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Three Peaks Extreme Challenge
With only one month to go until Three Peaks Extreme, we fi nd out how the challengers are shaping up. The team now need your donations – see below for how to pledge your support
Brian Herbert
Training –100 miles cycle per week plus two gym sessions and completed the London to Paris off road as a training ride. February and March were painful, I never knew you could get that cold on a bike. April and May brought better conditions but work became more demanding.
Points of focus are: diet, bike food, cadence, heart rates, physio visits (I had a twisted hip which cycling was aggravating), a fortune spent on kit (on top of bike layout), lower back pain, feeling guilty when leaving my fi ve year old son playing football on his own whilst I squeeze in another training ride, cramps, hydration techniques, on average one stupid driver per week to contend with, killer pot holes, fi nalising routes, and sorting bike and kit transport to Scotland. Brian Herbert – Outdoor Options
Lorraine Hartley
I could say it’s a lifelong challenge achieved, or a great challenge in the name of charity but honestly I just fancy climbing some mountains with a load of landscapers! On a vaguely serious note – I’m a keen walker and spend many weekends exploring the South Downs so
really this is a natural progression. Training, so far so good, there are a few steep hills near me which after a few reps certainly get the heart rate going. I’ve found that downhill muscle groups and strong ankles are just as important as the up-hill muscles, as are knee supports! Lorraine Hartley – Provender Nurseries
The Landscapers Team Brian Herbert – Outdoor Options Richard Gardiner – Norris & Gardiner Paul Downer – Oak View Landscapes Mark Gregory – Landform Consultants John Wyer – Bowles & Wyer
Robert & Cora Crowder – Crowders Nurseries Matt O’Conner – John O’Conner Jim Brasier – Jim Brasier Landscapes Simon Cox – Gavin Jones Darren Skidmore – Skidmores
www.prolandscapermagazine.com Paul Downer
Training on the bike is going well (140-250 miles per week), I’m losing weight, and I plan to start hill-running after a cycling holiday in the Pyrenees in
July. Having worked with/in the trade for so many years, and seen (and been part of) the hardships that can quickly turn into disasters, it’s good to know there is a port of call. I’m looking forward to meeting the rest of the crew and I know it will be tough, but just think of all the endorphins! Paul Downer – Oak View Landscapes
John Wyer
I’m training as hard as I can, given work commitments. Matt O’Conner, Darren Skidmore and I have been doing longer rides. We just did one that was
100 miles (although I did 107m as I got lost!). We have also completed a long ride in the Chilterns which although is only about 80 miles, it’s all hills. I cycled to court (during recent jury service) and back every day across the Chilterns. John Wyer – Bowles & Wyer
Ed Belderbos – Belderbos Landscapes Nigel Bowcock – Acre Landscapes Grant Beerling – Bartholomews Greg Skilbeck – Silverland Stone Andy Moreham – Rochfords
Support Crew & Mountain Climbs: Liz Hughes – Provender Nurseries Lorraine Hartley – Provender Nurseries Dan Riddleston – Bowles & Wyer
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