Days 5 & 6

Missed a day again! Apologies. Not really much happened on Sunday anyway, definitely nothing pertaining to getting better! I've worked out a new system. 50% of all proceeds go towards Oxfam, however! I must raise 500 pounds overall.

What does upset me a bit, is people thinking this is a holiday for me. Maybe people don't realize how much I really hate holidays haha. I've not been on holiday since I lived with my parents, they bore the HELL out of me, so NO. This is NOT a really long holiday :) Thanks lol.

Had a good training session on Tuesday. Was with a couple of others doing both parkour and freerunning. Some guy took some pictures of us which was nice :)

Apart from that, not much is happening really. Which is a shame, I'll keep you updated on the latest though :)

Days 3 & 4

Sorry, I never posted yesterday, however it was my rest day! I was spending much of my time tidying up my flat a bit and not really doing much in the name of training.

Today hasn't been too active. Did some Urbex (Urban Exploration), climbing, some basic pk stuff, and teaching loads of people the basics many times, dunno why, but I kept seeing random kids jumping about :P

I also did some BMXing for the first time today. Got the hang of pumping, and working my wrists properly. After a while, I felt like I was having a marathon pleasure session with a horny lady. Also saw a grass snake which was amusing, and smelly.

Did some running too, but only about a mile's worth. I've been on my feet the whole time and feel a bit tired out, so I guess it's better than nothing. :)

Got the donate button up. Just click on it to donate any money you want. ;) Read the last post concerning how I'm going to be handling the money.

For donations of 1 pound.

For Donations of 5 pounds.

For donations of 10 pounds

Sorry about the primitive payment method, I haven't learned anything more sophisticated yet :P

Day 2.

Today has been exciting. I did side splits today! First time ever, I wasn't as excited as I could have been, but then it felt the same as any normal stretch, so it just didn't seem different.

I also found out the old Lion Yard library is now an awesome building site with so much stuff to do there training wise it's silly. More scaffold than you could ever need :)

I did another 3 mile run today, I think I'll just do 3 miles a day for this week, and maybe have a rest day at some point. I've nearly recovered from my illness so that feels all good.

Maybe tommorow, I'm going to add something to each blog where you can donate money. Unfortunatly, it's going to be regulated by me, so I can only give you my word I will not use a penny unless I do what I say I will do. The way it'll work, is that a certain amount of cash needs to be raised, and it'll be payed into my paypal account. I will NOT TAKE A PENNY from this paypal account until after the run. If anybody changes their mind and wants their cash back, then I can just give it to them.

14 days after the run I will transfer the money, so all donors have 14 days after the run before asking for money back gets more difficult! This also means, that you can pay money from now until 14 days after my run.

I was quite tempted to add a mile swim for it to be a triathlon, but I'm not so sure. I'm at high enough risk as it is :D

Anyway, I'll keep you updated tommorow and I might add a bit more of my plans for Europe. Goodbye for now. xx

Day 1

Ok so it's been a shaky start.

I'm just recovering from being rather ill for a week. I was very dehydrated and weak and lost a few pounds. I'm just souping up on good food now for my training. I was gonna do a 10 mile run to see how I would fare, but I need to get my body to adjust to my normal lifestyle again. I just did 3 miles after getting out of bed and having a large breakfast. Not the best mixture, but it works. I'm going to do 120 squats too. Time to fish out the tuna. That is not an intended pun so whatever. :P

My sponsored insanity. 91 days...

So basically, I'm going travelling for a year. Maybe more, maybe less. I'm going with a loveleh lass called Poppy, just as friends of course, hopefully we can both learn a lot about language, the world, culture, and have a great time doing it! I'm even thinking of writing a book for gap year students from the journey.

The reason I'm doing this? Well I'm stuck in a rut. I'm too comfortable. I'm unemployed with a council house, I feel stereotyped already, now all I need is a partner to have a kid with and we'll be living the British dream. (The chav Britain equivalent of the American dream obviously). I cannot get into education because I will lose all income and not have the time to work for it. And if I decide to get into employment I will be stuck with something stupid like 'Shop Assistant' or at best, 'Office worker' for the next 20 years of my life. I don't want to spend half of my life working for a corporate chain like most of this sad population so I'm doing something different. I'm going to come back and use my experiences to do something of it, and maybe start up my own shop or outdoor center or something. I dunno yet, but that's the general idea like =)

Just to clarify things before you start reading more drivel from some guy you don't know. That poser on the top left hand corner is me! Shameful I know, but I cannot stand a picture of myself that doesn't have some pose in it.




Ok!! So the sponsored thing is the whole reason I made this blog. I might even keep it once we're done! I understand the general quota for sponsorship is for some registered charity like Oxfam or British Heart Foundation or something boring like that. Don't get me wrong, I love what they do, I even gave money to Oxfam for ages before my bank told me to stop because I kept going over my overdraft.
However, what I'm really interested in is raising money for the trip. Something that people might think is selfish. It's not like the money is being spent on a PS3 or anything... It's charitable, to me, I need it. I do. :( *Sigh*

Although, I figured if I am to convince people to fish up some cash or supplies, I have to do something truly hardcore. Something that really defines a new sense of devotion. A cutting edge display of bravery (Stupidity) and determination (Hopelessness).

I am going to run for 26 miles (A marathon) to a location that houses a bike, with which I will cycle a further 100 miles. By which point (If I manage to get that far without passing out) I will be so dead, that paramedics will have no choice but rush to the scene and have me on a drip for the next week =D

Ok so that might not happen, although I know that this is a challenge that WILL push me physically more than anything I've ever done and will hurt more physically than anything I've done, and I'm not even sure if I can handle it. So I'm going to train up for it and if I fail to finish, I will keep going until my body just can't go anymore.

So as you see, I am really serious about this, and as proof, this blog is a timeline. I give myself 3 months (1st August) to work this out. This is also 91 days!