Today was session 3 of boxing. Today's session was 45 minutes and involved learning another punch and putting everything I've learnt into practice in three 2 minutes rounds of sparring.
6 minutes of sparring doesn't sound a lot, however it was really really tiring. By the end of the third round I was a wreck but it was great fun and I'm glad I tried it and even more impressed that I didn't get a black eye as Mrs L feared.
The rest of the week has involved a PT session on Sunday which incorporated a weights session on arms and shoulders and four 20 second full effort bursts on the rower with 10 seconds break between them. Yesterday was a swimming session.
Swimming, as this blog demonstrates, wont be my strong discipline in my triathlon, however its coming along nicely. Its coming along that nicely that yesterday I was so proud of myself for managing to get my arms, legs and breathing coordinated I promptly forgot to take my head out the water and tried breathing underwater. I can confirm that this is not possible and results in the swimmer drinking half the contents of the pool! It was not nice!!!
With these three activities this week my arms now ache, so I'm having a few days off from training before Christmas.
Moving forwards, I now have 5 challenges done, so I am halfway to the finish. In the new year Judo starts at a local club, and between then and now I'm starting to train for my Triathlon properly, updates soon...............
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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