Dove Step Rehab - update

Weather permitting, below is the envisaged schedule for Dove Step Rehab, commencing Friday 18th June and finishing Saturday 19th June. I will stay in Manningtree the night of the 17th so I am ready for a 06:00 (or earlier) start.

If anyone has any contacts with accommodation in Manningtree that would be great! Hit a bad lad up if you can help. 

Dove Step Rehab Day 1

Start Manningtree station

Running stage:

• Stoke By Nayland - 10 miles after approx.. 1.5 - 2 hours. ETA 07:30 - 08:00.
• Sudbury Heritage Centre 26 miles after approx. 4.5 hours. Shoe change and cooked food. ETA 11:00.

Running (if possible) / walking stage:

• Remaining 24 miles walking - Bury St Edmunds. ETA 19:00 - 20:00.

 
Day 1 Finish Angel Hill, Bury St Edmunds.


Dove Step Rehab Day 2

Start Angel Hill, Bury St Edmunds

Running (if possible) / walking stage: 

• 18 miles - Nun's Bridges/ BTO/ Thetford town centre up to 6 hours if walking. ETA 12:00.

Running (if possible) / walking stage:

• Remaining approximately 10 miles to Brandon.
• ETA into Brandon/ Ram pub 15:00 - 16:00.

FINISH THE RAM PUBLIC HOUSE - BIG BEERS

I'd say training is going OK. I still have fitness gains I'd like to make over the next 6 weeks - but life isn't perfect and no lead-in to any Dove Step has been either. My leg aches where I was hit by the car and I still have the threat of corrective surgery lingering. Still, I've got 180 miles hiking and 340 miles run training in the legs so far this year, with discernible progress in terms of both recovery and fitness. 

The overall distance is suitably intimidating, especially the day 1 marathon followed by, effectively, another marathon! Of course, if there was absolute certainty of completing it would not be a challenge and it would not be Dove Step... 

79 miles - 2 days - Dove Step Rehab - another journey for Turtle Doves