Things this week have been a bit busy, with a swim session, bike session and a martial arts session during the week. This was coupled with a huge push for sponsorship that has seen me raise my total to OVER £1200. This is all thanks to every one that has sponsored me and to a company for matching my total raised.
In two weeks time I will have completed my triathlon and as such finished my gold challenge.
I was told with the triathlon that it would be normal to have some pre-race nerves - and having suffered with nerves before my half marathon I thought it would follow the same sort of time frame and I would get nervous two days before. I have just checked the website http://www.rawenergypursuits.co.uk/events/arundel-triathlon/ and the race instructions are now there. All of a sudden this has all become a little bit real, and I cant help but hope that I have done enough for this. I have decided that I want to come in between 2 1/2 and 3 hours, but I am aiming for the lower end! With 400m swim, 12 mile bike ride and 3 mile run I feel this is achievable - just got to control the nerves now for two weeks!!!!!
Mrs L is in the process of arranging a post race meal with some Friends and family, but has threatened to cancel that unless I shut up about how nervous I am getting. Kind of like parents threaten to cancel Christmas and birthdays if there children play up - or was that just my mum and dad that done that!!
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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