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The Week After: How to Recover From a Challenge Walk
Your recovery starts the moment you stop walking, not the next morning.
Get the first hour right and the rest of the week looks after itself. Here is what to do after 13 miles, after 23, and after 37.
Walk Together, Finish Together: Taking On a Challenge Walk as a Group
Taking on a challenge walk with friends, family or colleagues makes the training more enjoyable and the finish even more memorable. Find out how group entry works for our autumn UK walking events, how everyone can choose their own distance, and how to get your team ready for a brilliant day in the hills.
Live timing and big screen: the Coquet Valley Challenge Walk goes high-tech (and gives back to Rothbury schools)
For the first time, friends and family can follow walkers live around the route, track checkpoint progress and watch finish times appear in real time. Discover how Shepherds Walks is using technology to create a better event experience while supporting local schools through the Coquet Valley Challenge Walk.
Your 7-Week Training Plan for Challenge Walks
This 7-week training guide is designed for walkers of all levels—helping beginners build up their stamina while giving experienced walkers a structured plan to refine their endurance.
This week the all-new ‘Cheviot Round’ has been launched
This week the all-new ‘Cheviot Round’ has been launched.
It is a 52-mile ultra-route which climbs 8,500 feet passing through the heart of the Cheviot Hills.
This is a self-led challenge route for both walkers and fell runners.