WEEK 3 - 67 Days to go!

Thanks to all those who have responded either as followers or by email to this madness we are involved in! Much appreciated! This week clocked up 70km in our quest for fitness and we have welcomed a new member, Kathryn Sandford, into our team. We have seen Kathryn on Owairaka since we started walking up there each morning and have exchanged pleasantries. She has a wonderfully warm personality and positive outlook which is what drew us to her. So, last week, after our usual greetings I said to Brent - what about that lady? Kathryn obviously has a great sense of adventure, because I'm sure that the majority of us women would have turned and fled at the sight of a sweaty bald man running after them yelling and waving his arms. instead she stoppped and came back, and unlike countless others did not immediately balk at the sound of 100km. We exchanged numbers and were to phone her the following day after providing her with the website to go check out this walk. On catching up with Kathryn the following morning we were thrilled to hear that she was keen - in fact a defininte yes!! It wasn't till our planned Saturday morning 30km hike that we found out 'the rest of the story'. Kathryn had been at friends on the Friday night telling them about this Oxfam Trailwalker that she had agreed to take part in as a team - you know 25km each. When her friends started laughing she had no idea what was so funny until they told her that she had in fact signed up to do the full 100km. At this point, poor Kathyrn was gob-smacked, slack-jawed and in definite need of at least one, if not more, stiff drinks! To her credit - she turned up on Saturday and completed the 30km with ease, no aches, pains or stiffness - AWESOME! (photo of Kathryn to follow).
We are now 'fully registered' for the TrailWalker and are required to fundraise at least $2500 before April 10th to support Oxfam. To those people who have already pledged financial support a huge thank you. AND if there are any others out there who would like to make a financial contribution of any size to this very worthy cause we would be most grateful. Please either leave a comment on the blog with your contact details or email us direct on bb.xian@gmail.com or brentonrice@gmail.com. All donations are tax deductable and are not required until the end of March 2010. Have a great week further. Catch you on Sunday with next weeks update. Bless ya! :)