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5 weeks of failed attempts at trying to become a member at the track.

one week I went there to enquire into the price and opening times and they said £16 a month so I decided to think and the rest of the week i am busy so i went there next monday and asked ok i want a £16 monthly member and they said they don't do pass but they have to set up a direct debit for me to use the £16 monthly pass, so i go home and make sure i have enough money in my bank, next monday i go with the info i need to set up direct debit, a lady is there who said she told one of the guys to go on holiday and she herself could not dead with the direct debit procedure, so she said come on friday or saturday and there should be someone who can do the membership direct debit procedure for me i go there today and they said internet is down, they close early they will be closed on monday and said come on tuesday.

Also to be noted it is a 20 min steep hill walk to the track, steeper then the hills i have been running on.

So I want to become a member but there is always these off putting events that try to make me change my mind, but i can't i really need to do this

so my training as of now as has been
20 min up hill walk and 5-10 min straight
same as above but in reverse 5-10 min walk straight
20 min downhill walk.

i have done this every monday and saturday now.

hopefully i can get it sorted on tuesday.
 

a TWENTY-MINUTE walk? you're being discouraged by a TWENTY-MINUTE walk?  come on, man, there's no track club that takes adults within 45 minutes or an hour of where i live, and that's not much of a club just once-weekly lactate threshold training, basically. the closest real club i've heard of is an hour and a half away by car, and i don't have a car. if there were a track club a twenty-minute walk away i'd have gone full acole by now.

I forgot to mention, the 30 min bus drive from my house to the town centre and from there I take a 20-25 min uphill walk to the track.
So I have to pay for bus fare, else it would have been a 1 1/2 hr walk easily.

20 min walk is no problem, but you have to take into consideration of the 30 min bus journey.

when i was in surrey, I would go to the local track which was 30 min walk which i gladly walked. but this is just outside the town i am living, so it is hard to get there.
the bus journey plus 20 min uphill walk is half discouraging the other half is the refusal of letting me become member because of some reason and back and forth.

Where do you live again?

I live in the UK

I guessed that haha, where about's, still down south?

bedfordshire

I always forget how to calculate the meters from steps so looked through the pages and found it.
First time back in the gym and into the track.

Date: 31/03/2015
Soreness: lower body (hamstring, quads, glutes)

Distance used: 33.15m
extra dist (10.3m per line)

Warm up:
  a march 2 x 20.72m
  a skip 2 x 20.72m
  a run 2 x 20.72m

Workout
  4 x 33m (will progress to 6 as I am short of time as gym and track close at 2:30pm before reopening at 3:30pm, which i am busy at those times)
    Lead: Left leg: 6.56 (I think I accidentally ran 53m as I didn't indicate which line was the start line.)
             Right Leg: 5.13 (felt awkward)
             Left Leg: 5.00
             Right Leg: 5.06

  Ankle jumps 3 x 8
  Tuck jumps 3 x 8
   
   Mobility and activation stretch for gym work
   Dumbell Bulgarian split squat 3 x 8 (0kg, 2x12.5kg, 2x12.5kg)
   Single leg RDL w/ dumbell 3 x 8 (0kg, 2x12.5kg, 2x12.5kg)

Cool down
  stretch
  down hill walk back to bus stop 20 min

Comment
It was nice to get back onto the track, I am happy with my results, have not lost any speed, the a run was tiring for 20m trying to keep it going and cycling legs fast. then the runs felt nice and fast. accidentally ran from 53m and got 6.56s, which was strange. It was very windy also so i was running into a head wind. then the ankle hops and tuck jumps felt good, the tuck jump is a little rusty. the gym work was good, the first time i did the bulgarian split squts, my legs and glutes was sooo sore, but it was feeling better on the rest of the sets, some balance issues with the single leg RDL. but 12.5kg dumbells felt nice and controlled and happy as it is 50kg on both legs.

Rating: 8/10

What are your current SVJs and RVJs if you don't mind me asking?

It is really bad, haven't measured it recently, since I last measured it was if i remember correctly.

SVJ: 23"
RVJ: 27"

Date: 04/04/2015
Soreness: lower body (hamstring, quads, glutes)
aches/pains: outer shin on left leg, because last workout when doing ankle hops i stood on my shoes and didn't trip just strained it

Distance used: 33.15m

Warm up:
  a march 2 x 20.72m
  a skip 2 x 20.72m
  a run 2 x 20.72m

Workout
    Sprint 33m---------Lead leg
        5.09                    L (wearing wool hat)
        5.07                    R
        4.69                    L (didn't wear hat)
        4.75                    R
        4.97                    L
        5.22?                  R (don't know how that happened)

  Ankle jumps 2 x 8
  Tuck jumps 2 x 8
   
   Mobility and activation stretch for gym work
   Dumbell Bulgarian split squat 3 x 6 x 12.5kg
   Single leg RDL w/ dumbell 3 x 6 x 12 .5 kg

Cool down
  stretch
  down hill walk back to bus stop 20 min

Comment
It was another windy training day, it had rained so the track was quite wet. the warm ups felt good, the runs felt fast a little uncontrolled as usual at slight points but after pass 10m it was nice and controlled, did the ankle hops for 2 sets as it was aggravating the outer shin so did 2 sets of both. then did without shoes bulgarian split squats, which getting better. will upgrade weights after every week with 3 days to reach my reps. then finished the day with the down hill walk.

Rating: 7/10