Week 4 - 60 days to go!

What a great week! The extra holiday on Anniversary Day, Monday allowed for Brent and I to slip in another quick 19km trot up Maungawhau and Owairaka. Hoorah! It was an excellent chance to try out our new 'Skins' compression gear which worked remarkably well! We have clocked up another 64kms this week, the highlight of which was a 21km night walk at Stillwater organised by the Oxfam people on Saturday night. This was the first time that our whole 'team' of 4, has been out together and it was an excellent test of how well we went on off-road tracks and in darkness. We completed the 21kms in 4hrs and were mostly still feeling pretty chipper at the end. All of us enjoyed the 'off-road' stuff, the scenery was beautiful and we managed to pick up some excellent tips for the 100km event, both from the organisers and those who had done it before (-yes...I know, you all think we are mad doing it once, BUT there are people out there who are doing it for their third or fourth time!)
I forgot to tell you all last week that Brent and I played our first 'gig' for Oxfam at the Tuakau Tavern and as well as collecting our fee that went straight to Oxfam, the Bar Manager also passed the hat around at the end of the night for further donations to the tune of $64.40. What an awesome gift - we were stoked!
We have been thrilled by the response we have had from friends and family to sponsor us in this endeavour and support Oxfam.
Just a little reminder of why we are doing this;

Oxfam go into areas immediately after disaster strikes and firstly restores water and sanitation.

You can help Oxfam right now by donating directly through our webpage on the following link

http://www.oxfam.org.nz/events/teams.asp?a=show_team_pages&eventid=24&teamid=4064

In the top right hand corner click on the

'Make a Difference DONATE NOW' button

You will be emailed a tax deductible receipt and these donations will show up against our team name - Loose Coverz.

That's all from us for this week. Coming soon to this blog space.....the support team strategy meeting; tackling the 70km Hillary track and dealing with all of those blisters and injury niggles that creep in as the mileage increases........I don't know about you, but I can hardly wait!!! :)
p.s. don't forget to check out the new pictures of Kathryn (as promised!) and the team doing our night walk (aren't those headlamps we are wearing impressive!!)