I started on the training for the 2008 race, however after 2 sessions, the Global Challenge business folded due to lack of a headline sponsor (it had previously been BT).
In your training manual the first page has the perfect quote..
"There is a tide in the affairs of men.
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
On such a full sea are we now afloat,
And we must take the current when it serves,
Or lose our ventures.
"
I'm not into cheesy inspirational posters, but this is the only one on my wall.
It was gutting to see the Challenge business go under. The 2004 race also had major challenges and only just got round financially. That is a great quote though
In your training manual the first page has the perfect quote.. "There is a tide in the affairs of men. Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat, And we must take the current when it serves, Or lose our ventures. "
I'm not into cheesy inspirational posters, but this is the only one on my wall.