Tuesday 5 May 2009
Smiles...
Still smiling, though there's fourteen miles to go (taken just after the small video clip below). Over £800 so far on the JustGiving site!
Monday 4 May 2009
Finished!
Finished in less than six hours - 5:59:21; hurrah!
Ivan and I started right at the back along with many of the walkers, and it took us over eight minutes just to reach the start line where the timing chip was registered.
Unfortunately the chain vest seems to have interfered with the timing chip in my number (74), so there's no exact recording of my time. Fortunately Ivan was running right beside me for the duration so I can use his chip time - 5:59:21, on a clock time of 6:07:42.
Results here
Ivan and I started right at the back along with many of the walkers, and it took us over eight minutes just to reach the start line where the timing chip was registered.
Unfortunately the chain vest seems to have interfered with the timing chip in my number (74), so there's no exact recording of my time. Fortunately Ivan was running right beside me for the duration so I can use his chip time - 5:59:21, on a clock time of 6:07:42.
Results here
Sunday 3 May 2009
1 day to go
The best word for today is "trepidation".
JustGiving currently gives the total raised as £735, which is the silver lining on tomorrow's forecast of rain, more rain, followed by some heavy rain then just rain again.
JustGiving currently gives the total raised as £735, which is the silver lining on tomorrow's forecast of rain, more rain, followed by some heavy rain then just rain again.
Saturday 2 May 2009
Construction tools
I made the vest over seven or so months, starting with a lot of 2mm steel fencing wire. Coil it round an 8mm metal rod, cut into lots of rings, join rings together, close rings up.
Lots more on making mail can be found on the web, my original inspiration was a simple page here.
2 days to go
Vest all tidied up, sleeves trimmed and so forth. Final weight, 11.3 kg or 25 lb (and possibly an kilo or two if I finish a coif by Monday).
The mail tries to saw its way through my shoulders, so running needs some padding - two small sections from one end of an exercise mat. I've tried a selection of soft materials, and so far this is the best, though it makes the remaining exercise mat slightly less useful.
Something is niggling in my mind that I should be eating lots of pasta. Or maybe that's tomorrow.
It's a good day today, so picking up the race pack will be a great excuse for a gentle dander round Sir Thomas and Lady Dixon park in Belfast; recommended if you ever have the chance to pass by.
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