Training Progress

Posted by David Coleman on

Training

It has been a busy month with training, competitions and university.  As I am now settled and located in Bath, training is well under way. Initial conditioning phase was started in order to develop a base level of fitness from which to build strength and speed.  While undertaking this I was selected to compete for Brighton university at the BUCS athletics championships  held in Bedford. I competed in the discus which required me to throw in a qualifying round, where I threw 50 meters making it into the final. In the final I had a few technical aspects that I was able to rectify during the competition. My furthest throw was 49 meters which was a good enough to take 2nd place, a repeat performance of 2012.

After putting the discus away I attended the Brighton university sports awards evening. I was given full university colours for my achievements and commitment to both athletics and bobsleigh. The highlight of the evening for me was unexpected, I received the award for most outstanding achievement of the year award. This was the first time the award was present to an individual.

My training was taken to the next level during a training camp at Loughborough university with the GB Bobsleigh squad.  Several hard days of training in the gym and track work made for good progress especially working closely with the coaching staff. Further preparations were put into place so I would be ready for base testing, to see where I am at with my training, at the end of the month.  Training has been going well with some good weights sessions, track sessions and developing a good cohesion with training partners and team mates.

My search for kit sponsors is on-going. However I have been fortunate to collaborate with Sunwise Eyeware who have provided me with some sunglasses for both training and also on season.

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