Walking Calendar 2016

I've posted my walking calendar for 2016 because it outlines what walking means to me in its most basic units: time and distance. It also hints at fitness, stamina, endurance, fortitude and other nice words. Some of the day walks were done alone. All of the larger multi-day walks involved my walking buddy.

Note: these are bare-bones calendar entries and they miss out the details that made those walks unique.

 January

 23rd Jan (Sat): 25 miles (Basingstoke circular/training route)

 TOE INFECTION - OOA until -
[correction: it was gout as I suspected; I was misdiagnosed by the GP]

 February

 21st Feb (Sun): 10/12 miles (Sarah's route around town)

 27th Feb (Sat): 25 miles (Basingstoke circular/training route)

 March

 1st March (Tue): 15 miles (work and back x 5)

 4th March (Fri): 18 miles (out to Sherfield on Loddon via Wildmoor Lane and back)

 6th March (Sun): 20 miles (Winchester to Basingstoke)

 13th March (Sun): 23 miles (Reading to Basingstoke)

 19th March (Sat): 25 miles (Basingstoke circular/training route)

 20th March (Sun): 25 miles (Basingstoke circular/training route)

 25th March (Fri): 25 miles (Basingstoke circular/training route)

 26th March (Sat): 27 miles (Kintbury to Basingstoke via the Wayfarer's Walk)

 27th March (Sun): 20 miles (Reading to Basingstoke)

 Total: 198 miles.

 28th March - 3rd April: REST AND RECOVERY

 April

 10th April (Sun): 10 miles (Old Basing to Cliddesden walkaround).

 17th April (Sun): 35 miles (Basingstoke to Fareham - 10 hrs 43 to reach Fareham, 11 hr 20 full distance), new PB).

 May

 1st May (Sun) 26 miles (Reading to Basingstoke, the long way (6 hours 47).

 2nd May (Mon) 27 miles (Kintbury to Basingstoke via Inkpen Beacon (8 hours)).

 Tue, Wed Rest and Recovery - recurrence of gout.

 Sat 14th May: 25 mile walk (training route), 7 hours 5 mins.

 Thu 19th May 22 miles (training route) 6 hours 43

 West Highland Way 
Day 1 Thu 26th May: Milngavie to Rowardenen - 27 miles, 9 hours. 
Day 2: Rowardenen to Tyndrum - 26 miles, 11 hours 10 mins. 
Day 3: Tyndrum to Kingshouse - 19 miles, 7 hours. 
Day 4: Kingshouse to Fort William - 24 miles, 10 hours.

 Total: 196 miles.

 June

 Saturday 4th June: 21 miles, 7 hours (training route)
Saturday 11th June: 38 miles, 11 hours 10 minutes (Basingstoke canal end-to-end)
Saturday 18th June: 28 miles, 9 hours, Kintbury to Dummer via Combe Gibbet/Inkpen, or the first full section of the Wayfarer's Walk.

 July

 Training walk x 3 (21/22 miles x 2, 16 or 17 last attempt)

 OFF/downtime

 August

 OFF/downtime

 Getting fit again for the Great Glen Way (76 miles/3 days):

 Tuesday 23rd: Basing View to The Raven, Hook (10 miles, 3 hours)

 Thursday 25th: Basing View to The Raven, Hook (10 miles, 3 hours)

 Friday 26th: Basingstoke to Winchester (22 miles)

 Sunday 28th: Reading to Basingstoke (22 miles)

 Tuesday 30th:  training walk (24 miles)

 Total: 88 miles.

 September

 Thursday 1st Sept: hill training on White Hill, Cliddesden (2.5 and a bit hours, something like 5 miles).

 Saturday 3rd Sept: training walk (24 miles)

 Sunday 4th Sept: Reading to Basingstoke (21 miles)

 Friday 9th Sept: 25 miles training walk plus 1 mile.

 Sunday 11th Sept: Reading to Basingstoke , 21 miles, 6 hours 10.

 Friday 16th Sept: training walk, 24 miles, 7 hours 8 mins.

 Saturday 17th Sept: training walk, 24 miles, 7 hours 14 mins.

 Sunday 18th Sept: training walk, 24 miles, 7 hours 57 mins.

 [72 miles in 3 days, over 22 hours in total]

 [Total Sept miles in training before the GGW: 168 miles]

 Great Glen Way:

 Thursday 29th September: Inverness to Invermoriston, about 34 miles, 11 hours 30 mins (in wet boots).
Friday 30th September: Invermoriston to South Laggan, 19 miles, 7 hours (feet ruined).
Saturday 1st October: Laggan to Fort William: about 25 miles, 8 hours 45 mins. (feet ruined).

 Total Sept miles inc. GGW (making Sept into a 31 day month for the purposes of this report): 246 miles. 

 October

 Sunday 16th October: 24 miles, 7 hours 45, training walk.
Saturday 22nd October: 30 miles, 10 hours 14 mins.
Sunday 23rd October: 27.5 miles, 9 hours. 

 Wayfarer's Walk
Saturday 29th October: 38 miles, 12 hours 13 minutes.
Sunday 30th October: 38 miles, 12 hours, 35 minutes.

 END OF SEASON

 Total mileage: 1,057.5


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