Three Peaks Challenge

DaniettaF

Hi all,

I'm considering doing the national three peaks challenge in summer. For those who don't know it, it's walking up Ben Nevis (10.5 miles), Scafell Pike (6 -9 miles) and Snowden (7 miles) in 24 hours. Yes, I might be mad. A small group at work want to do it for charity, and I couldn't say no.

After all the initial excitement, it's actually hit me how hard this probably be, especially considering I can't run for more than 10 minutes and the only exercise I do is yoga/pilates based.

I'm basically looking for fitness advice to get to the right level for the challenge. How do you train for similar events?

The advice on the website said to work your way up from a half an hour a day to a couple miles a day. Even before I do that I need to work up to running half an hour a day. I was thinking of starting with couch to 5k to start, with a weekend 2 hour walk.

Does this sound about right?

I know in about a month or so when our fitness has slightly improved, we're training in a group and having all day ascent walks to get those thigh muscles going!

Any help would be fantastic!!!

DaniettaF

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