We actually did it. I'm lying here on my comfy futon after hiking 100km across mountains in the rain for the Oxfam Trailwalker Challenge. I can't feel my feet. My whole body is screaming at me, wondering why I put it through this torture. I'm still pushing through the pain like I pushed through it this past weekend.

I am so proud of our team. We crossed the finish line together at 3am on Sunday morning, completing the entire course in 42 hours (ジュスト！). Ours was the only Shizuoka ALT team to finish with all four members. We placed 101st out of about 190 teams and about 60th in teams that finished with all members. We trained together, we mocked Jeff together, we finished together.

It was the hardest thing I have ever done physically and mentally. Seeing other hikers drop out made me realise even more the enormity of what we were doing. It was really tough.

That's all for now. I'll write a longer post maybe later today when I'm more awake. Hopefully my sleeping pattern will return to normal soon and I won't be waking up at 5.30am every morning.

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