Reckitt Benckiser employees from around the world are fundraising to support our work. Find out more about Reckitt Benckiser at reckittbenckiser.com Read about Reckitt Benckiser's latest brilliant fundraising activity, the 3 peaks challenge
The best thing of all was the footie game on giant football scooters. Quite possibly one of the best things I have ever got to try in my life, it was so much fun. I am now going to scour the globe to try and find one for personal use.
Only 6 days to go until Griff tackles the Royal Parks Half Marathon
Sick of the endless pop rubbish coming out of the gym speakers? then put some earphones in; you might even get a faster time!
For anyone else interested in attempting this challenge a website we’ve found very useful is:
In a scene similar to the dreaded playground picking of teams, it has been left to me to allocate folks into cars so everyone can start to prepare in more details.
Last night saw the first of two planned night walks in preparation for our challenge. The 3 Peaks Challenge requires the of whole of Snowdon and at least an hour of the Scafell decent to be completed in complete darkness. With this in mind we planned a local route which allowed us to get used to navigating in the dark and using our head torches without blinding the other members of the team.
To get an accurate gauge of our walking pace (and therefore our chances of completing the challenge in 24 hours) we recorded data from last night’s walk. We’ve calculated that we will need to walk at an average pace of 3mph plus allow for an additional 10 mins for every 100m of elevation climbed. Last night we managed an average speed of 2.7mph and climbed a total of 121m meaning we are about on track. Let’s hope we can maintain this when faced with three huge mountains!
As I mentioned last week, Rose and Colin managed to get their hands on some giant 3kg KitKat’s from their friends at Nestle.
With less than 2 weeks to go till our 3 Peaks Challenge attempt we are in the process of making sure we have done all the preparation necessary to maximize our chances of success.
I was amazed to hear that our dress down day at the Reckitt Benckiser site in Hull raised a massive..
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