The spinning & weights session on Monday turned out to be a god send as my muscles were pretty tight from the 30 odd mile walk on the Sunday & although the last thing I wanted to do straight after work was go & ride a bike for 45 minutes I was very glad I did. I found it loosened up the muscles & made me feel much better than I had done all day (something for me to think about for the days after climbing Kili & the lead up to the parish).
The rest of the week went as usual, my college course is nearing the end & the sun is definitely starting to hang around a bit more which is a true indication that summer is on its way or may have even arrived! I'm really glad about this as not only does it make everything seem a bit easier & better, it should also help me get out for a few more walks & enjoy the outdoor training a bit more.
Thursday was the usual hockey training & coaching, it’s hard to believe that we don’t even have many hockey games left in the season & things are getting pretty close in my teams division. Although Celts (Castletowns mixed 1st team that I play for) haven’t dropped a point all season we are very close to our nearest rivals Saxons & it could go down to the wire on goal difference depending on the next time we play them.
I've talked about my team in a fair few of my blogs & they're a great group of people as are my hockey club. To see a breakdown of the league (if you’re interested) click on the link below:
http://www.englandhockey.co.uk/fl/comps/cv.asp?d=21336
Saturday night ended up being the Castletown away leg of the beer pong league. It definitely seems to becoming a regular weekend fixture & although brilliant fun & very competitive, doesn’t help to avoid a hangover for my usual mammoth walk on Sunday, this week myself & the "Iron Man" Mr Frank Barker managed to become champions, winning 7 games in a row - I thought i'd post a picture of us winning the highly sought after T-shirts to help amuse you.
This week myself & Dave had entered the Firemans walk for charity, another 31+ mile trek, but this time around the north of the Island & thankfully it was covering the majority of the route the parish will take, giving us an opportunity to scout out the exact route.
For more information click on this link: http://www.iomfire.com/walk2010/saraswalk2010.htm.
It's pretty rare that I travel up to the north of the Island, but from the route I took i'm going to be controversial & say it was pretty dull in terms of sight seeing! There were plenty of straight roads & hedges with the odd prison but I think I prefer the good ole, tried & tested Sloc routes!
The walk itself was pretty tough though & I was struggling at the end of it having picked up a pretty big blister on my right foot & an extremely sore left knee which is making me struggle to walk at the moment!
A bit disheartening compared to the relative successes of last weeks walk, especially considering this was a flatter & potentially easier route & still only 30 odd miles compared to the 80+ on the actual day!
It's also made me realise I really need to sort out some decent footware as my current road walking shoes are just not upto scratch for these larger distances.
We're hoping to do the return journey i.e. Ramsey to Douglas in the upcoming weeks to make sure we're fully clued up about the parish walk & have covered it all at various stages of our training.
Although i'm dishearted I believe a lot of it was due to the dodgey knee & if I can sort out these things by stretching properly & preferrably not having a hangover it's got to be easier :)
Roll on next week!
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