1 Goal achieved

Just a quick one today as I have so much to catch up on at home. Away at a conference for 3 days last week didn't help. Too much eating & drinking & sitting around. I was really glad to get back home.
My News: I won the monthly WH & F comp for my 12 week challenge. It ended up being quite a shock, I entered because I find that to achieve I need that specific goal. I had a start/finish date & that was what I worked around. However towards the end it didn't matter that I had a finish date because I had the results I wanted and I just felt that I could have continued on.
The downside was that I did finish on the date and I have been having a bit of a holiday since.

I do have some goals with my athletics so I think I really need to concentrate on them and get back into training. I have also let work take over a bit too much so need to look at that also.

Tommy's farewell from training

Training was sort of weird today without our coach. Just doesn't seem right. We all split up into 3 groups and did our own thing. The sprinters did short fast. I did pyramid training- 200, 250, 300 and back down 300, 250, 200. Ended up being quite a good session.
Did a few throws after that. Nothing to get excited about, hovering around that 25m mark when I want to be at 30m. Maybe I will have to go back and start concentrating on my throws a bit more.
I am only training with Ashley once a week now. We are concentrating on my strength/power so sessions have been pretty tuff. Thats the way I like them to be because I know I am not going to get to the level I want unless I really start pushing a bit harder.

I haven't had a pizza for ages and last night I felt like one. Did not enjoy it one bit. Maybe it was because it wasn't a good pizza but it has certainly turned me off pizza. I felt so bad this morning. Not because I had eaten pizza but because of the effect it had on my body.
Lesson learned. Back to the clean eating for me.

Have a great week.

Has been an up and down week. Not exactly what I had planned, but still thinking positive. Things have to really start happening work wise and I just have to get out there and put my thoughts into action. Not as easy as it sounds though.
Had a couple of days off training this week and I don't like the way I feel when I don't do anything. My legs stiffen up very quickly(tight hamys). I just can't get into sprinting when they are like that. Takes me forever to warm up.
Really bad news about my sprint coach. He had a stroke and died last week. his funeral was on Thursday. He was in his 80's, so he had a good long life and was very active..He was such a dedicated person to our training. Always there for us, rain hail or shine, 3 mornings a week and Sunday as well. After he finished our training he would always do his own bit of training. I miss him already. He was one for always saying what he thought. When I first joined the group he said to me " you would actually run a lot better if you lost a stone in weight". Well I did lose that stone and I did run better. I never took offence at what he said and he always said to me that I had a big heart. Meaning that I may be one of the slower runners but I always have a go at everything and never give up. He was always full of encouragement. I guess I will always now run with him in mind.

I have to keep reminding myself to plan, plan, plan and do as I say. Yes!!!

Whats next

Well one week has passed and I am looking for new challenges. I had some mixed feelings during the week. I sort of felt 'what now' what am I going to do now. But that has now passed and I am moving on to my next goal.

I started back training because I want to and I like the way it makes me look and feel.

I am now going to concentrate on my business and at least now I feel able to cope with just about whatever comes my way. My vision is up on my wall just have to fill in the blanks. (that is dollars)

Not too proud of my before, but hey that was me then. I will never let myself get back to that stage again.