Raring to Go !

About half an hour until the start of the Virtual Y 100 Sir Fynwy. I have had breakfast, dressed in my outdoor walking kit and have the dogs on standby. A little before nine, I think, we should have an address by the LDWA president who will start us on our way. The first leg…

The Final Countdown

Following on from yesterday’s kit check, an email arrived on the virtual doormat this morning. This particular communication was from the Y100SR team with final instructions ahead of tomorrow’s Hundred. It gave details of the tracker on which each individual can log their progress. The tracker goes live at 09:00 Saturday morning with the checkpoints…

Kit Check

Less than two days to go until the start of the Virtual & 100 Sir Fynwy. Because of the expected mileage this coming weekend, I am not doing too much this week in the lead up ( it’s what we called tapering ). Four miles on Monday, Five Tuesday, Four yesterday and a couple this…

Only Four More Sleeps

It’s Tuesday afternoon and only four sleeps away from the start of the Virtual Y 100 Sir Fynwy. The ‘proper’ Y 100 Sir Fynwy was to have taken place this weekend with walkers trying to cover the one hundred miles over the Bank Holiday weekend. However, coronavirus has put paid to anything like that but…