My First Challenge

For my first challenge, I decided to take part in a 12 mile sponsored charity walk from Broughton to Salisbury Cathedral in Hampshire. I’m definitely not an active person and so although it wasn’t a marathon, it would still require some training and definitely push me beyond my comfort zone of sitting on the sofa with a glass of wine watching a movie! The best thing is its free, what a bonus!! And there was the added appeal of spending the day with friends, having a picnic, enjoying the views and just generally having a giggle whilst toning my legs, bum and tum! As the walk was for a charity, there was no way I wasn’t going to complete it, the feeling of failure would be worse than the gruelling miles ahead of me.

As much as my legs ached for those last couple of miles (and the next few days), I can honestly say I loved it and will definitely be enjoying more walks in the future. The walk itself was spectacular and so much fun, even with the daunting hills that were determined to dampen our mood! By the end i was cursing them! However everyone was in fantastic spirits and it definitely helped that I achieved it with friends as we encouragingly kicked each other up the bum to keep going. The feeling of achieving this definitely made up for all the aches and pain and i'm now looking forward to attempting my next challenge. Bring it on!!