And into the new year we go!!

Well.... it's now 2008 and only 59 days to go until our big adventure in Costa Rica.

It's been an interesting few months with some hectic training and fundraising taking place - but there's still heaps to go between now and take off in early March.

The Christmas/New Year period has been a tough one with regards to training with the overall object to at least not go backwards!!! Additionally - there are no New Years resolutions this year as they are all Costa Rica resolutions and have been in placae for a couple of months now.... all that is needed is some additional focus!

Off to the gym tonight (despite being the last thing I want to do) and every night this week (except maybe Friday), bit of a bike ride this weekend then off to the hilly region of Norfolk on the weekend of the 20th for some serious hiking along the chalk cliffs (let's hope the weather holds). Then a bit of a surf the first week of Feb (yes, it's gonna be COLD) which should help as will certainly need to be active out there to stay warm and I'm sure that there will be some more mountain biking in Feb. So.... looks like a busy couple of months for me at least and I'm sure that the rest of the team are similarly busy training in the short lead up to the event.

Now just need to finalise that fundraising and it's be all systems go! So.... if there are any of you out there reading this that haven't donated.... please visit our just giving site at www.justgiving.com/liberata and make a donation - send me an email at simonfellowes@liberata.com with the subject and you'll get yourself some tickets for our raffle - first prize a tailor made suit from 'A Suit that Fits' second prize two introductory courses for scuba diving and we might even throw in a bottle of champange as 3rd prize. Get involved!!

Til the next update (with hopefully some photos!)
Simon.