posted Nov 28, 2008

omg haha!

that is a good incline for us mere sprinters lol but abbey fields is steep as hell.

you have to be a godiva!!

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posted Nov 28, 2008

That video is hilarious! Some guys at my club film their gym work to show off & post on Facebook/Myspace.

Hey, if some of you guys are Cov Godiva, were you at the BAL promotion match at Abingdon in Sep? I run for Bournemouth so was there & I'm sure you got promoted too?

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posted Nov 28, 2008

yep indeed was there and promoted too lol not to our clubs wishes though lol

was actually a good day, but my 400 relay leg killed me big time, i hadnt gone over 150 all year lol

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posted Nov 28, 2008

Nice one C-G. We had a blast that day and couldn't believe we almost won the match - all we wanted was to come 6th & get into National Div 4.

We've been flirting with promotion for years (other than a brief dip into Southern Div 2) and finally got together a good enough team that actually turned out for the entire season. In previous years we had the talent & on a good day could beat any team in our league but were let down on occassion by a lack of commitment.

We now have a strong, mostly young team (I'm one of the older ones at 34!) that is motivated to do well. It's a nice feeling, and certainly means I'll have to train extra hard this winter if I don't want to get beaten every match by some kids!

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posted Nov 28, 2008

haha yeah was a good day, what event did you do, im obviously a sprinter so thats obvious what i did on that day, we werent as strong as normal in our other events but again thst mostly due to the fact our directors dont actually want a ens national team for some reason, well mostly because were more ephasis on our mens road and cross country
i know what you mean though about age im still in my 20's but the young ones coming through are starting to take flight and fight for places, which tbh is excellent

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posted Nov 28, 2008

I just did hurdles on the day (110 & 400h) and was thankfully spared the relays. So you can look me up on the results if you like!

We were in the BAL for a couple of seasons back in the early-mid 90's & did ok. I was young enough (then!) not to really worry about the standard of the oppostion so just enjoyed myself. If you don't have sufficient strength in depth & can't turn out close to your best team every time, things can quickly go wrong. The season we got relegated, we were down to bare bones (partly because some athletes didn't want to compete at that level) & you can't get away with it at that level.

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posted Nov 28, 2008

lol dont worry im not one of thse that needs to know everyones identity lol so did you guys make div 3 or 4?

oh just for sake of the jornal lol today is my day off, going for a light swim and sauna after work

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posted Nov 28, 2008

We're in Div 3 next season so that should be interesting

Weekend off training for me as I'm away visiting friends. Might manage high reps of arm curls with quickly decreasing weight

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posted Nov 29, 2008

just finished todays session we did 2 sets of 4 30m sled pulls with 23 kg (yes we know thats a heavy sled) lol working on drive phase. Then as usual to finish 8 100m tempo runs good session.

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posted Dec 1, 2008

well to keep on with what i started lol sunday was indeed hills at abbey fields lol my session was 2 hard sprints to the top of the full hill then 2 sets of 4 30m sprints just on the steepest part. Today i just finished a big weights session, cleans with burpee complex 4 sets of 4 reps 80kg. Box squat with hurdle jumps 3 sets of 3 reps 150kg. Bench with jump claps 3 sets of 4 reps 90kg. Dead lift combo normal followed by stiff leg then with broad jump. 2 sets 3 reps 140 normal followed by 8 reps of stiff 80kg. Then alot of secondary stuff bicep tricep chin and ab work. Followed by 4 30m sprints and 8 100 tempo as normal lol not training tomorrow as its my birthday so extra day rest this week

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