I will survive (I hope!?!)


You'll know if you follow any of the Orchard team's tweets that we are entering the Men's Health Survival of the Fittest on Saturday 3rd November.



As a senior member of Orchard (and unfortunately I imply age not position!) I thought I'd have a great excuse for not having to take part in this madness, after all I have two children the same age as the youngest members of the team.

I'd have been willing to take a passive role, team photographer or drinks distributor maybe, but no there was no mercy. Apparently I mentioned once that I had a gym membership and that gave me automatic qualification for the team; entry standards were that high!

When the team was submitted 3 months ago, Rob, our team captain, assured us over our Friday KFC lunch, that there was plenty of time to become fit and toned athletes capable of completing the gruelling course in ambitious times. Indeed, there was even talk of what might follow, scaling Kilimanjaro, or Rio 2016!

As the weeks have passed, there has been a growing intensity in training. The Monday sales meeting sounds more like the pre-match talk in a Premier League dressing room!

Then the course was released...



Now we're not defeatists, far from it, and I'm proud of how this has pulled us together, but a certain reality has set in. Team tactics have changed somewhat; we're no longer out to break records, we'll actually be happy to come away without breaking any bones.

I personally think it's going to be hilarious, and it seems by some of the messages left on our Just Giving page that so do some of our supporters.

Take a look and whilst you're at it, it would be great if you could help by supporting us in raising funds for the Wood Street Mission.

For a line up of the team take an look at Rob's earlier blog.

Diane Edwards




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