It’s probably been a year or so since I have written a blog but I thought with so much that has changed over that time and my new adventures with G and J Personal Training now would be a great time to start them again. I thought for the first one of 2019 I would give you a bit of an update on my personal events for this year.
After all the events of last year I decided that this year I would take part in less events but would concentrate on my fitness for those I did enter. My first event was last week, and I have just about recovered!! It was the Paras10 event in Colchester which involved a 10 mile run kitted out in military trousers and boots, while carrying a 35kg in weight Bergen on my back. My training for the event saw me upping my mileage on training runs, training in the combat trousers and boots, along with carrying the Bergen. I did a lot of the training at the local gym too on the stair climber. I got a lot of funny looks during my training both on runs and in the gym and found out 1 week before the event that I had actually been training with my Bergen weighing an extra 10kg at 45kg. I managed to complete it in 1 hour 54 minutes which was within my desired 2 hour time, however I feel as though I could have done it quicker. I realised that I had not actually trained as much as I should have in my combat trousers and found that my legs were getting overheated during the run, which impacted my ability to run up some of the hills. Once we had completed the run we received a medal which made all the hard work worth it. My Grandad was in the Paras and this run had been something I had wanted to do for years. To gain the medal meant the world to me and I hope I made my dear Grandad proud. My next event is at the beginning July and is the Fan Dance, which is another 10 mile run in military trousers and boots up and over the Brecon Beacons. I am already in training for this event!
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AuthorI'm Chris a qualified Personal Trainer (G & J Personal Training). I am also a keen endurance runner in 2018 completed 4 events, including Man vs Lakes and Man vs Mountain. 2019 see's me take on the Paras 10 and Fan Dance! Archives
May 2019
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