So the 5 week to lift off mark is here and the Tenzing standards are being raised in levels of fitness, cricket and chat, i'm the exception to the rule of course. Also two massive hundreds from the Everest team figure heads Andrew 'Mr T' Strauss and Alistair 'The Chef' Cook leading the way.
So to back up the beef, I had a training weekend for ten of the team at my gaff in sunny Oxfordshire. On paper I wanted to create a tired team so that when we played some cricket during nets and a mini game we would gain some insight into the pressures and dificulties of base camp.....
Paper converted to reality!!!! Mission accomplished.
A 6 mile cross country run in glorious sunshine had the boys smiling and chatting away, so i threw in some core work and excercise to shut them up and finished with some paired hill sprints. At the end they were still laughing and smiling and happy??? GIVE EM SOME MORE...
Onto a top secret location with level 9 Cobra command clearance required for a concept i called breathless cricket. Basically you run hard all the time and push yourself to exhaustion. Result, the fella's started to waver but pushed through the 4 hour session well and earned their pint and pie in the local for a great meal and social time. The highlight being saffron ice being delivered when peach melba and pistacio were murmered, something like that... see Tooves blog which is hilarious.
Some good slepp and off to the Chilterns for a romp in the hills for 5-6 hours and a good sunday roast. All best laid plans and all that, the pubs were fully booked and the hunger mood swings became apparent. Luckily Laura was on hand to save the day and find us a buffet indian and all the bhaji you could eat... satisfaction guaranteed, we ate well and finished home with some great banter and beautiful scenery. Tenzing feeling and looking strong... i'm so proud and the competition for places and the win on the mountain feeds the mind most hours of the day and hots up the training.
GET AMONGST IT,
G
No comments:
Post a Comment