Every day, excluding the cycle tour and surf expedition, we have to participate in one form of fitness training. These include 3.4, 5.5, 9.2 and 11 kilometre runs, beach sprints and games.
Friday, 12th March 2010
First fitness training for the program (excluding the bike riding). I had to wake up at quarter to seven, get dressed and head over to the shed and stretch up for our 3.4km run. When the clock struck seven we all set off along the beautiful coastal running track. I was only with the lead pack momentarily but I soon dropped off and settled down to a steady pace with Henry and ended up coming in two seconds after him with a time of 16 minutes.
Saturday, 13th March 2010
Our second fitness training had us running up the same track as Friday but this time further, up to the jetty, bringing the total distance up to 5.5km. I started off well and I was up with the lead pack, but I started to drop off because I just couldn't keep up and once again was level with Henry. But then I started having these weird pains in my chest and back. My back simply hurt but my chest hurt whenever I breathed to hard, so I had to slow down to a pace that I could breathe at. The members of the lead pack surged ahead and I came in by myself at a reasonable time of 27 minutes and 15 seconds.
Friday, 12th March 2010
First fitness training for the program (excluding the bike riding). I had to wake up at quarter to seven, get dressed and head over to the shed and stretch up for our 3.4km run. When the clock struck seven we all set off along the beautiful coastal running track. I was only with the lead pack momentarily but I soon dropped off and settled down to a steady pace with Henry and ended up coming in two seconds after him with a time of 16 minutes.
Saturday, 13th March 2010
Our second fitness training had us running up the same track as Friday but this time further, up to the jetty, bringing the total distance up to 5.5km. I started off well and I was up with the lead pack, but I started to drop off because I just couldn't keep up and once again was level with Henry. But then I started having these weird pains in my chest and back. My back simply hurt but my chest hurt whenever I breathed to hard, so I had to slow down to a pace that I could breathe at. The members of the lead pack surged ahead and I came in by myself at a reasonable time of 27 minutes and 15 seconds.
Sunday, 14th March 2010
Finally a fun fitness training. After some sprinting games and stretches for warm-ups, we got to play modified soccer, Wardlis 4 and 5 versus Wardlis 2 and 3 (Wardlis 1 and 6 are inhabited by the leaders). The difference with this soccer is that all players must be on the attacking side of the field when a goal is scored, otherwise the other team gets the goal. Our team won 5-1 and I played pretty well, didn't get any goals but I got the ball a fair bit and it was WAY better than running and push-ups.
Monday, 15th March 2010
Another 5.5km run to the jetty. Because of my chest pains two days ago I decided to keep a more steady pace to avoid injury. So the lead pack broke away and once again I was by myself. I kept at it and whatever was wrong with me on Saturday was certainly gone now and I felt pretty confident. I finally got to the end, only to find out I did WORSE than when I was in pain, coming in at a time of 30:15. Next time I want to try and find someone who I can try to keep up with and push my self to achieve a better time. To add on to my failed time, I also did something to my neck and every time I moved/rotated it to the right it hurt. I tried to d my push-ups but my neck was giving me grief so I just did sit ups until time ran out. My neck is still a bit sore but I can keep my it straight at least in stead of leaning it to the left which looks retarded.
Tuesday, 16th March 2010
Today we go to play another game. This time we played chain dodge ball. Each Wardli had to form a chain by holding onto each others' back. The opther Wardlis are all on the outside of the square and have to throw balls at and hit the person at the back of the line. If the person gets out they leave the chain and the chain gets smaller until everyone is out. If you get someone who isn't at the back they are not out, so they can use their arms and legs to defend the person at the back. Our Wardli got the second best time out of all the Wardlis with a time of 1 minute and 20 seconds.
Wednesday, 17th March 2010
Today we had out first Power Training. We only had to do it for 15 minutes because of how hard we would be working. So for a while we got all of the Kayaks out of the shed so that Wardlis 2 and 5 could use them. After that we began Power Training, basically a fancy name for sprints and push-ups. It was pretty intense but I'm glad I pushed myself. I didn't take long to recover and I'm more worried about the 9 KM RUN TOMORROW!!!
Thursday, 18th March 2010
Today I ran the 9 km run with Henry, Athans, Decky, Dale, Jimmy, Cameron and Janowski. All the others did a shorter run, around 6-7km. For the first 5km we had to stick together so I really had to push to keep up with all the fitter people. Luckily, Dale (one of the leaders) was really supportive and kept me motivated. After the 5km everyone except Cameron and Athans surged ahead of me and I was left alone, eventually coming in at a time of 56 minutes which I was happy with but I think I wish I had pushed to keep up with Henry.
Friday, 19th March 2010
Today we did fitness games with Bairdy. The first game we played was a game like dodgball where the person with the ball can't move so it's kind of like netball and it involves lots of teamwork. It was really fun but when people started to "close in" on you it gets pretty hard because the ball is always faster than me. Even though I was chased a fair bit I actually ended up winning, finally being caught by Jimmy. It was heaps good and I wish I could do that every day. The second game we played was keepers off, Wardlis 2 and 3 vs Wardlis 4 and 5. If you got 10 catches/passes in a row without dropping it you scored a point. Our team wasn't very good and we ended up losing 3-1.
Saturday, 20th March 2010
Today we had another 3.4km run. I tried to push myself harder and I really thought that I was going to beat my old time. I once again ran by myself, failing to achieve my goal of keeping up with Henry. I didn't end up beating my time and I want to really try and keep up with Henry next time.
Sunday, 21st March 2010
Today we had a 5.5km and I am pleased with how I went, I kept up with Henry the whole time which I hope to continue doing and ended up beating my best time of 27 minutes by two minutes. I'm very glad with how I went and I definitely pushed myself and I was pretty tired by the end of it.
Monday, 22nd March 2010
Today we had another Power Training session with Hobbsy. We jogged down to the beach where Hobbsy drew some lines up for suicides. We were put in groups of three and I was with Cameron and Decky. First we just had to sprint up and back fro a while and it was pretty tough but I pushed myself and tried my best to run as hard as I could, despite the lactic acid building up in my legs. The next thing we did was running the same distance with 5 push-ups every time we got to a certain end. Because I was so puffed I found it pretty hard, but I survived. The final challenge was to do a much shorter distance which was actually harder because we had to stop and start all the time and really push with our legs. It was hard but thankfully we didn't need to jog all the way back.
NO TRAINING TUESDAY, 23rd MARCH AND WEDNESDAY, 24th MARCH
Thursday, 25th March 2010
Today we had a 3.4km run. We were going to go on an 8km run along a bush track but we didn't because of some unknown reason. After the camping I was feeling a bit run down with a blocked nose and flemmy throat so I couldn't run as well as I know I couldv'e. So I dropped away from Henry and was running by myself until I reached the Sacred Stone where Cameron was slowing down after a strong start with Decky. We joined up and after nearly crashing into Sean we were jogging back towards Wambana. It was good to be running with someone and Cameron gave me a good pace to keep up with. Eventually, when we were about 10m away from the shed, I sprinted away from Cameron and came in a few seconds in front of him with a personal best time of 15:40.
Friday, 26th March 2010
Today we had fitness with Bairdy. The first game we played was diminishing load. In diminishing load, the whole group had to carry one member of the group to the other side of a square until there were none left. I was carried first because I was the lighest, our group still lost. After that we had to reverse the order, so I was left to carry Owen. We couldn't jump on my back so I couldn't piggy-back him. So I tried to carry him, but I couldn't carry him the whole way, so I dragged him for the last bit. The next game we played was chain dodgeball, our group failed again.
Saturday, 27th March 2010
Another 5.5 today. I had a bit of a cough so I did the run with a cough drop in my mouth, which saved me I'm pretty sure. I tried to keep up with Henry but I fell back again. When I got to the Jetty I saw an old lady who had caught two squid. Not too bad. As I began the run back from the Jetty I was about 70m behind Henry and Decky. They began to get further ahead of me but cameron was dropping off, I decided to make it my goal to catch up to him. In the end I got up to about 5m behind him but he bolted at the last minute, beating me by 2 seconds. I still beat my record, I think, with a time of 25:15.
Sunday, 28th March 2010
Today we had another 3.4km run to the sacred stone. I couldn't keep up with everyone but I felt like I was running very strongly compared to other days. Eventually I was about to catch up to Cameron on the way back and then he just gave up and ruined the fun. When we were nearing Wambana I decided to try and catch up with Decky, even though he was like 50m in front,I caught up but didn't over take him but still beat my old time with 15:25.
Monday, 29th March 2010
Today we had a game of up-and-back soccer. It was Wardlis 3 and 5 vs 2 and 4. We were all tagged with someone who was meant to be similar running ability. For some reason I was put with probably the fafstst person, Hayden. I got the ball a few times but I was hasing Hayden around most of the time. The opposition scored the first goal, but Janowski eventually levelled the score. Eventually the whistle blew and it was all over, the final score, 1-1.
TUESDAY, 30TH MARCH 2010
Today we had the event we had been training for the whole time, the 11km beach run. We hopped into the bus under the setting full moon at 7:00am and drove to Hardwicke Bay. When we got there I think everyone was pretty nervous, I was no exception. My aim was to get under an hour, just like Dad's goal for the City To Bay, I really wanted to push my self to make him proud. My nose was blocked so I blew it on some seaweed. We all lined up and waited for Paul to give the order. Tilleh the pregnant dog jumped the gun and sprinted off, got about 20 metres and gave up, she was later disqualified from the race and locked in the bus. Paul finally said go and we were off, Tilleh chased Hayden around for a while which was pretty funny. The first bit was pretty sandy so we all stayed on the 4x4 car tracks which were more firm. I eventually settled into a steady pace with Henry, who was also aiming for under an hour. The whole way we could see Wambana in the distance and if I focused on Wambana the beach seemed to get bigger which was depressing. Most of the time I wasn't even thinking about the run or how tired I was and I sure as hell didn't want to give up. Even though we didn't really talk, it was motivating to be next to Henry compared to being by myself like on the 9.2km run. We eventually passed Hobbsy, Athans and Cameron which was motivating in a way. We continued running on the sand near the shore where the high tide had been but it was really lumpy and occasionally soft so we stumble around every now and then. We finally came to the final stretch of the race which was sandy track leading to Wambana, Towards the end of it we upped the speed and nearly missed the turn off to the shed, Henry once again beat me in the sprint, dammit, coming in one second ahead. My final time was 1:01:26. I was pretty annoyed that I didn't get under an hour but I was happy because I did better compared to when I went in the City to Bay. I'm glad I kept up with Henry, if I had given up I would've been a lot slower. Tommorow we have a 3.4km run, should be easy. No blogs though so cya.
Sounds like you really pushed yourself to do your best. Well done Xav! and the squid sound interesting. Have you caught any?
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