The Spartan Race

Oh. My. Goodness.

I have never seen anything that looks as COOL as this in my LIFE!!! (apart from cross fit...)
And the best thing about it is, they have them in the UK :)
Now all I need to do is get training ;) Easier said then done. But I believe that once I have done one or two 5k marathons and been weightlifting/crossfitting for a while then I think I would be able to complete it.
So to celebrate the new goal of  finishing a spartan race, here is video. Enjoy

Catch up

It has been a while since I last posted and the last few weeks have been full of ups and downs.
I have been so snowed under with exams, revision, essays, placement of 38 hrs a week and a part time job just to survive. On top of this I developed a awful cold and it has taken until this point for me to step back and re-evaluate things...
I have slipped and lost a bit of ground due to being so damn distracted and unwell. I took a week out of exercising so I could recover a bit faster and I have been eating just what I wanted for a while purely because I lost all of my appetite. And I am paying the price. I feel so sluggish and have put the weight I lost straight back on.
Today I looked in the mirror and remembered what I was working towards. Time to get focused again.

However it isnt all negatives. I went to the gym today and even though I havent been a in a while, I havent lost any of my newly gained strength. In fact, I was very proud that I was squatting more than very nice gentleman to my left. I am now maxing out 50kg  (110lbs) to 12 reps, which happens to be a larger more impressive yellow coloured weight in my gym. High five to me! My training partner has gone home for easter so I feel a little lonely in the gym atm and I am finding it hard to work out how long to rest in between sets as normally I just weight for him to finish.
Another amusing turn of events recently was a friends reaction to my new found strength. I was casually talking about my weight training and he asked to see "the guns". I obliged him and was rewarded with a genuine wow. That felt pretty good!

My exam is over, the revision gone and I have a break from placement for 2 weeks. That leaves me alone with essays and getting back on track with my fitness.