City Questing
I am hereby announcing my intention of doing another trek around the city of Saskatoon this summer. My proposed date is Saturday July 7th (4am-ish). I'm pretty solid on that date, but I would be willing to negotiate with anyone who is actually serious about coming along for the trip.
There are two things I have learned from my previous attempts:
Here are the links to my trip from last year.
lead-in, ramblings and pictures
There are two things I have learned from my previous attempts:
- Prepare. That is mentally and physically. If you aren't running, or at least walking (a lot) yet... START! With construction and all, we could be looking at 65 km or more. For perspective, that's coming up on 1.5 marathons.
- Involve such family as you have. People walking stretches with me and meeting for picnic lunches, etc... were both encouraging (trust me, it's a long day) and just plain fun. Wendy will be heading up my support committee. If you are going to come along you should have your people talk to my people.
Here are the links to my trip from last year.
lead-in, ramblings and pictures
Comments
I'm going to tentatively say that I'm in for this. I've got good shoes and my legs are stronger than they've been in years.
I'll talk to CPM about this and get back to you with a definite sometime this weekend.
Roughly it breaks down as follows...
8am-ish stop at 11th st esso = 15m
Late-morning breakfast at husky = 40m
Supper Picnic = 1hr
5min break to stretch every hour= 1h15m
Misc family visit breaks/change of socks/shirts = 20min
Non-Walking time = 3hr30min
Walking time = 12hr47min
Ball-park: we walked out the door at 4:30am and got back to my door around 9pm. We started and finished in the dark -- In mid-AUGUST
If you want to tweak the start time a bit, I'm game, but I honestly don't think there is much time to move on the non-walk time without turning the trip into sheer misery. That said, I'd be happy to let you set the pace.
If the total time is getting to you, I suggest you may wish to meet me at the Esso on 11th, though I'd rather have your company for the whole ordeal. That would start you nearer to 7am. If we somehow turned out to be super faster than I expect, you could always drop me at my door and continue the 2-3hr bit from my house to 11th by your lonesome to get the feeling of completion.
I might go for the join up on 11th at 7-8am, and finish the walk on my own. The later night end time doesn't really matter to me.
What sort of timeframe do you try to follow for the other events in your time breakdown? (Like late-morning breakfast? and Supper picnic?) The largest constraint for me is my odd sleep schedule, which requires more strict sleep times. (and lots of them)
Sunrise is currently 4:46am
Our big day -- July 7th -- is 4:55am
Last year's date -- Aug 26th is 6:08am
Times obtained here
I've further annotated this google map. Clicking on the push-pins will give some pictures and exact times for the locations. Hope that gives you some idea.
I'm willing for the trip to be a bit longer, but not too much, if it can at all be helped.