SHAPE UP OR SHAPE OUT

The training spikes it out!

















The stage is set!


















And we aint leavin till the moon is shinin!






















That's right i decided about a week back that it's finally time to get back in shape. What's more the track season getting well and truly underway in the past week served as my inspiration. Tyson, Usain and Asafa running some truly amazing season opener times has promised this season to be one of the best ever. Track has evolved to a point somewhat like the premiership. You have to come out with a bang, gone are the days of early season rustiness. Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool and Man U know that in today's climate you can't afford to drop any points even at the very beginnings of a new season. It would seem track athletes are beginning to follow this trend. Running sub 10 as a season opener would once have been viewed as phenomenal, but as peaks are beginning to be pushed higher and higher an athlete can't afford to be one step behind the pace. It would surprise me if any athlete, in hope of catching Usain Bolt's astonishing raising of the boundaries of human limits, is taking a post-season break.
Track is a funny old sport. Coaches have to try and pin-point exactly when their athlete is going to peak and make sure this point falls exactly on a major championship like the olympics or world champs.
Anywho, my training at the moment is consisting of a little edurance just to get fitness back, boy i zoned out the other day with Distant Relatives (cop that shit) on the ipod and ended up running around 6 or 7 miles. On other days I'm working on trying to get my speed back with short sprints and reaction starts. As you can see in the pictures i prefer to run on grass for a couple of reasons but the main one being that it's not where nearly as crowded as the track on track nights. People clogging up the track and trying to talk to you as you train can get annoying. Plus the field behind the track is a little more peaceful (despite being right next to a motorway!) without the flashy 'look at me 'isprint' with all my nike shit on' type people. Many top sprinters actually train on grass anyway and in a way i think it does good to get used to a slightly bumpy, more shock absorbant surface so that when you do get on a perfectly flat, springy track, you find shit a whole lot easier.
Body fat needs to come down for Summer certification of approval, so the diet needs to get on point which is gonna be a tough one. A gym membership will hopefully be in my possession within a week or so that the bulking can be unleashed. The final part of that plan, once I'm swole and toned to shreds, is to purchase the black hoody and intimidate suburban folk on the train hahahaha!

Before all that jus chill and peep my man over at ibsprintin's latest track mix, take a quick look at his other shit too coz son has shown alotta progression as an editor and is just too nice with this shit.