Arctic Training

Author: Steve Kidwell

Steve Kidwell of Total Objects Training for the North Pole

Steve Kidwell of Total Objects Training for the North Pole

When I woke up this morning and looked out the window the grass was white, I couldn’t really tell if it was frost or snow. No matter what it was, it was going to be cold outside, but if you are planning on going to the North Pole what classes as cold in Southend, is a warm summers day in the high Arctic. 

So on with shorts a T-shirt and a long sleeved T-shirt over the top, groans from my wife of “are you mad?” and off for a run. A mile from my house down Thorpe Bay Boulevard, to the seafront Pavements are a bit icy but not too bad. On the seafront a there is a  breeze, which seems to be into my face as I run towards Chalkwall. There are quite a number of runners out even though its raining lumpy rain. Most of them seem to have more kit on than I will be wearing on the expedition to the Pole. So its inevitably I got a few strange looks as my now bright red legs go past.

Its not long before I am sweating, as I have this terrible habit of not being able to just jog, if I see another runner I have to try and get past them. What starts out at a gentle 8 - 9 minute mile pace, so turns into a 6 1/2 - 7 minute mile run. I seem to see it as an affront to my running ability if anyone goes past, at one stage the pace was even quicker than 6 1/2 minute mile pace as I caught and overtook a cyclist, who didn’t like this and tried to get back in front. We went side by side until the cycle path finished.

I turned round at Chalkwall station and headed back towards Thorpe Bay and again the wind to be in my face, how does that happen, whichever way I go I seem to be running into the wind?
 
I got home hot sweaty and in need of a shower. As I opened the front door, I wasn’t met by the normal blast of hot air. My wife is a hater of the cold and has the heating up to tropical temperatures most of the time. This could only mean she and the children weren’t up but no, she is sat in the dining room with a gas fire on, wrapped in a blanket. The boiler has stopped working, so no central heating or hot water.

By the look on her face it must be my fault. I’m not entirely sure how, but clearly it must be.  Luckily the shower is electric, and I could have a quick hot shower, before phoning the gas board. We have the boiler covered and they have said they will be here Sunday afternoon between 12:30 and 6:00. I do hope they can get it started again, not that I am feeling the cold from the weather - more the cold looks from my wife.
 

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    Just been rung by British Gas - their engineer rang in sick so can’t come out to us today. Do they only have one engineer???

    They will now come out to us sometime tomorrow afternoon!!!!

    The cold will be great training for me - wife not so keen….

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