tail wind, it seemed less of an effort until the shin splints set in. You can only walk down so many hills before the shins say "enough". I dropped a total of over five hundred metres today. Between the shins and the toes, I'll need quality recovery time tonight.
Thanks to Dr Paul I have been able to prevent a repeat of Wednesday night's hypothermia by looking after myself (or actually have Jan look after me) better than I did coming into Lithgow.
There was a footpath most of the way. It wasn't always cement and
it wasn't always even, but after several days of walking into the oncoming traffic on the side of the road it was a blessing.Lunch was an average hamburger at the side of the road near Springwood. Jan has had to scout ahead for meals every day to keep up my carbohydrates. Walking is a very time consuming activity and meals need to be short and sweet.
At Emu Plains we were met by Jan's very colourful and very loud friend Red. Red made sure that everyone within a hundred metres or so knew that I had walked there from Orange. It was a different, but enjoyable reception.
I am looking forward to the last day starting at Panthers On The Prowl. Dianne Langmack has been busy organising the start and I am looking forward to walking the first ten kilometres with Dr Andrew Penman, CEO of the Cancer Council of NSW. Andrew is walking with me to celebrate ten years of Relay for
Life.
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