1st Trailwalker Training on July 30

I have started my 1st trailwalker training on July 30. It was tough! It was raining.. the route was muddy! I didn't know I was stepping on the mud or the shit! Participants are Yvonne, Adrian, Ben, Adam, Sam (Shook) and I. Adam and Sam are not trailwalker this time. They just came being our company. We walked Section 1 and 2 of Maclehose Trail. We started at 8:07am and finished at 3:55pm. We took about 1 hour lunch break.

I woke up really early in that morning. Strange! I don't want to wake up during weekdays for work. But I woke up so early on Saturday for training. This is what we called... Motivation!

We took a cab from Diamond Hill MTR station to Pak Tam Chung and started walking under shower. It was quite relaxed at the begining but it didn't last. Even though I had a big breakfast, I started to feel hungry at around 11am. I quickly ate a piece of choc but still felt no energy. And I got cramp on my legs. Adrain and Ben were very nice to help me out and stretching my legs. They even carried the bag for me for a while. Yvonne lent her hiking stick to me. This is what a team is for!

We finally reached the little grocery shop/restaurant and we could have real food! Gosh! All of us were really hungry!! We took about 1 hour break and started our journey again! I felt I had energy back! But my feet.... I got 6 blisters out of my 10 toes!! We also got a bit of sun burn, too! What a good experiece!

We were so tired after the walk. Adrian and I took mini bus to Kwun Tong together from Sai Kung. We both felt asleep in the mini bus! I got a bit of muscle pain on my legs.. not too bad.. but the blisters.... huh.. But I won't give up! (even though my dad said I am crazy! ) This really motiviate me! Now, I know I need more training! I need a pair of good hiking shoes! nice backpack etc.. And I bought Vaseline as well. We are going to buy hiking shoes together tonight! I will continue to write down our training experience til the big day, Nov 11 to 13.

Wish us luck! :)

P.S. I saw Adrian stepping on the ox shit! heheheeh