Best of luck to you. Do you know much about the current record holder? Have you studied his/her approach so you may get a 'foot or two' advantage? Terrible attempt to be funny, but just hoping to make you a "little lighter on your feet" or "add some spring to your step"! Maybe fellow hubskier's could help"lighten your load" with periodic posts of horrible foot travel puns. I'll be happy to help. You are planning some Hubski updates along the way aren't you? You could incorporate a World record for most Hubski stickers posted on a circumnavigation of Ireland at the same time. Have a great time.
Haha, those puns are dreadful! Actually the current record holder added me on Facebook and I have two reasons to think I might be succesful: he apparently did no barefoot training beforehand at all, and the German summer partially melted the roads, destroying his feet. I'll definitely try to make Hubski updates but I don't yet know how frequently that'll be possible. And yeah, gonna grab some of the stickers I have. ;)