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Kevin Gallagher
(hardcore hill climber with a score to settle!)
The Caledonian Challenge - 24 hours to walk 54 miles non-stop on the West Highland Way from Fort William to Loch Lomond.
I had asked Carolyn to get me fit enough to achieve this in a faster time than I had previously. She targetted the specific muscle groups to allow me to maintain momentum on the uphill stretches, of which there were plenty, but particularly over the last 20 miles or so.
Not only did she prepare me really well for this, finishing in 22hours 16 minutes, but the nutritional advice and diet plans she provided for our training and then again to boost our perfrormance during the Walk itself, proved invaluable.
Our team all finished well ahead of their expected times and we know this was largely down to the good advice on food and liquid intake over the 24 hours.
We still had enough energy left to party well into the next morning.
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