This weekend's training consisted of time on the legs with a heavy backpack. Almost 10h of training with a backpack that I thought weighed about 8kg........yeah right. Try 10.5kg!!!
How it's possible for 8kg of rice to weigh 10.5kg, is beyond me. But then........the rice was not the only thing that was in my pack.....let's add the food, camera, cellphone, car keys. Jip, us girls we don't travel light!
Needless to say, my shoulders are sore. VERY SORE. and there is NO way I would be able to run 250km with such a heavy backpack. Not that I ever planned for it to clock in at that weight, but at least now I know it's out of the question. I don't want to be the last one over the finish line every day.....
Then, another problem.......my backpack might be to big for me. Kept adusting the straps the whole time, because the pack just didn't want to 'sit still'. So much for my fancy ass OMM - I still think it's a very cool pack with loads of cool little pockets everywhere. But if the pack is not a tight fit, I'm afraid it might be the end of our very brief relationship.
Dear OMM, it's not you, it's me....we can still be friends?
Back-up backpack plan - the old faithfull Raidlight! Now that is a very small pack, and it will be a very very tight squeeze to fit everything in that pack. But it's do-able, it will just take careful planning and there won't be space for anything extra, or nice to have. Bare essentials only. Maybe xtra socks....and that's it!
I do have a creative side to me.....so pimping the Raidlight with an extra pocket or 2 is very do-able.
Better get this backpack issue sorted ASAP. The clock is ticking and the Sahara is waiting for no-one.
happy training everyone!
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