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I have now managed to clock up a total of 140km. The last 50km really put the shoe to the test on the dusty high trails of the Annapurna region in Nepal, from Birethanti through Gorepani, Tatopani and on to Beni. The trails were steep ascents and descents on rocky, uneven steps, hot and dusty 4×4 tracks and local mountain trails. This is definitely the type of terrain that the shoe excels in. They felt remarkably stable, and had excellent grip. They were cool in the heat, and the sole is looking surprisingly new without any detectable wear and tear. The shoe let in a lot of dirt, but nothing big enough to cause rubbing or blisters. So far I am impressed and thinking of the next place to put them through their paces.
Steve Clark
http://www.ukgear.com
April 5th, 2011 | adventure race, Adventure Racing, Adventure Travel, cancer run, Challenge, Charity Challenge, Charity Challenges, charity dog sledding, Charity Events, charity run, charity trek, Comic Relief, Comic relief desert trek, Comic relief Kilimanjaro trek, Corporate, Corporate Event Solutions, Corporate Experience, corporate experiences, Corporate in the community, Corporate Social Responsibilty, CSR, CSR Projects, desert trek, Dog Sled, Dog sledding, Endurance, Everest Base Camp, fund raising ideas, fundraising, fundraising marathon, Himalayas, Just Events, Just for Fun, kilimanjaro, Marathon, Namib, Namibia, Nepal, open event, Raise funds for the charity of your choice, Runner, Running, Social Enterprise, South Downs Way, Team, Team Building, teambuilding, Trek, trek for charity, ultra marathon, wilderness running | No Comments | 
FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF THE PT-1000 ROAD AND TRAIL RUNNING SHOE
So far I have covered 90km with equal mix of road and trail running. This also includes the extremely wet and muddy South Devon Costal Marathon in February. First impressions are very good. It appears to be a very robust shoe, perfect for racking up the mileage in training. I love the idea that these shoes are built to last as I always get very attached to good running shoes and often mourn my loss when they disintegrate after a couple of months splashing through the soggy trails of Devon and Somerset
For a robust hard wearing shoe, they are comparatively light and the first thing I noticed is how comfortable and stable they are to run in. Personally I would say that they are better suited to the roads, rather than the winter trails I use. Dry and hard trails would be no problem, but they tread doesn’t cope well with wet, slippy and muddy hills, but you can’t expect a shoe to do everything, and they are a very good all rounder. They are definitely my new choice for racking up the training miles, before putting on a more specialist shoe for grip in muddy trail races. So far so good, and looking forward to putting them thoroughly to the test over the coming year. Next stop this month is the hot dusty trails of Nepal to see how they cope with an adventure race. I imagine that they will do much better in this environment.
Steve Clark
http://www.ukgear.com
March 8th, 2011 | adventure race, Adventure Racing, Adventure Travel, cancer run, Challenge, Charity Challenge, Charity Challenges, Charity Events, charity run, Endurance, Everest Base Camp, fund raising ideas, fundraising, fundraising marathon, Himalayas, Just Events, Just for Fun, kilimanjaro, Marathon, Namib, Namibia, Nepal, open event, Raise funds for the charity of your choice, Runner, Running, Trek, trek for charity, ultra marathon, wilderness running | No Comments |
Why not set yourself a challenge for 2011? We all set New Year’s resolutions some we keep some we don’t but why not go the extra mile and set yourself a challenge that will not only get you fit but also raise funds for a charity close to your heart.
We have some great trips for 2011 including a Norway Sea Kayak trip, dog sledding adventures, Namibia Ultra marathon, climbing Kilimanjaro or Just Walk – all allowing you to raise funds for the charity of your choice.
We’ve just had a trip come back from Nepal and the feedback has been excellent. So if you join us you too could be saying….
- Amazing
- fantastic
- trip of a lifetime
- visiting great places off the beaten track
- met some amazing people
- sunrise on the peak the most amazing I’ve ever seen, bought a tear to my eye
- life changing experience
- Doing something that matters, raising money for charity
- increased confidence
- increased self esteem as I reached the summit
So why not join us in 2011 on one of our fantastic adventures?
January 4th, 2011 | Adventure Racing, Adventure Travel, cancer run, Challenge, Charity Challenge, Charity Challenges, charity dog sledding, Charity Events, charity run, charity trek, Chichester, Corporate, Corporate Event Solutions, Corporate Experience, corporate experiences, Corporate in the community, Corporate Social Responsibilty, CSR, CSR Projects, Dog Sled, Dog sledding, Endurance, fund raising ideas, fundraising, fundraising marathon, Just Events, Just for Fun, Just Walk, kilimanjaro, Marathon, Namib, Namibia, open event, Raise funds for the charity of your choice, Runner, Running, South Downs Way, Team, Team Building, teambuilding, Trek, trek for charity, ultra marathon, West Sussex, wilderness running | No Comments |
Across the Divide expedition doctor and Medical Director of the Namibia Ultra Marathon Dr Amy Hughes describes her role of the Kent Air Ambulance HEMS doctor to ‘She’ magazine in their December issue
Dr Amy Hughes is currently a specialist registrar in pre-hospital care working for the Helicopter Emergency Medical Team (HEMS) in Kent. She has been involved in expedition medicine for the last 7 years, providing medical cover for all extremes of environments, including developing and leading the medical cover for a desert ultra marathon. She is involved extensively in teaching of expedition medicine and recently took over as medical director of Expedition and Wilderness Medicine. Amy completed the Diploma of Tropical Medicine in 2006, has a European Masters in Disaster Medicine and is en route to gaining a Post Graduate Certificate in Aeromedical Retrieval and worked initially as an expedition medic and more recently as the Medical Director for ATD’s Namibia Ultra Marathon.
To read more follow this link Dr Amy Hughes Expedition Medicine PDF
December 30th, 2010 | adventure race, Adventure Racing, Adventure Travel, Charity Challenge, Charity Challenges, charity trek, Corporate Event Solutions, Corporate Experience, corporate experiences, Endurance, fund raising ideas, fundraising, Namib, Namibia, Raise funds for the charity of your choice, Running, wilderness running | No Comments |
Cathy Burgess visited Namibia last year with ATD to complete a project in a remote village. Cathy and the team were all fundraising for their own chosen charities and had spent months training and fundraising.
The project was to work on the kitchen which was in a state of disrepair. They had to start by dismantling the existing structure and build a new one to house the kitchen area, which is used to make meals for the 200 day pupils. So a really worthwhile project.
Found out how they got on and the surprise visitors.
Cathy’s Blog
November 22nd, 2010 | adventure race, Adventure Travel, Challenge, Charity Challenge, Charity Challenges, Charity Events, charity trek, Corporate, Corporate Event Solutions, Corporate Experience, corporate experiences, Corporate in the community, Corporate Social Responsibilty, CSR, CSR Projects, Endurance, fundraising, Just Events, Just for Fun, Namib, Namibia, open event, Raise funds for the charity of your choice, Social Enterprise, Team, Team Building, Trek, trek for charity | No Comments |
They say every photo tells a story. So what’s this guys story?
No right or wrong answer but the most interesting will win a prize.
So imagine away and let us know the story behind this chap who we met in Namibia.
Leave a message on the blog or email Julie@acrossthedivide.com
October 6th, 2010 | Adventure Travel, Challenge, Charity Challenge, Charity Challenges, Charity Events, charity trek, Corporate in the community, fundraising, Just Events, Just for Fun, Namib, Namibia, open event, Raise funds for the charity of your choice, Team, Team Building, Trek, trek for charity | No Comments |
Ryan took part in the Namibia Ultra marathon this May - a 126km race to be completed in just 24 hours – our most extreme event!
The race is across the vast expanse of desert, through the endless space of gravel plains framed by distant ridges and mountains, past dramatic upheavals of granite inselbergs and all under the clearest of blue skies during the day and a full moon during the night. Not only that you will be completely self reliant from the start of the marathon til the end, and will need to carry all your food and equipment on their backs. Water stations and medical tents will be provided at 21km intervals along the route. And to top it all off temperatures are in the region of min 5ºc / max 36 ºc but could be more extreme!
Read how Ryan got on.
September 22nd, 2010 | adventure race, Adventure Racing, Adventure Travel, cancer run, Challenge, Charity Challenge, Charity Challenges, Charity Events, charity run, Endurance, fundraising, fundraising marathon, Journal, Just Events, Just for Fun, Namib, Namibia, open event, Raise funds for the charity of your choice, Runner, Running, ultra marathon, wilderness running | No Comments |
ATD Director Steve Clark is an ultra runner junkie! He likes nothing better than to take off with his dog for lengthy runs in and around Somerset. Having completed the London and Edinburgh marathons he took on the MDS. After these challenges he wanted something different so he set up our portfolio of adventure races. Including the Namibia 24 hour Ultra Marathon, the Iceland Laugavegur Ultra and the Grand Canyon 24 hour Ultra.
It is hoped that this article will give the first time ultra marathon runner some pointers about how to approach a training programme for their first race. Because the prospect of completing an ultra is so daunting, many runners set an unrealistic training programme that involves too much training too soon. This will more often than not lead to an early injury that prevents the runner from training.
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August 18th, 2010 | adventure race, Adventure Racing, Adventure Travel, cancer run, Challenge, Charity Challenge, Charity Challenges, Charity Events, charity run, Corporate, Corporate Event Solutions, Corporate Experience, Endurance, fundraising, fundraising marathon, Just Events, Just for Fun, Marathon, Namib, Namibia, open event, Raise funds for the charity of your choice, Runner, Running, Team Building, ultra marathon, wilderness running | No Comments |
The first thing that people ask me with when I talk about running ultra marathons is why I do it? Most just cannot comprehend why anyone would enjoy such a sport. This is not an easy question to answer because let’s face it, running further than a marathon is a very painful experience and hardly what most people would class as a fun day out.
On a very basic level marathons just don’t do it for me. I have only ever run two, the London and Edinburgh marathons, and whilst both are great events, I had no desire to run another. All I was ever going to do was try and beat my own time by training harder and quite frankly I think that there is a whole lot more to life than running.
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June 22nd, 2010 | adventure race, Adventure Racing, Adventure Travel, Challenge, Charity Challenge, Charity Challenges, Charity Events, charity run, charity trek, Corporate Event Solutions, Corporate Experience, corporate experiences, Corporate in the community, Corporate Social Responsibilty, CSR, Endurance, fundraising, Just Events, Just for Fun, Marathon, Namib, Namibia, open event, Raise funds for the charity of your choice, Runner, Running, Social Enterprise, Team, Team Building, ultra marathon, wilderness running | No Comments |
