I'm Dave. Rachel's other half, her husband, her eternal companion, and her nemesis. But it's okay, she's mine too. We consider ourselves a typical couple, love each other loads, drive each other crazy, we have our moments and we love spending time together.
We both work full time, more than full time in fact, Rachel is a photographer and I'm am engineer. We live in a suburb of Manchester, own a home, go to church, have two cars and a pet cat called Princess Kitty Witty (so, perfectly normal)!
A few years ago we climbed Snowdon, the highest point in Wales as I had read about it and expressed an interest in doing it. Yes, Snowdon is a challenge, a 1085m (3,500ft+) climb, but it is also a very well travelled path making it quite safe. We made it down safely and felt sore for a few days after but we loved it. We loved seeing people of all ages and abilities being outside enjoying the great outdoors, we couldn't understand why it had taken us so long to get outside have been hooked on setting new adventures ever since.
As well as hiking up hills and mountains (using mountains loosely, the best of what the UK has to offer) we have also got into running, and more recently for myself, cycling. Last year we set ourselves a goal of running 1000km. We failed at this. Not for lack of trying, but we realised pretty early on in the year, that we didn't just want to run. Setting such a lofty goal meant that we would have to choose running over at her activities that we wanted to do, like re-visiting Snowdon to take on a more challenging path, or choosing to work out at the gym or at home completing a fitness DVD. So the overall goal got knocked on the head, but the desire to be fit and active didn't. In fact it escalated!
Last year we competed in two running events in one of Rachel's favourite places in the world, Abersoch, North wales. Earlier that year we ran a 10k and then later in the year we ran our 1st official half marathon. It was around this point that I started to get a big head and considered Tough Mudder. Rachel doesn't like the idea of being electrocuted so started looking for alternative events and found a run called hell runner, which is like Tough Mudder, a muddy trail run, but with natural obstacles only. We signed up, we did it, we got wet and muddy and loved it. And since then we have become event and challenge junkies!
This is the short version of how we have got to this point, signing up for a 106km trek around the Isle of Wight. Needless to say, the biggest challenge and adventure we have undertaken so far.
Dave
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