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Day 2.
5th Sept 2009
Day 2- Itinerary
Morning
Kayak Orienteering Challenge - 9 miles
Trek Orienteering Challenge - 10 miles
Afternoon
Bike Orienteering Challenge 29 miles
How it Happened
Morning
Wake up at 6 take the tent down, hobble to breakfast then down to the lake for the 9 mile kayak challenge.
We get off to a good start, bag all but one of the check points and get back with a few minutes to spare and it still not even 10 o'clock.
Quick change out of our wet clothes. Now we have the 10 mile hike, Paul and I are hobbling like pensioners with old hips. Warrens walking on egg shells but lucky Johney's still bouncing like tigger.
We set off walking, there is no way we can run, but the muscles warm up and we tentatively break out into the occasional run. We get to the far end of the lake but now we have to get back in 40 minutes or we'll be disqualified. We can barely walk let alone run but if we don't we'll loss all our points.
We start to run, I start to run, its time to dig deep! I can't explain the pain shooting through my legs, knees, hips. But the mind set is, it hurts when you walk so why not run.
We ran all the way back and get in with 30 seconds to spare.
Afternoon
A quick lunch, the third change of clothes and its still not 1 pm then onto the bikes - we can do that but are our bodies shot?
No problem, totally different muscles, feel like a new man. We're off blasting up and down muddy tracks. We get to every check point and are first back to camp. Only five and half hours on the bike. The problem is walking after you get off the bike!
Off Warren and I go to the doctor, his feet are bad, I've got shin splints, lots of pain killers help.
The luxury of being first back is we get the hot showers to ourselves. Plenty of time to relax, eat, plan tomorrow's 30 mile bike challenge.
At 10 they finally announce the scores, some teams have only just got into camp. The Chess Nuts are no longer in last place - good news! There's hope. Matt and Mike actually had to carry Lucy on the hiking challenge.
We've moved up from 5th place and are now in second only 15 points behind the leaders. Can we do it tomorrow?
Just before we finally pass out I decide to remove the plaster from my little toe that is oozing something very unpleasant - big mistake! All the skin and the nail comes off. I thought I was in pain this morning but it was nothing compared to this. My team mates find this hilarious. Luckily Paul does the decent thing and straps it up till the Doctor can take look in the morning.
Time to sleep.
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