Training
400 miles, pulling 100kg’s. Training involves a lot of miles, blisters, & towing tyres.
Sunday 30th July - Summer Tough Guy
We have searched the world amongst military and security forces to find any unit with a more demanding ONE DAY survival training ordeal. The US Navy S.E.A.L.S. 'Grinder' Assault Course is our nearest rival. We admire that no S.E.A.L. would ever desert a colleague and that on completion of each endurance discipline they shout 'Hoo-yah', their own unique cry of triumph. Tough Guy has the Buddy Devotion and now we have our own cry - 'Yohimbe'. Only on completion of the event will you be told the derivation of the word.
Tough guy is open to individuals and teams. The event is uniquely fear ridden and you need to be fit in both body and spirit to survive the ordeal. You will not be alone, thousands will be by your side. There you will find the true spirit of Tough Guy.
Saturday 2nd September - Ace Race – Cannock
Adventure racing including running, mountain biking - To read Emlyn’s blog of the event, click below!
Saturday 9th September - Dynamic Adventure race – South Downs
Adventure racing including running, cycling and night navigation
Saturday 16th September - Questars Race – Wiltshire
Adventure racing including running, cycling and kayaking
Sunday 8th October - Polar Race organised training day
A day organised by the Polar Race team. Allocation of responsibilities, detailing what the race rules are, learning about the Polar Bears! We’ve got to learn about our health on the ice, as well as the particular hazards. Other simple things need to be learnt such as who to pack food!
Wednesday November 14th to Sunday November 19th- The Shakespeare Way Walk
This will be our own self imposes “Test” ahead of Christmas. To see whether the training we’ve done over the summer has got us in better shape than when we walked Hadrians Wall at Easter. The Shakespeare Trail walk starts at the Globe theatre in London, and finishes in the Bard’s home town of Stratford-upon-Avon. We will cover close to 150 miles over 5 days. That’s 30 miles a day in what we hope will be foul weather and early evenings. It’s going to be a test!
Sunday 3rd December - Polar Race organised Gun handling & GPS day
Practical use of GPS
Gun handling
Saturday 6th January - Polar Race Organised Weekend - Get me out of here weekend - Fitness wake up call
Tent handling
Stove handling
Practical GPS work
Sledge/harness demo
Sunday 7th January - Polar Race Organised Weekend - Get me out of here weekend - Fitness wake up call
Tent handling
Stove handling
Practical GPS work
Sledge/harness demo
Saturday 3rd February - Polar Race Organised Weekend - How to become a film director? - Theory behind camera work
Practical Application
Epirbs Training
How to pack
Sunday 4th February - Polar Race Organised Weekend - Medical and satellite phone training Medical seminar
Sat phone seminar
Sat phone practical
13th – 19th February - Cross country ski training
Whilst our friends are going to be away enjoying the downhill elements of a ski holiday, we’re going to putting on the Nordic ski’s and pushing testing out our cross country ski technique. If you see us going against the flow of traffic on a red run in the European Alpes, please remember to wave!
Preparing to walk 400 miles is a funny one. Anyone can walk. But it’s the stamina that the team have got to build up, and the ability to condition the body into doing it day after day, without being pained too much by blisters & sore tendons. Our training has involved everything from participating in adventure races, to sitting in the tent in the rain. Our weekend training schedule is detailed below, just to give you an idea of quite what we’ve been doing to get ourselves ready.
Saturday 28th October - The Polar Horizon Charity Ball!!
The Polar Horizon Ball is being held at the Stratford Manor hotel, just outside of Leamington Spa. It promises to be a superb event with 250 attendees, 4 course meal, charity auction, live music, and a few little surprises! For information on the Polar Horizon Ball, click on the link below!
Sunday April 1st - Departure for the North Pole.
Click here to read Emlyn’s blog of the ACE race! >>
Click here to read John’s blog from the Polar Horizon Ball! >>
Click here to read Al’s blog of the ACE race! >>
Click here to read John’s blog of the Questars race! >>
Sunday 1st October- The Great North Run
A half marathon. Just to see whether the lads can run that far. We are expecting excessive chaffage and a lot of lubed up nipples.
Click here to read John’s blog of the Great North Run! >>
Click here to read Al’s blog from the Shakespeare Way walk >>
Click here to read Em’s blog from the Gun handling day >>
Click here to read Al’s blog from the weekend >>
Click here to read John’s blog from the weekend >>
Click here to read John’s blog from the Norway trip >>
Click here to read Al’s blog from the Norway trip >>
Click here to see the video from the Norway trip >>
Saturday 17th March - Charity Truck Pull & Leaving party!
A couple of weeks before we depart we are going to spend the day of March 17th pulling a Squab Group truck around the Warwickshire countryside....in the evening though, please come and join us at the Fox pub in Leamington Spa for our leaving party! For further details on what’s being planned please click on the Events button at the top of the page!
Click here to see the photo’s from the truck pull & leaving party >>
Click here to read Em’s farewell blog >>
Click here to see the photo’s from the Race! >>
