First practice, tomorrow morning!

Jenn, Zoe and I are going to do our first practice walk tomorrow morning. We've marked out a ten mile loop that starts from where Jenn and I live, goes up around Cornell, through the plantations and back down. I'm hoping that we can make the whole loop in 3 hours or less. If we still have energy after that, we'll do another loop. Having done 20 miles, I think we'll have a better idea of how it would feel to do 50.

For those of you who are thinking of coming with us, I strongly encourage you to make a similar practice walk this weekend. We only have 14 weeks to get into shape, and since most of us won't have time to do 10 mile hikes during the work week, let alone 20+ miles, we need to make the weekends count!

Also, I want to note that our support van is going to have a limited capacity in terms of how many people it can safely and effectively support. So far, we potentially have 6 thru-hikers, although only three are for sure (Me, Jenn and Zoe) as far as I know. The support van can seat 7 passengers. I don't plan on us ever needing to put all the hikers in the van, but I don't want to have more passengers than we have seats in case of emergency. So, if you are definitely coming with us, let me know as soon as possible. I will hold spaces for the three people that Jenn or I have heard from so far (Clarissa, Krysta, and Robyn). If you want to be our lucky #7, now is the time to speak up. After I hear from the seventh person, I'll put other interested parties on a waiting list in case someone drops out.

To be honest, until yesterday, I never would have imagined that 7 people would all want to come on this 300 mile walk. Chuck is even more popular than I thought! Or maybe he just has more crazy friends than most people :) In any case, I would love to open this up for more than 7 thru-hikers, so if there is anyone who wants to provide an additional support vehicle, please email me!