The DM Lab Team Wye Valley Challenge 2018

We’ve committed to the Wye Valley Challenge!

The Wye Valley Challenge is a 100km walk / jog / run from Chepstow to Hereford. The DM Lab team aren’t strangers to events. Whether they be running, cycling, swimming or canoeing. Over Christmas last year we set our team goals, aside from our important business goals.

We decided to enter the Wye Valley Challenge.

A 100km walk / jog or run along the English / Welsh border. Starting in Chepstow, we’ll make our way to Hereford. This is through woodlands, the limestone cliffs of the Wye Gorge following the river through Tintern on our way to Ross-on-Wye. The half way point. We’ll be scaling Capler Hill to the Iron Age fort, traversing above the river before Hereford’s Cathedral comes into view which marks our finish line.

We’ll be looking to complete the challenge within 24 hours.

In the build up to this, we’ll be undertaking a LOT of training. Because, well, 100km! We’ll be taking part in a number of events throughout the year. Unlike 2016, we’ll not be looking at setting any PBs. No. This is very different to anything we’ve attempted before. So generally getting fitter and stronger is the name of the game.

We’re getting old and we love doing these and keeping active. We both enjoy it and it counterbalances our amazing, but primarily sedentary, day to day jobs. We’re still undecided if we should raise money – we have always tried to do a little where we can but if you guys deem this worthy of fundraising then let us know and we’ll consider it.

We’ll be funding it all ourselves.

As you can see there are some challenging events plus a few fun ones to keep up morale. Yes, pizza run and cider relay, we’re looking at you! We’ll document everything, even, perhaps, the times though we have agreed it’s not a competition. Finishing the 100km is the goal. Not who gets there first!