Nepal almost sounds like nipple

Hey everyone,
Yesterday Kathmandu played host to the Nepal International Track Championships. Although it’s regarded a very prestigious event for athletes from Nepal, in the western world it is a race of poor standards and usually dismissed. Never the less we went into the race with one objective, to win.

All competitors nervously toed the line and after a few seconds the gun sounded for the 5000m. I found myself sitting in the crowd as I was racing the 1500. Halfway through the 5000 I decided to warm up for my event which was soon to be underway. A Regular warm up for me consists of light jogging and a few 600m strides, nothing out of the ordinary. I soon toed the line in my brand new Adidas Spikes (thanks Adidas) and waited for the sound of the gun. The gun did in fact sound how I expected and I started the race. I found myself in a pack of Nepalese runners for the majority which was to be expected, being this race is in Nepal. My coach gave me a simple plan for the race which was to sit in for as long as possible and pounce with 198m to go.  Something they wouldn’t expect.

With 2 laps to run a bug flew into my throat which subsequently caused heavy breathing and my legs to ache. I’m told this is a regular occurrence in Kathmandu as the area has quite poor living standards. I ended up a credible 13th in what was a field of very well credentialed Nepalese masters athletes. Obviously I'm quite frustrated with the bug's but happy my sports scientist Gunther fixed the shoe lace problem I was having some weeks ago. The double knot we worked on in the lab has worked wonders.

I'm currently at the airport in Kathmandu waiting to leave for Monaco for an appointment with my sports psychologist Dr. Hansell Balsag. While on the Riviera we will go through my race in Nepal. He thinks the bug problem stems from when I was a child, In particular when my first coach touched me inappropriately. Hopefully we can get it sorted so I can get back to what I do best. (Winning, if you were wondering)

Fig

High everyone!

Hey followers,

I’ve just jetted into Nepal from my home base in Australia for some extreme high altitude training. My coach Filipe Believes I will benefit quickly from the week up here so we don't have to waste time training when I get back home. Just continue to concentrate on the racing.

The week prior to arriving in Nepal I was approached by the 'EARTHIS' (Earth Institute of sport). They are asking me to be involved in their Super Duper Athlete Development Program leading up to the Inter Worlds. Obviously this is an amazing opportunity and I won’t waste any time in starting to do as they tell me right away! If I suck up to them enough I might be able to gain entry into the Mars Diamond League. For those who don't know, the Mars Diamond League is a pinnacle event on planet mars in May as an IWC warm up. If you win one of these prestigious events you receive 1,000 US Dollars. With the exchange rate on Mars at an all time high you are able to buy property at a very reasonable price. As of yet no Human mortal has won the 5000m as Mars' Martians are very good athletes. This event will give me the opportunity to compete against the Olympus Undae people of northern Mars. Some say they run to and from school each day but I find that hard to believe.


Just being in Nepal is truly stunning and the people here are very nice but they are all quite ugly. I have traveled fairly extensively and one thing I have noticed is that the really beautiful places are home to some of the ugliest people on Earth. It’s quite confronting when you have such beautiful views contrasted with such ugly villagers. They are very nice though.

Well it’s quite late here in Kathmandu so I’m off to my altitude tent for some training while I sleep. Imagine how fit I will be in the morning!

Train safe,

Fig

New Beginnings

Hi All,

Today I completed my 75th month of racing without any base. Well that’s not entirely true; according to my training diary I did do one long run on the 14th of December, but that mishap was due to my new Garmin giving me poor direction.

Unsurprisingly my racing has been going really well but I’ve had some horrible luck. Each race this season I should have won but my shoelaces keep coming undone towards halfway and when I stop to do them up everybody passes me. My Coach Filipe Oosterhoff and my local sports science lab is helping me with this. We are both frustrated as I would be winning these races quite comfortably.

Training wise, it’s going smoothly at the moment. Yesterday I completed 18x400s on the track leaving on 60secs. I was spewing my guts up at the end so I guess that will make me run faster come next September. Just have to make sure I’m well recovered. My diet is something very important to my success. Before and after each session I make sure I inject myself with carbohydrate as this helps me perform and recover to maximum levels. Of course I couldn't recover as well as I do without my sponsors. Thanks to them [sponsors] I have great training and racing gear but it’s always nice when I get new items. The other day I went to the sports science centre so I could have my gait analysis checked. They say my pinky toe is out by a few mm so I made sure I got the new vibram 5 fingers to reduce the risk of injury.


That’s all for now, I am late for my track session. 3x200's with 45mins rest between.


Train Hard,
Fig

First Post!

Hello obviously interested people. My name is Fig Jam and I'm an elite runner. I'm sure you have already heard a lot about me. I have started this blog in the hope to share with you my daily trials and tribulations as well as race reports, training sessions and links to my local news paper where I'm regularly interviewed.

Although I’m a very interesting person in regular day to day blogging there is one main reason I have started this blog.

In August 2012 there is an amazing event taking place. An event so prestigious that it has been around (although unofficially) since the late 400’s BC. An event so massive it draws an audience of over 10 Billion. I am of course talking about the INTER-WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS. Run every 180 years the Inter-world Championship brings together the best athletes not only from around the world but from around our solar system. Athletes will compete for Mercury, Neptune and everything in between that is bound to our great star by gravity.

For the first time in over 600 years Earth will host this amazing athletic event and it is my duty as 5000m track representative to blog about my extraordinary journey. In this blog you can expect to read about anything I consider worthwhile during my quest for victory come August 2012. Expect babble about my favorite foods, training sessions, equipment and sponsorship’s that will no doubt come into fruition.

A first post usually comes with momentous amounts of literature but I will keep this one modest, more posts will follow soon so thanks for reading and I hope you continue to follow my journey to the inter-worlds.

I'm also really good at Guitar.

Fig Jam