Fitness Program

Friday, 18th of March, 2011
Distance: 3.4km
Time: 14:45

Friday was our first day doing the fitness and power training. The run consisted of running to the rock which was a km and a bit away from the camp and running back. The run for me personally was not to much a challenge but my body was a little fatigue, especially after the bike ride. During the run i really paced myself throughout the whole run consistently and that is the thing that got me through the three kms. The goals i set where just to stay up the front of the pack and keep a consistent run and they worked out in the end. Compared to today's fitness session, today i felt good and not as tired. Next time i think i will work harder to get more pace early into my run.

Saturday, 19th of March, 2011
Distance: 5.5
Time: 23.35

Today's run consisted of us running to the end of the point turton jetty and back to campus. Today after the run i felt really sore around my legs but during the run i felt fine but tired. Before we started the run i didn't feel good and i felt i would struggle but in the end i finished well. The thing that made me persist and not give up and be slack was the confidence i had from the day before and knowing that  i was going to do well hopefully and i did. The goals i set where to pretty much stay up with the front pack through out the whole run with out backing off and i achieved this and i ended up over taking that pack and achieved over my goals i set which was a good outcome for me. Probably next time i do the run i would try keep a consistent pace over the whole run.

Sunday, 20Th of March
Distance: 3.4
Time: 14:05
Today's run was for us to run to the rock and back to Wambana. Today my body felt really good and i didn't feel as though i was lacking in pace or intenseity. During the run i tried to set myself some small goals. I set myself to finish with the runners that where up the front and keep up the pace. This time doing the 3.4 i felt more fitter than i did the first time and i felt more fresh i quess and it felt easyer than the first time i did it. Next time i do a 3.4 i will try to be quicker with my time and i want to try and beat adam.

Monday, 21st of March
Fitness game
In todays program we had a go for the first time at a fitness game. During this time we played many games like modified dodgeball, and varies team work games. This wasnt really a heavy work out so i felt good doing most activities but for some i felt soreness in my legs.

Tuesday, 22nd of March
Leader
Today i was a leader which involved me organising varies things in order to get the group ready. During the fitness program the rest of the class did the 5.5 km, and me and Jake ran to the mall which is a 2 km run to collect the mail.

Wednesday, 23rd of March
Power fitness
In this activity we did a range of drills like spirnt games and different types of leg lunges. At the start doing the sprint games i felt good and didnt feel sore like pervious mornings. But as soon as we started the lunges my legs got really fatugied and my legs started to burn which has made me sore for the last couple of days. The lunges where something that challenaged me and made me work hard.

Thursday 24th of March
Distance: 9.2km
Time: 50:10
In this run we had to run from point turton heading to Warooka and turning off to a beach track back to Point Turton. Today i was really sore from the power fitness and i found it really hard to warm up but i soon overcame this by the time i started. Well at the start of the run i felt calm and i didnt feel fatiuged becasue we where running as a group. as soon as the group split up i found that i had to push me self inorder to get a good time and actually finish the run. Running along the beach was fun and inorder to set myslef goals, every 800 metres or so i would set myself a target like say a bush and reach it and set myself a new one.

Friday 25th of March
Early morning beach walk
Today in the fitness program we did a beach walk/recovery session. In our leadership partnership we disscussed our excuse me gentlemen which is a thing that we have to learn about each others leader. My leader partner is Jake Girke so we just walked along the beach and discussed our many hobbies, favourite sports, what you do in your spear time etc.

Saturday, 26th of March
Distance: 3.4km
Time: 13:35 mins
In the 3.4 we run to the sacred rock from the campus and back to the campus. On this day i felt really sore so i throught i would have struggled with this run but once i warmed up i felt good to go. During the run i really diceided to push myself for me to be able to get my time. I achived this goal in the end and it made myself feel really good. Next time i would like to push myself even harder and get an even better time.

Sunday, 27 of March
Distance: 5.5
Time: 21:35
In todays we ran from campus to the jetty and return. Today i did not feel up to running myself to my limates but i still did any way. Today during the run my goal was to finish in the top runners and i did this with ease i throught. Next time i do the 5.5 i think i will try to get an even better time.

Monday, 28th of March
Power training
Todays fitness was power fitness. This required us to do chin ups. In the chin ups we had to do our personally bests and i got ten only just though which i was really happy.

Tuesday, 29th of March
Distance: 3.4
Time: 13:45
Today the run consisted of us running to the sacred rock and back. Today i felt as though i pushed myself to my limates to reach my person best of 13:45.

Wednesday, 30th of March
Distance: 5.5
Time: group run 40 mins
Today dale challenged two groups one inculding that included hobbsey, and one started earlyer than the other. I was in the group that started the latest and in the end we where close to catching the first group but they got away as we closed in on wambana.

Thursday, 31st of March
Today me and Jake Girke where leaders and we didnt conduct in the fitness program for that day.

Friday, 1st of April
Game
Today we played a game for fitness and it was a compination of football and soccer which i really enjoyed.

Saturday, 2nd of April
Distance: 5.5
Time: 21:10
In todays 5.5 run involved us in running to the end of the point turton jetty and back to campus. Before the run today my body felt really good and i wasnt tired or anything. My main goal for todays run was to improve my time before the 11km run. The main reason my time was better than previous occasions was because i ve improved my fitness throughout the camp. I was happy with my 5.5 time through out the camp and i throught i improved imesnsely.

Sunday, 3rd of April
Today we had a beach walk which enabled us to rest up a little before the 11km run tomorrow in which we walked down the point turton beach and back.

Monday, 4th of April
Distance: 11km
Time: 50:45
Todays run was the last run of the camp and was one of the hardest things i ve ever done. Before the run the class had set challenges to dale for the run and it was either to beat him or reach a goal of a time. I set out to beat dale by 4 minutes by the end of the run. The run was from Hardwike bay running along the beach towards Point Turton and our campus. As soon as i got up i already had nerves running through me and before the race i felt like spewing up. When the race started a group of people sprinted off but i started running with dale for the first km or so. My first check point for me was to reach the white sand dune infront of dale and also catch up to ned who was in second position which i did. By the time i had caught up to ned me and him slowly broke away together in the front with adam far up ahead. Me and ned had deiced to try and stick together the whole run which was something that really worked for both of us becasue we where able to push ourselves. Towards the middle part of the run i started to turn around and see where dale was behind me, he was pretty close so we deiced to pick up the pace and we soon lost him. From then on i tryed to push myself inorder to get dale by thoughs 4 minutes which i throught i was going well with until i hit the sandy track about a km away from the campus. This was a struggle at the start but i soon over came it and tryed picking up a faster pace. By the time i had reached the shed i was buggered but i was really happy i reached my goal of 50 minutes. My legs felt like jelly and i skulled my water botter and then went down the track again to support my other class members. The 11km was a really good challenge for me which made me tired and really sore.