BODY TESTS

As time is (free)running very low, this week has involved me going to my chiropractors, physios, and Doctors for final check-ups before departure.
Since being checked when I was a junior I have had a benign heart Mur-Mur from birth. Through training in my life I have known about it, and been slightly weary of it when properly pushing it. It has literally been the only thing, body wise, really that I have had a slight worry about. Since I have been absolutely killing it for months, training with Marines, 13% Oxygen Chambers, 30 milers, pushing it, and planning to go all out I decided to see the GP for a full on check up and ECG test.

Worried slightly with what the results may be, and already thinking about the mental battle I would have deciding what to do, I was told that the Mur Mur no longer exists and I am indeed ready to blast it. Just the news I was hoping to hear. Especially when I will be attempting a 100 miles Ultra Marathon to start it all off.

I have also been trying to increase my overall body weight before this event and bulk out. Not only is calorie intake important for energy during this event, but I will constantly be burning fat and my muscles will become weak with so much running. Right now I have a metabolic age of a 12 year old and body is at 8%. I will also be making sure I go through the exact same tests during and after the 1000 miles of Parkour to see the changes my body will be going through.

OLYMPIANS ONBOARD

Busy days. I have recently got back from a brief trip to Nuremberg, Germany. Looking out of the plane on the way there I felt pretty gutted that the plane took only one and half hours to travel 1000 miles, and I could potential take up to a month and half to do 1300 miles to Paris in a few weeks. Also a perfect opportunity to test my altitude reading watch and GPS system that I will be using. Cor blimey nerd alert.

Once I was over there, a did performance and spent a lot of time with Usain Bolt’s training partner, Yohann Blake (100 Meters 9.93), Jessica Ennis (current World Pentathlon and Heptathlon Champion), and Phillips Idowu (Current World Triple Jump Champion).  We all talked alot about the differences in training for what we all do, how bits of what they do can transfer into what I do, why we do it and how we do it. We also filmed a whole load of stuff that should make it’s way up on the site soon enough. It was surreal having all 3 of them saying what I do ( and all of us in the community do) is amazing, and seeing the shock on the faces as I moved about, mainly because these guys are the amazing ones. It was a boost which has given me a certain degreee of confidence before the run, knowing that a guy who runs 9.93 and gold medalists have my back.

All of them were eager to give me the best of luck and wanted to send some love to the camera, Jessica Ennis told me that she wishes me ‘ the best of luck, it’s going to be haaarrrd, but you will feel good once you have done it and you can go on a big holiday afterwards, good luck!’. Phillips Idowu said he wanted to wish me ‘..all the best, do that 1000 miles leaping, jumping, you know how we do! All the best bless, and catch you in Paris!  And Yohann just asked If I could get Jessica’s number, and also wants me to hit him up with some teaching when he’s in London next.

I have added some links to videos so you can witness the fitness and see just good these guys are. For me it is back to 5.30 wake-ups, blood, sweat, and fears, blisters and aches before setting off very soon.

Phillips Idowu killing it in the sand pit.

A variety of clips of Jessica Ennis’s events.

Yohann Blake running 100m

NEW VIDEO. THE THIRD SPACE

Yes. Training and preparation is going well.
This is me sweating it out, like a boss, for my 1000 Miles of Parkour training for Motor Neurone Disease with Sean Lerwil, my personal beast. I took part in an hour-and-a-half run in a cryochamber hypoxic chamber at The Third Space in central London. The chamber that has a lower oxygen count and is similar to being at an altitude of 8,500 ft. Exercising in it has health benefits such as increasing your red blood cell and haemoglobin count which leads to better utilisation of oxygen in the body.

A good few sessions at The Third Space will play an integral part in helping me to reach my goal of achieving a 100 mile non-stop round the clock ultra marathon for MND to start my 1000 miles of Parkour. Here is a very short video of the first days events.

Please donate, I would not be doing this if I didn’t 100% believe in it.

Love

NEW VIDEO!ENCOURAGEMENT

Cheyo!

The sounds of encouragement I have recieved whilst training with Sean Lerwil a Royal Marine Physical training instructor.

I haven’t put this up yet, as I was so tired from the day before’s training (incredible amount of running) I felt like this didn’t show me killing it like I have been, but it’s just a very small view of a small session I had a few months back I guess.

If you haven’t please give a little to help these people out, they really need your donations. Click on the link on the right and it will take 2 minutes.

Not long to go now…

NEW VIDEO: MOTIVES

Holla.

A short video that sums up the feelings behind the run, motives, and the drive. What more can be said really. The video speaks for itself, so does the fresh boufon that we can now say has been shaved off ready for all the blood, sweat, and fears.
Today also was a day of Press which involved various people coming down to help spread the word and get people to support the cause. Thank you to everyone for all your support so far, it’s been amazing. Please, if you haven’t, donate. It takes literally 2 minutes and will make a shed load of difference.

S

Produced by Nick Light.

NEW VIDEO! LIFE!

Cheyo!

So, this is me. Well it isn’t, it’s everyone, it’s more of a compilation of madness including things and momments that have made my ribs tickle beyond belief and made me smile like a chesire cat.
I have so collected so many random memories over the years and wanted to have one video that I could kick back and watch which would sum everything up to this day so far.

I also wanted to kind of warn people, that this is not the type of thing I will be doing on the run, this is just to show a bit more about me and the person who is behind trying to raise the awareness/money MND needs.

Please donate.

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VIDEO! IMPORTANT!

Cheyo,

No words needed for this one.

*Bare in mind alot of old footage was included in this edit, and I had very little control.

Please donate, and if you have, thank you for such mad support you have given.

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NEW VIDEO! GARN FADRYN

Cheyoo,

When I first came to training HQ in the remote ends of Wales I set my sights on every single mountain I could see. I had a map and a marker pen and it was a case of crossing off everything over 1000ft in my sights. This beast had to be the first one to be done. I calculated that I had ran the distance of a marathon that day, and escaped foot and mouth disease, by a meter or so.

Much love! x

I also would like to add the George Mayfield, who I referred to in the video is a dope freerunner, very talented, and I think he’s a great guy all around, it was simply a little gag at the horses hair styles.

NEW VIDEO! Reason

Right, training is getting hard. It’s been going on for a good few months now and is testing me mentally alot. I am getting 30 miles away from where I have started and thinking, why ? What’s to stop me just getting on a bus or getting a lift ? Obviously I haven’t.

When running for such long distance, your mind wanders. All over the bloody place. It’s definitely making me that little insane. But I keep asking myself why am I running masses of miles ? My motivation. It’s simple, it’s people I have met with MND, people who have lost loved ones, and people who have had the lives destroyed in a way, by it.

When I start to think like this, the finish line seems closer, I seem to get more energy, and I know that whatever I am feeling ( no skin on feet, aches upon aches) is nothing compared to what they have to go through.
This video is just a dodge quick video I wanted to upload to get it out there. I am really not a fan of speaking to the camera now, I am bored of my voice but think it’s important to get people to donate. So please do.

It’s time for bed after caring for my blisters, before another 20 odd miles tomorrow.

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Comcon

Over the last 6 months leading up t the challenge I have spent many a time with Sean Lerwil. ‘When the screen went back.. and I first met Sean’.. was when the Ministry of Defence decided for us to meet. Over a weekend or so the Royal Marines Commando’s came to London where me, Blue, Tim, Spidey and others taught them the odd thing about getting over ye olde obstacles. Then a week after that, we were sent to RMC HQ to try our hands on the training techniques and tests marines have to do.

Recently I have been spending a lot of time with Sean again,  gaining advice on all things that will aid the 1000 miles I will do. From Nutrition, recovery, survival to physio excercises and keeping the right state of mind. His words of wisdom and experiences have played such a big part in getting me ready for all of this. If fitness is your thing, or it if it isn’t and you want to increase your fitness 10 fold head to his site.

www.commandoconditioning.com

Also on the site you will find an interview I did for them.

http://www.commandoconditioning.com/interview-with-johnny-sticky-budden-professional-freerunner/

Raphael is missing something..

Found this little gem in the bottom of one of my kit bags a couple of weeks back. Don’t know how I got it back to England from New York’s China town, but the main thing is that it is now back and being chucked on the top of alot of things. I must say though, literally most things are so much easier to climb up than use this. If you are thinking about testing one out, always be sure to watch you head when you test and tug. The last thing you want is this badboy flying towards your headpiece.

Morning Glory

With a massive lack of obstacles than London, Wales has been great for training hill running and building my stamina and has tested me to find new ways to train.

I was lucky enough to meet a charming Farmer had a spare tractor wheel he didn’t mind me having. The thing is, which I didn’t realise is that it actually costs farmers to get rid of the wheels once they stop using them, hence why so many are left around farms and fields.

I decided that I would always use it out of the blue. I’d be doing something, run out and flip it, run back and fourth, around it, jump in and out of it, flip it and run back in. I have combined it with other training routines and used it  right at the ned of long runs. Mainly because it’s change. I don’t want my body to get used to what it’s doing or get comfortable with doing certain things more than others.