With a definite target at the end of May, the training now has a purpose. The LDWA has started a Facebook page for entrants only so I’ve joined that. It looks as though a lot of people, Covid permitting, are planning on walking a previous hundred route or picking all or part of a long…
Y 100 Sir Fynwy
Y 100 Sir Fynwy 2
I was just checking to see if my only event for the year, A Coventry Way, would actually be taking place in April (it is – at the moment) when I though about the LDWA Hundred. The LDWA Hundred is the flagship event of the Long Distance Walking Association. Last year because of the Covid…
Virtual Y100SF Summary
Over the weekend of 23rd and 24th May, using a combination of treadmill and real outdoors walking, I managed to cover a distance of ONE HUNDRED MILES. Every year, the Long Distance Walkers Association (LDWA) hold a one hundred mile endurance event. Of course, with this year’s restrictions, this event could not be held. However,…
The Virtual Y100 Sir Fynwy – Day 2
I didn’t sleep well. My right thigh was hurting a little and I just couldn’t get comfortable enough to nod off. Eventually I did but was awoken by my alarm at 05:00 hrs. Last night’s dog walk must have tired them out as they usually wake me up instead of the other way around –…
The Virtual Y100 Sir Fynwy – Day 1
After months weeks of ‘training’, the big day had finally arrived. The dogs had me up at the usual silly o’clock but they were NOT going walkies before nine o’clock and the start of the virtual Y 100 Sir Fynwy one hundred mile walk. Initially, when this crazy idea was first mooted, the coronavirus restrictions…