..."I'd consumed half a litre (sorry - 0.014 bushels) of water..."
Great effort Dan, an excellent piece of gorilla suit base training. Maybe you could continue to work your way up to the big day by progressively adding hairy limbs and torso sections over a period of weeks. Bound to get the neighbours speculating about the ill-effects of midlife jogging. They'll be on to Julie Welch next....
El Gordo
Great things are done when men and mountains meet.