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Challange #2. GR 10 training begins So, I'm going to walk the GR10 (well that's the plan). This challange which will be the entire month of Dec (I don't like the fact there is a week rest between challanges) will focus on; Diet - Don't take office snacks (celibrations) in Dec. (I love office snacks) [CON+1 WIS+1] - Only have 2 coffee's before 1 one after lunch rest of the day drink water/tea [CON+1 WIS+1] - No beer, Soda, Jus in the house [CON+2 WIS+1] Fitness - wall/rock climb at least 1,5 hour a week each week [STR+2 STA +1] - 10km walk per week. (prefferably) [STA+3 DEX+1] Life - Get my diving tattoo (17 & 18th of Dec) [CHA +1] My Epic quests for this period; - Be able to rock climb a 5c (10XP) [STR+1] (start difficulty= 5B) - be able to rock climb 3 5b's in a row (20xp) [STR+1][STA+1] (start difficulty= 5A) - Don't take any office snacks in Dec (25 xp) (same as above [CON+2]) (I managed to do this in Nov, I want to continue in Dec) - Don't drink soda, jus & beer for 1 month (25 xp) (same as above [CON+2]) (I managed to do this in Nov, I want to continue in Dec) - Get my diving tattoo (17 & 18th of Dec) (75 xp) (same as above [CHA +1]) Info on the GR10; The GR 10 is a French GR footpath, or hiking trail, that runs the length of the Pyrenees Mountains. It roughly parallels the French-Spanish border on the French side. Those attempting the entire trail often choose to walk it from west to east, from Hendaye on the Bay of Biscay to Banyuls-sur-Mer on the Mediterranean Sea, but it can just as easily be traversed east to west. Hiking the entire route is estimated to take around 52 days for hikers who are in good shape and used to mountain hiking. Some stretches involve a lot of ascending and descending, including a few one-day sections that can climb and then descend 1,200 metres (3,900 ft), but the GR 10 is a hiking trail, and there is no actual mountain climbing involved. The trail covers a distance of 866 kilometres (538 mi), with 48,000 metres (157,000 ft) of ascent and given the coast to coast nature of the route the same descent.

Hello, Me and my buddy are looking into walking the GR10 (click for details) next summer. Summarized it's a 866 km (538 mi) with and Elevation change of 48,000M (157,000 ft) trail from the atlantic ocean to the Mediterranean Sea over the Pyrenees Mountains. my buddy already did 900 KM (approx 550mi) in the jungle of Venezuela. I.... did 40km in Luxembourg..... so obviously I'm not as trained I did do some alphines in Austria but more elevation then distance and max 1 or 2 mountains (which comes down to max 1 week), and it's been almost 2 years... So, I did see and read the thread about training for hiking. and I understand the concept of hiking with packed backpack to train for your hike. How ever, I live in The Netherlands... which is very flat... we have 0! mountains, I just read this artile; "No Mountains no problem" which has some tips, but I ain't a runner we take 40 to 50 days to walk the GR10. prox 20 km per day. easy pase, but EVERY DAY. I'm thinking, I'll walk as much as possible (at home and so flat), work out some gym/fitness stuff, we already go indoorwall climbing 3 hours a week so the legs should be ok for a bit but extra workout for endurance won't be bad. I plan to enter and finish a viking run Hill edition before we leave which should show me some progress and I'll need quite some training. Anyone else has tips to help me build endurance in 6 months for the GR10 ?