So Christmas has finished and now everyone can look forward to the new year where ( I hope) many resolutions will be kept!
I am very busy at the moment recording a new Album for Sleep Record and finishing off my solo Album. It has been a very long time since any music has been released from me and the new material is sounding really great. I cant wait to get it out there.
A few days ago I was asked to complete a Risk assessment form for the run. That was pretty fun. I personally cant see the point of it. The risks are many and vast. There is a significant chance of injury disease or death. But I don't really give a fuck (I have broken the swear seal I anticipate many more once I am stuck in a tent in the middle of the Alps with nothing but my thoughts and right hand to keep me warm) .
I am making the most of my time off over Christmas.; When Uni comes around its going to be a very surreal existence. I don't really mind not drinking anymore or spending most of my time in bed, for me as long as I have a few true Friends around me (which I luckily have down there!) time will fly by and it will be D-Day. I'm feeling great at the moment in terms of fitness during the snow I was forced to run 9 miles back home with a heavy load of (I would guess) 30 pounds from Crawley back to Redhill gaining nothing but some sore hips for a day or two.
As well as the physical preparation for the trip, I am going to have to start putting in some more hours getting some more money for Wateraid. Hopefully the University will get behind me and all targets should be reached by March.
One more week of bliss. Then the work begins
its going to be fun ;)
Adios
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Sunday 26 December 2010
The Rough Regime
Here is a sneek peak at the training regime I have set up for the run, Its is just a very rough plan to give us idea on miles.
PLAN SPARTAN
“It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop. "
Organization is the key to this missions being a success
Objectives of the regime:
To become physically, mentally and financially ready to complete the Run2Rome.
Physical Training Package
This regime is a culmination of advice from professionals and my own experiences. Each man must be able to cover a distance of up to 30 miles per day for an extended period of time. Therefore the Aerobic system must be developed. Another system will be the Muscular system and the anaerobic system. Each Athlete must be able to run 30 miles with a load of 30 pounds.
“For every minute spent in organizing, an hour is earned.”
The Regime:
Months One To Two:
Core acclimatization
Focus: To acclimatize the mind and body into a ritual training regime .
Long Distance Run (LDR) at medium intensity (subject should be able to talk throughout).
20 Miles-Week One : (5 of these miles completed before 8am)
Upper body training: Anaerobic high intensity(80-90%) 2 hours.
These sessions must include sprints, press ups, chin ups, sit ups.
Detox:
NO DRINKS
NO DRUGS
Week one will aim to clean the body of toxins built up from the previous months.
Protein Rick diet, low Carbohydrates (apart from just before LDR). Avoid Fast food. Water is the best and only fluid you need. High protein consume Chicken red meats, fruits and vegetables. Chondroitin Sulfate and Glucosamine. Joint Supplements.
WEEK TWO:
25 Miles (LDR)-7 of these to be completed before 8am
Load: Minimal under10 pounds.
Upper body training: Anaerobic high intensity(80-90%) 2 hours.
These sessions must include sprints, press ups, chin ups, sit ups.
WEEK THREE:
30 miles (LDR). 10 of these to be completed before 8am.
Load: Minimal under10 pounds
Interval Training: Anaerobic High Intensity. 2.30 minutes.
WEEK FOUR
40 Miles (LDR) 15 of these to be completed before 8am.
Interval Training : Anaerobic High Intensity. 2.30 minutes.
Weekend Trials:
15 mile Run.
Box Hill Run
Months Two to three
Launch of Operation Spartan.
WEEK ONE
45 miles (LDR). 10 of these to be completed before AM
Load: Minimal Under 10 pounds
2 hours per week
WEEK TWO:
50 miles (LDR) 10 of these to be completed before 8am
WEEK THREE:
Rest up
WEEK FOUR:
55 miles (LDR) minimal Load-Under 10 pounds
2.30 hours of Interval Training.
Weekend Trials:
25 mile run.
Beasting
Month Three-Four
WEEK ONE:
60 MILES (LDR). Compulsory load of 15 pounds. 20 miles to be completed before 8am
High Temperature Gauge acclimatization training. All subsequent exercises must be completed wearing two layers of jumpers or one coat
Heavy weights training: Working Shoulders and Back Muscles groups.
Week Two
65 MILES (LDR). Same rules apply.
Heavy weights training working calf muscles and biceps followed by The Hills Are Alive With The Sound Of Music.
Week Three
70 miles (LDR).
Interval Training: 2.30 Hours.
WEEK FOUR:
70 MILES (LDR)
Weekend Workout:
2X 20 Mile yomps.
Month Four:
Climax Of Operation Spartan
WEEK ONE:
90 miles (LDR). 20 pound load
Interval Training.
WEEK TWO:
100 MILES: 20 pound load
Interval Training
WEEK THREE:
70 Miles LDR- 20 POUND LOAD.
WEEK FOUR: SPARTAN TRIALS.
Four Days: 25 miles per day. Run to Brighton and Back carrying full weight and equipment.
Month five:
Spartan Training:
High Temperature Gauge acclimatization training.
WEEK TWO
70 miles ; Three layers for (HTGAT Training) medium intensity run.
REST OFF.
Monday 13 December 2010
A Little Less Conversation A Little More Action
From day one I knew the magnitude of the task I have chosen to undertake. Although I may appear a bit "gung ho" about certain aspects of the plan and have a no worries mantra towards possible pitfalls this is simply my nature and I cannot change it.
I fully recognise my reality and relish in it and it is this reality of the present that I choose to focus the majority of my energy on rather the the endless possibilities of the future. There are only three main obstacles which I am focusing on and I (like any other budding student studying American politics) have abbreviated them! They are the FPJ'S.
F stands for fundraising. I intend to raise a minimum of 5 thousand pounds before I run and another 2 thousand pounds whilst I am running. I also intend to raise 1,500 pounds for me to live on whilst I am running.
I have set up a Justgiving page, a really innovative idea (which I wish I conceived!) where donors can quickly and easily donate through a profile page describing what I am doing. I am also receiving a huge amount of help from wateraid themselves who will be sending me buckets, T-shirts and other items to help sap out the pennies of my fellow students :)
In terms of my personal living costs I hope to gain some cooperate sponsorship. Despite my views im not going to rubbish this option, who knows I may be approached by some reasonably ethical company's... but I wont count on it. And besides I don't want this to turn into one big marketing opportunity for a new "ethical MacDonald's water campaign". So I will be saving my pennies. I have worked out that I can save a minimum of 500 pounds out of my own pocket, with a further 300 pounds coming from DJ'ing. I will also be asking friends/family to donate to my personal living costs and I would expect a return of 400 pounds. Making my total before departure 1,200 pounds ( I still need to work on the 300 pounds!)
P stand for Physical.
Naturally anyone who wants to do what I am doing has to be at there physical and mental peak. I would not of made this daring challenge if I didn't think I could do it. I have been testing myself physically since I could walk, I have fought, performed and travelled the globe to tame the adventurer in me, but it cannot be tamed. This challenge is simply a raising of the bar and the first step in my life ambition to be a selected for a mission to Mars or some other suicidal attempt at travelling the cosmos (granted I will not be the most useful member in a team filled with of the worlds finest pilots and astrophyicts but someones got to do the dishes). But more importantly I want to do something meaningful.
I am looking around the world today and we have all become so selfish its unreal The fundamental concepts of Capitalism has ingrained in everyone of us the notion that money will buy you happiness (it will only buy temporary happiness like a shot of heroin in the veins). I am truly happy seeing other people happy, and there a lot of people on Earth who are not happy at all. Every human being should be able to drink some fresh water, have a roof over there heads at night and be able to live free of being shot at. And I will feel content knowing I have left the world making one persons life better. So how will I become a physical specimen?
I intend to draft a training regime other Christmas ( with the advice of qualified sports scientist and nutritionists ) over the next few weeks. And install into my life a nomadic existence based on training, eating and sleeping. If a man with one leg can run across America. A man with two legs and a litre of Ginseng juice can run to Rome. By June I will be in the shape of my life.
J stands for...Journey!
This is a no brainer. I will need to plan adequate accommodation and draft a route which will give me both the fastest and safest route to Rome. This shall be done thought the use of Google and some very cool books I have!
Anything else health....the weather....what happens if I get attacked by a brown bear cannot be changed. Therefore I really don't care about them. A little less conversation...a little more action.
Im going for a run.
Hello
My name is James. Welcome to this Blog. In June I am running to Rome for Wateraid.
I have always enjoyed testing myself physically and mentally.When I was 16 I began training in MMA which gave me an excellent platform to give me my adrenaline fix. At 19 I embarked on an expidition across the globe with my friend Max, starting from London and ending in a police car in Singapore (Its a long story).
We managed to travel the world with very little money. We landed in Sydney with around 7 dollars to our name and managed to survive until our next flight a month later! (with thanks from donations from our loving parents of course!)
In October I was sitting in my room pondering over a recent documentry I watched regarding the state of third world debt. I had seen many of these types of documentries before but for some reason, this time, something awoke inside me. I had the sudden urge to get off my overfed, pampered student behind and attempt to do something about our messed up planet!
Two days later I was pondering what to do when I fell asleep and had a dream where the idea of running to Rome for charity came to me. I awoke and the rest is history!
I am running to Rome, from London in June for Water aid. Clean Water is extremely easy to access in the UK yet it is something virtually unattainable for a significant part of the worlds population.
We have been so lucky to have been raised in an enviroment where we can drink whenever we feel the slightest pang of thirst. I want to embark on this challenge to test my body to the extreme by running over a thousand miles in temperatures of over 30 degrees for 8 weeks, I am doing this because I want to be humbled and made appreciative of how important water is for our survival.
I will not be alone as always my good friend Maxwell Hannah will join me in this quest. We have both gone around the world together travelling and we managed to survive long spells in each others company in bad conditions without killing each other!
We hope that we will have some company on this run. However this is no sponsored walk. Each member of the team will have to carry with them a potential minimum weight of 10kg whilst running a virtual marathon every day for 8 weeks (20 miles a day). Conditions will be hot and luxuries such as baths and a bed will be few and far between. This is a test of human character and we will be carrying the hopes of many people who have invested into us completing the run in a blistering time!
I would consider myself fit at this present time, however in order to complete this quest I and the rest of the team will have to reach a stage of fitness simular to a Commonwealth games long distance runner. That is why, from January the 3rd a regime of training will be implemented which will give us the physical and mental stamina to complete this task.
I cannot guarantee that we will complete the run in 8 weeks. But I can guarantee that the only things that will prevent us from stepping foot into Rome will be death or serious injury. I have never surrendered to a challenge before and I will not surrender to this challenge knowing that hundreds of people across the world will be able to have access to clean accesbile water for the rest of there lives by setting foot into Rome.
I have always enjoyed testing myself physically and mentally.When I was 16 I began training in MMA which gave me an excellent platform to give me my adrenaline fix. At 19 I embarked on an expidition across the globe with my friend Max, starting from London and ending in a police car in Singapore (Its a long story).
We managed to travel the world with very little money. We landed in Sydney with around 7 dollars to our name and managed to survive until our next flight a month later! (with thanks from donations from our loving parents of course!)
In October I was sitting in my room pondering over a recent documentry I watched regarding the state of third world debt. I had seen many of these types of documentries before but for some reason, this time, something awoke inside me. I had the sudden urge to get off my overfed, pampered student behind and attempt to do something about our messed up planet!
Two days later I was pondering what to do when I fell asleep and had a dream where the idea of running to Rome for charity came to me. I awoke and the rest is history!
I am running to Rome, from London in June for Water aid. Clean Water is extremely easy to access in the UK yet it is something virtually unattainable for a significant part of the worlds population.
We have been so lucky to have been raised in an enviroment where we can drink whenever we feel the slightest pang of thirst. I want to embark on this challenge to test my body to the extreme by running over a thousand miles in temperatures of over 30 degrees for 8 weeks, I am doing this because I want to be humbled and made appreciative of how important water is for our survival.
I will not be alone as always my good friend Maxwell Hannah will join me in this quest. We have both gone around the world together travelling and we managed to survive long spells in each others company in bad conditions without killing each other!
We hope that we will have some company on this run. However this is no sponsored walk. Each member of the team will have to carry with them a potential minimum weight of 10kg whilst running a virtual marathon every day for 8 weeks (20 miles a day). Conditions will be hot and luxuries such as baths and a bed will be few and far between. This is a test of human character and we will be carrying the hopes of many people who have invested into us completing the run in a blistering time!
I would consider myself fit at this present time, however in order to complete this quest I and the rest of the team will have to reach a stage of fitness simular to a Commonwealth games long distance runner. That is why, from January the 3rd a regime of training will be implemented which will give us the physical and mental stamina to complete this task.
I cannot guarantee that we will complete the run in 8 weeks. But I can guarantee that the only things that will prevent us from stepping foot into Rome will be death or serious injury. I have never surrendered to a challenge before and I will not surrender to this challenge knowing that hundreds of people across the world will be able to have access to clean accesbile water for the rest of there lives by setting foot into Rome.
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