The Chips Are Down

After discovering that a friend had been diagnosed with a condition known as polycystic kidney disease (PKD), a group of family, friends and I set out on a challenge to raise some funds and awareness for the charity that supports research into the disease. The adventure undertaken was the 5x50 Challenge - an event which entails partaking in some kind of exercise of at least 5km in length, every day, for 50 days consecutively. For some bizarre reason I thought it would be a good idea to carry on past 50 days. Why not make it 100, eh? So on I went. On the journey I discovered a love of exercise gadgetry, an annoyance with Seat Ibiza drivers, an understanding of how much exercise it takes to burn off a steak and kidney pie, and an acceptance that getting out of bean bag chairs can often cause more injuries than running 5k. And many, many other things that will stay with me for the rest of my week. It was fun. No, really. *** All of the proceeds from this book will be donated to The PKD Charity ***