The Olympic hangover is finally here. We tried to not think about it over the past two and a bit weeks, but here we are. To help soften the blow however, we have our final wrap up from the #OlympicsMPS fun on Twitter.
And with that we also crown our grand prize winner for best tweet of the games.
84 days until the 2012 London Olympic Games. Leading into this most special of sporting events we will be showcasing a variety of content to get you into the mood, as it happens once every 4 years we may as well make the effort. To kick start this process here’s a little mash-up of no doubt the biggest name that will be competing in London – Usain Bolt. This larger than life character lays claim to the rather cool title of Fastest Man On Earth. If that doesn’t get you a few phone numbers on a Friday night I don’t know what will…
Want to see where he gets the name from? Click here for a little more Usain Bolt.
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The training continues but it has been taken to a whole new level – a scientific level. Brendan Jack with the use of a laser beam, shows how though Usain Bolt is fast, he is not fast enough to out run science. 2012 here we come.
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Many top athletes like to relax in the off season, Brendan Jack on the other hand does not . He is like a shark, he never sleeps and never stops pursuing his prey. His prey of course is Usain Bolt who though is much fitter, stronger, faster, younger, popularer, wealthier and more talented than Brendan, lacks one thing that Brendan has – an unconventional coach.
Professor Dean Mahogany is an expert in dolphin psychology and just the kind of edge that could bolt Brendan past Usain for Olympic Gold.
With all the hype around the 2010 World Cup, it’s easy to forget that the next Olympic games is only around the corner in 2012. One such man who this information is not lost on however is Brendan Jack who is currently in full training for his 100m duel with Usain Bolt.
Last week I wrote a piece on the four minute mile and the man who made this race his own, Roger Bannister.
The more I research the guy the more inspired I become to train harder and achieve this goal, it is still very much a distant dream but after last week I really feel it is more attainable than ever. My upbeatness can be attributed to the following:
Firstly, the fine people at PUMA are supporting my challenge with their ultra cool products to make me go faster. They helped Usain Bolt become the fastest man alive so I’m pretty sure they can make me the fastest average guy over a mile!
The right equipment is the key to success.
Secondly I have felt a general ease fall upon my training. Roger Bannister had very simple ideas with regards to training and achieving his goal. I now do too. What I mean by that is that rather than focusing on getting fitter and times and all that, I just need to become strong and fast. So I am just going to run hills, over and over and over. I ran the notorious Olive Street hill three times in a row on Thursday and four times on Friday. I have found a mile long hill which I’m going to start running each day now too.
So with hills during the week and then track work on the weekends, my monster goal will be a purring kitten in no time. Simple as that.
Hills - Go get 'em.
The track at UJ seems my best bet for refining my stuff, going to hit that up this week and get on the tartan pretty soon to unleash my running ability.
Then finally the endless support of my mates is really starting to snowball. The support and encouragement has been great, and with each week I really feel more and more convinced that I’m going to do this.
You can do it! - Bloody right mate.
Going for my measurements and body fat check up on Wednesday. Starting to look like more of an athlete now, will have legs like a racehorse in no time at all with my hill training!