Friday 30
th April 2010
3.4km run:
on the last day of camping the first run took place and i was dressed in cargo shorts, a thin T-shirt and hiking boots which wore me down. we ran from the shed on the
wambana campus and went all the way to a rock and t
hen come back. for the first time it was a challenging task. my time was 24
mins. this day was tough and painful but if i push myself i can improve.
Saturday 1st may 2010
5.5km run:
the next run which was longer from the shed to the jetty which felt less challenging. i got the time of 32
mins. during the run i did not set any goals for myself but i pushed myself by thinking of fast techno, trance and house music through my head. the music helped me in a way but i believed that today was not my greatest effort and i will see what the future will hold for me and my fitness.
Sunday 2
nd may 2010
fitness game:
the first game we played was a different version of soccer. to score a goal you had to have your entire team on the side of the field and you will score. but if you have at least two people from your team on the other side and you score the other team gets three goals. also if your team scores and the your team has two on the other side and so do the other team the other team gets five goals or something like that. we lost 7-0. this game showed me that i have to work as a team with my peers and others to succeed in the fitness games and the 11km run.
Monday 3rd may 2010
5.5km run:
the next run from the shed to the jetty had more of a strain on me with the music trying to pump its way through my head was not working due back and neck pains but i did it and
received a longer time of 35
mins. i still didn't have a system worked out and i got a shorter time because due to pains i was
forced to work a bit. today i did not know why i was having these sharp pains in my body. it was probably the strain of not stretching before or something is wrong.
Tuesday 4
th may 2010
fitness game:
today we played about three games. the first one
consisted of
zig zagging through a line of people where the people at the back made their way up until they had made it to the front and then the person at the back would start again. this game showed me how to be more
maneuverable.
the second game was a game called crusts and crumbs. the point of the game was two sides of people would stand next to each other, one side the crusts and the others the crumbs. when
Mr Baird the teacher shouts out "crumb" all the crumbs have to run away from the crusts to a line and the crusts have to catch them and
visaversa. in this the
Greeks dominated it in both games
Andrew,
Johnny and I didn't get out. this game didn't really show me anything like the other games b
ut i did make me sweat so it was probably just fitness.
the
third and final game we did was poison ball in a large square did their is always a catch. in this the
wardli groups had to grab each other by the shirt and
everyone around them have to ho hit and knock the back guy off. in this game i tried using the guy
in front of me as a shield and i accidentally threw him. this game showed me team work was needed and i didn't show that because i injured and weakened the people in my
wardli due to thinking of myself.
Wednesday 5
th may 2010
power training:
we first started running from the shed at 7 o'clock down a sandy track where we ran together as a group for about one kilometre. when we finished the track we went onto the beach and did some stretches. after that we did suicide runs then suicide runs with push ups which pushed me further and harder and it made me sweat. running back we had to do 10 push ups at 5 intervals and that puffed me out. with pain flowing through me i swore i was not going to make it but in the end i pushed myself and finished. my body felt weak and painful and i drank a lot of water. this session was better because i pushed myself but i was stricken with pain afterwards.
Thursday 6
th may 2010
7km run:
today we had the choice of doing a 9.2km or 7km run. i decided to do the 7km because i was not fit enough for the 7km one let alone 9.2
kms. the first part was easy for me because i believe it was down hill and along the beach was easy too. but for most of it, it challenged me greatly and due to not eating anything i was starving. in the end i
received the time of 75 minutes. i did not push myself to the highest extent and i had disappointed myself and i believe i can do better.
Friday 7
th may 2010
fitness game:
we played two games on that day. the first 0
ne was to carry your partner across with three other people. at each interval we left one person and the last person has to carry him by himself. this game also shows team work and again i was blind to see that and know i can do better next time.
the second game was poison ball where a person would try and hit the people within the circle and if he succeeded the person hit would become the thrower as well. the first time i was second to last to be caught and the second game i was caught about in the middle. this game also blinded me from teamwork and should see more clearly in the next fitness games. teamwork was needed when we had to box in the non caught players by using teamwork.
Saturday 8
th may 2010
3.4km run:
this run was a good run for me because i demolished my older time of 24.30 and
received the time of 18.00. i got a better time because i ran constantly through the run. i am proud of myself for accomplishing this task and i want to improve more in the 5.4km run. i realise that when i run i make a tune in my head to the sound of my feet hitting the rocky gravel and think that pumps me. i also think that by
distracting myself by thinking of something else i forget that
I'm running and i don't get
stitches.
Sunday 9
th may 2010
5.5km run:
the 5.4km run was less difficult because of being use to the run but my
stamina is still low so i had to walk at some times. i beat my older time of 35.00 and
received 33.
oo which is a low time and i know i can improve. today was tough for me and i tried to distract myself from running and it only worked for the first bit but i kept on stopping
constantly at the end of the run and could only run for a short time.
Monday 10
th may 2010
walk in my shoes:
instead of power training we did walk in my shoes which was walking on the same track as power training but we talked with our "excuse me gentlemen" partners and talked about what they liked and what their hobbies were. i liked doing this because it was a rest from the other days and i
learnt more from my partner. it was nice to get away and learn more about my friend.
Tuesday 11
th may 2010
3.4km run:
today i thought the 3.4km run would be easy for me when i beat my old time by 6
mins. there was a twist placed in by dale which was "at every post on the track you must sprint for 15 paces". i could do this quite easily at the
beginning but when we came back things became harder. my legs ached, i was loosing breath and i
felt dizzy but i kept on pushing and beat my old time by 30 seconds.
Wednesday 12
th may 2010
altered soccer:
instead of running the 5.4km run we played the altered game of soccer which was the first game played for us. today we worked as a team but we lost 8-2 but it was a lot of fun and i enjoyed it. the aim of the game is to get all of the players on your team across a line and score but if two of your players are on the other side the other team gets three goals.
Thursday 13
th may 2010
5.5km run:
i screwed up my run today by getting 33
mins due to pain going through my body but i kept going with the stabbing pain around my body and ankles. i believe today was not a good bay for me with it pain and the constant. it was
probably because i didn't have a system and i will think of of one in the next week we have left.
Friday 14
th may 2010
fitness game:
after waking up from a terrible sleep on the
wardli porch, i was not in the mood even for a game. we had
Mr.
Baird again for the games. the first game out of the three was where we had four cones. the point of the game was to run, pick up the cone and run back again.
in fact it was more of an
exercise. we were smashed in that game the same outcome was in the second. the next game was a modified game of catch. two teams had to fight over a ball and throw it between other team mates. if you succeed in passing it ten times your team wins a point, quite simple. not for us. we were beaten about 5-nil until
Mr.
Baird got tired of us loosing so he changed the game to soccer. this was the
fun point for me being a defender and all. my team won 2-1 from a final golden goal. i enjoyed the
exercises and hope to learn more for being a team leader.
saturday 15
th may 2010
5.5km run:
i had changed my tactics today, instead of bolting off at the
beginning and being forced by my body to walk i went at it with a small pace and sustained my energy and breath which worked for me but i went too slow and lost my old time of 33
mins to 35
mins and i was quite disappointed because i thought i had come up with a sustainable pace and strategy.
sunday 16
th may 2010
3.4km run:
today i went at the same slow pace during the middle but at the start i decided to run at my older paces and near the end i
sped up but i also stuffed up by going at the slow pace during the middles going back and forth. i got the time of 20
mins and my
oler time was 18
mins. i was again disappointed and i
hve decided not to go at the slow pace only when i need it. we had a game of chain tag where the people who are it have to join hands and try to capture others. when you get to six you split. i have noticed that all the games we are playing has involved teamwork.
monday 17
th may 2010
3.4km run:
it was the same standard run and i felt fine, relaxed and i didn't feel tired. at the end there was something different. before running to the shed we had to run to the last post at the run and we had to run around it and
everytime we went around we had to keep on running until the next person came and you ran back doing the same thing. this was really easy for me and i was quite relaxed.
mabye because it was raining.
tuesday 18
th may 2010
2km walk:
the walk did me good and it made feel relaxed from all the runs we have been doing and i feel really pumped for it.
wednesday 19
th may 2010
11km run:
i was feeling quite fatigued when we started when we got off the bus. i started doing some stretches which helped me out massively. i gave myself the goal of 1 hour, 20 minutes. we ran off at 7:20 am. i was in the 14
th position when we started and i was feeling great. the wind on my face, my breath at a medium pace and my legs were like as powerful than ever. like most runners, this feeling began to change. my legs were getting weaker, my breath was slower but the wind of the sea kept on pushing me on. i tried to forget about this and focused on the wind and watching my favourite movie in my head "saving private ryan". this only worked for a while until about 3km. i had another idea of closing my eyes and running blind taking the strain off my eyes and my mind. this worked for about 3 seconds because i kept on thinking there was a pole infront of me and i would go "smack, back" right into it. i thought i nearly did go into one and i tried to push it out of the way. i was a little embarrased because there was someone behind me. when i got t 5km i started making a song in my head which timed in with the cracking and snapping of the shells under my feet. it was quite catchy but i still felt the strain in my legs and my breath was getting shorter and shorter. i decided to think of another way to push myself and i came to me. i started thinking of the song "born to be alive" and that got me going with the song and a disco ball moving through my head. after i forgot the song i decided to think of things that could be infront of me but were not there. there was giraffe, a dragon, twins and an lama. this didn't work because the lama kept on spitting on me and it put me off. suddenly a boy behind me came up next to me and i felt a bit better because i had some company. then suddenly another boy came up next to me and we ran in a pack of three. this was good because we talked and encouraged each other to push it. we ran through some puddles of sea water which had been left by the sea which cooled down our feet and we felt quite better. but the water was only on my feet so one of the boys and i took our shirts off. he was wearing a tank top and was in my great big sweaty and hairy body and it was luxurious, an orgie of relaxation and refreshness filled my hair and body. this worked really, really well but my breath was as low as it could go and my legs were in pain i felt a stomach ache in my belly. but what really made me feel better was to see the path of dirt which went straight to the shed where we were to finish. there was a sprint to the finish between the two other boys but i was puffed and tried. i finished at the time of 1 hour, 17 minutes realising i had beaten the time i set for myself and was impressed and tired. i went to get a drink from the hose and slurped it down, which was not good because i had to throw up because i had nothing to throw up and only a little bit of water came out.
i am proud of what i did and i am proud that i beat the time i gave myself at the beginning and don't really want to do the 11km again.
