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Day 1
9 March 2009, 3:28 pm

Well I have decided to start a blog to mainly assist myself getting strong and hopefully amuse any poor soul who chooses to read my ramblings.

Off to the wall with the Jigga man tonight feeling positive and renewed about resurecting my climbing career. I had a lovely day at St. Bees with a non climbing friend who wanted to try the sport we all live for.

(Also managed to get the pull-up bar back up so beasting myself on that everytime I walk past it)

I am going to attempt to keep this blog going as I am determined to get back to the standard of climbing I used to operate at. Fingers crossed anyway.

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9 March 2009, 10:26 pm

Well I had a pretty decent session at the wall tonight.

Managed to do two full length and two half length traverses of the main wall which is a big improvement from where I was a few weeks back. I could only manage half the distance then so very pleased with progress. I have decided that Mondays will be stamina training which was always my weak point. I will dedicate Thursdays to doing a variety of stuff, mainly trying to keep up with Ry which is going to be very hard. The boy is flying and was burning people off the other night.

I have also managed to keep off the beer tonight! This is a very good step, I know its only one night but its a start. Most of my evening after the wall has been spent trying to get my new wireless router from Sky to work. The biggest problem is my laptop though, it is fooked. Thankfully I have a cousin who is very handy with all things computer related so will get him to sort it.

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Day off today
10 March 2009, 10:38 pm

Well I have decided to just chill tonight and watch the football. Feeling a bit drained after a shitty day at the office. Spent some time trying to sort my laptop out and put some tunes in my phone, job done.

Think I'm gonna nail the pull up bar tomorrow night now I have had a break. Only one more day in the shit pit and then two off so hoping to get out somewhere, maybe St. Bees again as it was great.

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Whats going on?!
9 August 2009, 7:47 pm

Well it has been well over a month since my last visit to my blog....

....And what a crapy month or so it has been. First problem was being drafted in to provide managerial cover in Barrow. This meant driving down 3 times a week, doing 130 odd miles per day for the benefit of Mr Orange. What a waste of my life. I had zero psyche due to the life being sucked out of my by the travelling, it was horrendous.

On the upside though, I have now finished work for Orange, FOREVER!!!

I start my new job tomorrow and can't wait. I will be commuting to Carlisle for a while but after that I will be mainly working from home under my own speed. Combine that fact with a nice VW Passat company car and a fuel card and I am happy! The other major, major bonus is I now have every weekend, bank holiday and Christmas off. Happy bloody times. I should now be able to get into a good routine where climbing and biking are involved which simply must happen.

The last month has been rubbish in terms of exercise. I was going well on the bike until the Barrow saga began. I have not managed any climbing really at all. I was at St. Bees yesterday but was SO weak its unthinkable. I have managed to kick the smokes though, 2 months since I last had one. I said I was going to give up when I got my bike, and I have done this. I had something to aim for. I'm gonna do the same now I am starting a new job.

Fingers crossed I can do what I hope to do. We'll see.

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Hello!
13 November 2009, 12:14 pm

Wow. 3 months of silence from my good self. Its been a varied few months, with the biggest variant being how shit things have been ranging from pretty shit to totally shit.

First thing was the new job. Well I was well and truly shafted here. I quit after a month as I had basically been employed to do telesales for the wankers. I had not sold anything in a month and everything I had been told about the job was a load of balls. It was the first time I have ever quit a job and felt I had no other choice. I was being performance managed out of the job after only 4 weeks so I beat them to it. It felt quite liberating at the time and I have had a great time with the kids but the financial burden is just too great now. I have had to yield and start work for the anti-Christ on Monday i.e Phones4U! I will be commuting to Carlisle again probably via train or bus and its a job which is a start. I am starting out as a basic sales consultant so have nbow worries apart from selling which I know I can do so I am quite looking forward to it. I have had tonnes of interviews for other jobs but have had no luck at all which had also been a bit demoralising but at least I am on the way now.

Second thing has been my health which has been pretty poor of late. The GP thinks I may have Crohns disease or something similar but I am not thinking about it. The biggest accelerant is booze so I am off it full stop at present. Very strange!!! I am struggling with tiredness at the moment but this could be down to not being at work as all the days seem to blend into one currently. I am also having to eat small portions more often instead of pigging out on large meals. This I can handle so again I'm not overly bothered.

Third thing is climbing and biking or the lack of to be more precise. I ha vent been climbing in well over month and ha vent been on the bike in about 3 weeks. This has been down to feeling ill, so ill I didn't want to do anything. I am hoping that as time goes by I will start to feel better and the lack of booze has got to be helping, surely! I have made the decision to run the Keswick half marathon next year so I am starting training for that as soon as I feel better. Not sure how I am going to get on as my leg suffers with impact after the car crash of 2001. I am hoping that starting gently and building up will make it bearable.

The only up shot from the last few months has been the time I have been spending with the kids which has been great! That and the fact the beastmaker is finally up and ready. Not all doom and gloom but the last few months have not been the most enjoyable of my life.

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