EOF - HOW IT BEGAN..
“I started working with Nick after a brief chat with him whilst on MST duties on the Summer Fan in 2018. Many will know the sort of stuff I've done over the years, but if truth be told (at that time) I felt like I was standing still a bit. The focus and commitment to my training wasn't there in the same way it was previously, and after a serious knee injury in the latter part of 2017 (knee was completely lacerated down to the knuckle from a fall on to a piece of lava rock) and the subsequent surgery I had on my knee to repair it, I was convinced that I was then at a level that I couldn't push past.”
After The 100 Peaks I went through the motions with my training really, just doing enough to make sure I could cover the (marathon and ultra) distances I needed to cover comfortably, without over stretching myself, physically and physiologically. However, I quickly determined that I needed to be more than that, I was getting nothing out of my training and even less out of the events I was doing. I needed something to change or indeed someone to look at what I was doing and give me new impetus and a different approach.
We set to work on a plan, which come race(s) day not only set a new level level of performance, added a significant amount of consistency over the longer miles, especially the marathon distance, with much improved strength and form. I took my Paras’10 time from 1:40 to 1:24, my marathon times although not significantly improved at the time, the performances over the course of the races improved greatly. I was also not just breaking 3:30 (a target I set myself) for the Fan, but hitting 3:20, again before working with Nick, my previous best recorded time had been 3:42.
Why did I want to work with Nick? The evidence is obvious now, I wanted to go from someone who performed well on the challenges I take on, to someone who could use every last ounce of what I have to achieve and go beyond those previous markers and put down new ones. For me, that should be the minimum for us all no matter the level you perceive yourself to be. In addition the Remote Training Groups (and training days) offer a phenomenal way of not only being able to train with like minded people, but also enable you to continually set your own bar, which pretty much sums it up, and of course fits perfectly with the ethos of the Black Sheep.
Fast forward to now and I’m still proud to be a part of Elite Outdoor Fitness, Nick and Elite Outdoor Fitness can get you where you want to be, but you have to trust him and the Team, put the work in and more importantly, trust yourself! Want to go fast? Go to Elite Outdoor Fitness! Want to go far? Go to Elite Outdoor Fitness!
PARAS10 2019 - CIVI TEAM TAB WINNERS (CLEAN SWEEP)
