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Fan dance practice run

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So, after quite some time of no reel training (or any training for that matter) my brother (who has been training) and I decided to do a practice run to see if we could do any better than our last attempt which didnt turn out too well to say the least. With rucksacks packed as close to the minimum weight required of 35lb, mine weighing in at 34 and marks at 37 before the 3 ltrs of water and any food needed. The plan was to make the run then head back up to llyn cwm llwych for a nights wild camp, we set off from the red phone box at storey arms at a good fast walking pace and then ran any downhill and flat sections with some strange looks from anyone we passed, later mark told me that comments along the lines of "oh my god he must be crazy" were being made by passers byas he was running behind me. At exactly 2hrs we made it to the halfway/turnaround point, a whole 20 minutes faster than previousat that point a handfull of harribos were scoffed on along with a energey gel, afte