Woke up this morning, the sun was shining, it was going to be a sunny day so how to start the day?? Oh yeah, sundays boot camp day!
For the uninitiated reading this let me explain boot camp for you in the easiest way: 0930 Sunday morning. Take a field with a gravel area to run in, walk ways and some slopes. Add to this 8 people, 1 instructor and various pieces of equipment.
Over the next hour get the 8 people (who it could be argued are either slightly unhinged or really dedicated) to run round, do some press ups, sit up and star jumps, run round some more, do some lifting and sit ups with big logs, run round (because we hadn't run round for a whole 5 - 10 minutes) but this time carrying the logs, race each other whilst dragging a tyre round, then a mini circuit in the gravel that included running up and down the slopes with a medicine ball above our heads, crunches, viper work (I'm assured that a viper is made of rubber and targets the core muscles not an instrument of torture. I'm not convinced of this), burpes and medicine ball work to name a few. We then cooled down with with a little run (by this time a saunter was more appropriate) and some core work before streching.
This was a great way to set of on a Sunday. There was one point, as I'm running up the slope with a medicine ball above my head for the fourth time with my arms, lungs and legs aching and screaming that I did wonder why I was doing this, why not just keep running when I got to the top of the slope until I reached my car, then drive home. It would be fitting to say at this point some along the lines of "the thought of the cadets and the money that I was raising by doing the gold challenge spurred me on." if I put that down I afraid to say this morning I would have been lying. It shames me a bit to say it, but I wasn't going to let one of the girls in the group beat me!
Chill down was a picnic with friends and Mrs Lawrence. Now off to find the after sun.
Circuit training tomorrow evening.
I am an instructor with the Sea Cadets at Worthing Unit and have seen how much the cadets get out of the activities they do. I have also seen how much these activities and all the surrounding admin costs. The sea cadets are a charity, and I felt this was a fantastic way of raising money for Worthing in particular and also to encourage some of the cadets to try something different. If I can do it, so can they!
The gold challenge is based on the sports in the Olympics. Some of these sports I can do with the sea cadets, and I have purposely chosen several of these to illustrate the variety of activities that can be done, whilst also doing something that I think will be fun.
My challenge is to do the following activities.
1. Swim - Learn to swim - again. For those that have seen my swimming style, it has recently been described by Mrs Lawrence as "directional panic in water". DONE
2. Canoe - Learn to canoe. I have canoed in the past, but again this was a long time ago and all the new stuff I have learnt has forced this skill out! DONE
3. Boxing – Learn to box. I needed another sport and someone I work with can train this! DONE
4. Weightlifting – For those that know me, they will know how therapeutic gym time can be for me. This is a great opportunity for me to focus some of my energy on something different in the gym. DONE
5. Triathlon. This is a personal goal, to do a half triathlon. I have never done one and this is the one element that I plan to do in 2012. This will link my swimming and gym work together. DONE
6. Athletics - sprints. I was given the oppertunity to race at the 100m olympic stadium. DONE
7. Wrestling - in the process of doing the Judo section I managed to also cover the wrestling challenge, so it seamed approapraite to include it - DONE
8. Cycling. Take part in a cycle ride or three. I'm training for a triathlon. This incorporates a cycle leg, so why not do a cycle challenge too? DONE
9. 1/2 Marathon. This is similar in theory behind the cycle ride. If I'm doing a triathlon I might as well develop it further and do a half marathon. I'm not expecting to be fast round the course, just finish and not die on the way round would be a bonus. DONE
10. Judo - Try judo. To be perfectly honest, I needed another sport, as its in multitudes of 5, and this was suggested by some one at work. DONE
The challenge is to do them by the end of 2012, but I am aiming to have most of them done by the end of 2011.
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