The Regime

What do I need to prepare for?
125 miles of waterways. Approximately 24 hours of near non stop paddling. 77 portages where I will have to hoist my share of a 20+kg boat and kit and carry it around a few obstacles.

My plan in the early days of training here is to build up my endurance first.

After having read all I can on personal training I have put together a bit of a weekly regime that will build on some key muscle groups. I have a hill not far from where I work (the Wrekin) which is 1335ft up which I plan to dash up and down. I have the kayak which I intend to put on the river, minimum of twice a week, and then I am converting the spare room into a bit of a home gym which I will do some work in as well.

So starting on Monday 29th of September my evenings after work are going to be filled with exertions and sweat before I put on the Playstation.

Monday.
Run to the top of the Wrekin and back down again. The run is approximately 3 miles, elevating 407 metres and back down.
My initial goal for this is a fairly conservative 30 minutes.

Tuesday.
Home gym.

Wednesday.
The Wrekin again.

Thursday.
Home Gym again.

Friday.
Kayaking. Paddle from Ironbridge to Buildwas rapids and back. Approx 3.5 miles round trip.

Saturday
Rest day.

Sunday.
Kayaking. Frankwell to Water pumping station. Approx 5 mile round trip.

That should do for week one. I’ll asses how well I did at the end of the week and adjust week two accordingly. Adding more reps, quicker times, longer distances etc. etc.