2 full hard weeks training completed after me hamstring strain and its going really well!! 2 more weeks of hard training, (track work,gym and court work) and then will take things down a few gears and get sharpened up and ready for the start of the season, mid september. 1st competition of the season is possibily the dutch open. hope everyones enjoyin the weather!
Checkout louise redknapp in her fit flops!
Fit flops are continuing to fly our here at sportsshoes.com and it looks like they are catching on in celeb-land too.
If you haven’t read the previous blogs on them, fitflops are a revolutionary new sandal that work you ‘bum’ muscles as you walk - as such they bill themselves as the shoe with ‘gym built in’.
For more information on how they work click here
We have a few different types of fit flops in stock at the moment - take a look.
AND WHATSMORE We’re one of the only stores in the country stocking the mens fit flop - so the guys too can have buns of steel!! - take a look
Right, i have 2 weeks to go now. Really pushing it , I may even be overdoing it but still back and biceps tonight. I was thinking last night how i would be really annoyed if i put all this work in and i get my holiday pictures back and i’m really not happy with my shape. I know there are more things to life but hey ho!
Also, someone yesterday asked me if i will still keep in shape after my holiday. It did kind of make me think. For the past few years i really have made the gym a high priority but do feel like now that after this holiday i will have to calm it down. I think i will just try and find a workout that involves only 3 days a week weights and just keep my body at the level it is now.
Also, I will try and get some pics up on here as some of have requested so you all can see if the hard work has paid off.
last of all… anyone excited about the olympics? I am … Think i may get grief from my girlfriend though!
james
Just returned from the lakes and competing in the Borrowdale Fell Race.
It was a British and English championship counter so it was even busier than usual this year with around 460 starters. Despite each athlete needing prior experience before they could enter the race, it still filled to its limit of 500 within a couple of days of the entries opening in May. There’s a real resurgence in popularity for fell running at the minute which I personally think is great for the sport.
What we need now is to somehow get more junior runners to take to the fells rather than the road or track.
Anyway, after last week’s light training, I felt pretty good on the start line - I was just hoping the feeling would last. The start is quite quick as it’s flat for the first mile or so but then it kicks up sharply for the climb up Bessy Boot (yes that really is its name). After that it’s a long undulating boggy / rocky run of around 5 miles across to Esk Hause and Scafell. The rocks toward the summit of Scafell were slippy as hell and with the fog down, the highest place in England was once again a pretty grim place to be. The scree decent off Scafell is pretty exiting and then it’s a technical run across the corridor route to Sty Head at the foot of Great Gable. The climb up Gable is a real slog with a very cheeky false summit to raise then dash your hopes. From the summit it’s a very tricky navigation exercise to reach Honister pass and lots of folk get lost (including Rob Jebb who was leading the race until this point and eventually finished 15th after going the wrong way!!!). I managed to stay on track and toughed out the last climb up Dale Head before plunging down to the finish chasing and being chased by some of my Bingley Harriers club mates.
I finished in around 3 hours 41 mins (winning time was well under 3 hours!!) and was reasonably pleased as I’d felt pretty good all the way around.
After a quick wash in the river we partied the night away first around the BBQ, then in the pub, then the beer tent (to steel band music) and finally at a local’s house party. Crawled into the tent at 3.05am.
Think I’ll have a day off today!!
Finally, my mate Steve has started the coast to coast run today which he’s aiming to do in 3 days - I’ll report on progress soon….
Morning,
Someone over the weekend asked me why i was desperate to get in shape for holiday even though i was going away with my girlfriend. I did see their point but i said it wasn’t for her, it was purely for me. I want to be confident when i am around the pool and walking around topless for the majority. I want to be thinkin that people are envious of me. EXTREMELY vain i know but honest none the least!
Also, when i look back at my holiday snaps i don’t want to be hiding my eyes when i see my self because my little belly is out all the time!
Basically it is purely a vain reason for me getting into shape for holiday but then again, who gets in shape for holiday for any other reason?
James
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