Cross-Training News Archive
Hywel Davies VO2 Max (17 February 2003)
Hywel took the VO2 Max test at the Sandown Tri Exhibition and got a
scary score - read more.
Smilebuster Finals 8-9 February (30 January 2003)
Smilebuster finals are taking place at the Triathlon exhibition at
Sandsdown Park. Details of the exhibition and entry forms for the heats
can be got from www.swimcyclerun.co.uk.
Lee Rankin will be in the final on Sunday and Hywel Davies will be giving
a talk afterwards, at 4.00 pm.
Results
Boxfit 2003 filling up quickly (3 December 2002)
The Boxfit X-training event on 29 March 2003 is filling up quickly.
Most of the intermediate slots have gone and there is strong demand
for the open event. Get your application
in now and avoid disappointment. (note: it is now full)
Adam Horder in International King of Sport Final
(5 November 2002)
For the last few weeks Channel 5 has screening the International King
of Sport heats. Crosstrainer Adam Horder won his heat and is through
to the final, which is being shown on Sunday, 10th November at 7.00
pm. What sort of sports? Fastest drop to the ground from a standing
position, running in a circle, and a headlong body dive into a long-jump
sandpit, to name a few. Basically, it is a sporting antithesis, but
that doesn't make it any easier. Did he win? You'll have to tune in
and see.
Sponsor Will Whitmore to raise money for Archie (18 October 2002)
Archie was born prematurely and the complications that followed left
him with cerebral palsy and diplegia. It is not known whether he will
be able to walk or if he does how well. Archie will have a number of
other disabilities to cope with, but the more treatment he gets at the
specialist Bobath Centre, the better chances in life he will have. This
costs money, of course, and that's where the challenge comes in. Will
Whitmore of dbmax.co.uk (runners-up at Superteams) has set himself a
'stretch' target (to put it mildly):
1) To lose enough weight in 5 weeks to compete at BIRC 2002 in the
lightweight category (less than 75kg). To do this he needs to lose around
10.5 kg (1 stone 9lbs).
2) To place top 5 in the age 30-34 LWT category at BIRC 2002.
Will is going to try for 6:25, but with 10.5 Kg weight loss you know
how hard and painful that is going to be.
Sponsor Will by the pound or kilo for weight loss and (or) for every
second he gets under 7 minutes. Go on, email (xtrain@dbmax.co.uk)
now and pledge some money.
Superteams: TV times (18 October 2002)
SuperTeams will form part of the Sport Nation TV programme being shown
on Sky Sports 2 and Sky Sports Extra:
25/10/02 17.00 Sky Sports 2
25/10/02 23.30 Sky Sports Extra
26/10/02 04.00 Sky Sports 2
27/10/02 15.30 Sky Sports Extra.
Report and
results
Netfit European X-Training Championships 30th
November (26 September 2002)
Qualifying heats take place on Saturday with the final on SUnday,
1st December at Tilbury Leisure Centre in Essex. Entry form available
in events.
One On One Iron Man
(26 September 2002)
This event was originally scheduled for 24th November. It will now
take place Sunday, 26th January 2003, giving everyone plenty of time
to get some heavy training done in November and December.
Clarification of Superteams disciplines (16 September
2002)
We had a couple of queries re Superteams event, so we emailed for clarification.
Details below. Jez Strong, Superteams account director replied:
Vacate and revisit?
Vacate and revisit - does this mean I can do, say, 30 sit ups, another
team member do 30 and then I revisit to do my last 20? I.e., no limit
to the number of change-overs between team members as long as minimum
reps per person are achieved at the end?
Response from Jez:
You have to achieve your minimum in your first visit to any discapline.
After that you may re-visit as often as you like to make up the balance.
Sit-ups?
Sit ups. Are these done on an incline bench? If so, what angle of incline?
The write-up - other team members can hold feet - suggests they are
done on a mat or a box?
Response from Jez:
This was supposed to be on an incline bench (approx 40 degrees) with
feet hooks ....... however, it Life Fitness have not come up with the
benches, so we it will be sit ups on a mat with a team mate holding
your feet. We will confirm this in your entry confirmation letters.
Weight carry?
Weight carry - one pair of dumbells per team member? E.g., one person
does 20, second person does 40, third person does 60 (as opposed to
all three members doing all three pairs).
Response from Jez:
Absolutely right! However you don't necessarily have to carry 2
dumbells of the same weight - as long as you all carry 2. Carry can
also be done in 2 journeys if necessary.
That's about it, so get those entries sent in asap.
Cheers.......Jez
Jez Strong
Account Director
Relay Sports & Leisure Marketing, Unit 4/5, Hamilton House, Mabledon
Place, London, WC1H 9BB
26 October 2002: SAS March
at Crickhowell (3 September 2002)
This event is set up to mirror the SAS's toughest march (endurance
march) in selection week. The event will take place over 65km at Crickhowell
in the Brecon Beacons and will be completed carrying a 30lb rucksack/bergen
within a 20hr cut-off. Some level of map reading will be neccesary.
The event will be supervised by ex special forces and ex SAS instructors.
Eddie "give me ten" Stone from the BBC programme SAS are you
tough enough is the
chief instructor.
Entry fee £60. Email Jamie Stone (jamiest19@hotmail.com)
for an information pack and application form.
October 2002 events at
Thruxton (24 August 2002)
Hants Fire and Tri are holding a Rowathlon on Sunday 20 October - 3k
row, 21k bike, 3.5k run - at Thruxton race track in Hants (near Andover).
The following Sunday, 27th, the Mass Attack duathlon takes place - 5k
run, 30k bike, 5k run. We did both events last year and they are great
fun, although the weather is unpredictable (well, not that unpredictable
- it poured down for the rowathlon and was bitterly cold, but that's
only a problem while you are waiting to start).
Details and links to hosting organization web sites and entry forms
available in the events section
of our site.
DB Max X-Training Challenge
on Sky (5 August 2002)
According to the Concept2 newsletter the DB Max X-Training Challenge
is going to be broadcast on TV throughout the
second week of August. The details are:
Friday 9/8/02, Sky Sports Extra, 11.00 p.m.
Saturday 10/8/02, Sky Sports 2, 3.30 a.m.
Saturday 10/8/02, Sky Sports 2, 8.00 a.m.
Saturday 10/8/02, Sky Sports 3, 6.00 p.m.
Sunday 11/8/02, Sky Sports 2, 5.00 a.m.
Sunday 11/8/02, Sky Sports 2, 4.30 p.m.
Tuesday 13/8/02, Sky Sports 3, 12.00 noon
Tuesday 13/8/02, Sky Sports 3, 3.00 p.m.
Independent On Sunday
(7 July 2002)
The Cross-Training article has been published in the Independent On
Sunday of 7 July. We will link to it online when the IoS makes it available.
If you want a photocopy of the article, contact
us.
Visit the Independent
site
Superteams at RAF Cosford, 5-6 October 2002 (1
July 2002)
Full details of the relay course
are now available.
Also see the press release
about SuperTeam and the comment
about lack of top level crosstraining events this year from the SuperTeam
organizers.
Trailblazer X-Training Challenge 7-8 September
2002 (June 11 2002)
The course will be a three stage qualification on day one: 5km multi
terrain run, trim trail log circuit, indoor pentathlon. All three events
are performed back to back on day two. There will something going on
for competitors all day during the qualifying. The finals will probably
be the toughest event ever. The competition takes place in Crawley,
West Sussex and the entry fee is £35.00 elite/£25.00 intermediate.
Contact: Andrew Watson watsonc@eurobell.co.uk
for further details or download details of the course and an entry form
from here
(pdf format - 170k)
Smilebuster 15-30 June (11 June 2002)
From 15 to 30 June more than 200 health clubs will be running the Smilebuster.
The entry fee is £5 basic, £12 with personalised T-shirt.
If you are not a member of a participating club look at the listings
on www.smilebuster.com
and find an 'Open' venue near you. The course has three distances:
* Sprint 1500m row, 6km bike (Life Fitness) or timed equivalent all
other types, 2 km run
* Pro 4000m row, 15km bike, 5 km run
* Extreme (nutters only) 7500m row, 30km bike, 10km run
The top performers in Series 2 (June) and Series 3 (Sept) will be invited
to the next Play off in October 2002.
Netfit Challenge July 13th (27 May 2002)
Netfit is organising a Cross Training Challenge to be held at the
David Lloyd Brooklands (Weybridge Surrey) on July 13th in support of
Sport Relief. The course is against the clock, over 8 exercises for
the OPEN event, finishing after the Bench Press, or the PRO event finishing
after the Bunny Hops. A limited number of team event places are available
for teams of 5 people either male or female racing over the PRO course.
Visit the Netfit
site for details
DB Max Cross Training Challenge on 22 June (26
April 2002)
DB Max are running
a crosstraining event at the University of Bath.
Change of course for One On One competition 28th
April (6 April 2002)
The One On One comp at Worcester on Sunday, 28th April is on, but with
some changes to the course. See course
details and get your entry in.
Whatever happened to X-Zone? (30 March 2002)
See Simon French's comments on the background to the X-Zone
affair.
One On One Cross-training event for 30 March at
Evesham cancelled (29 March 2002)
No cross-training at Evesham on Saturday 30 March. We hear that it
is due to lack of competitors entered. If you want the next on on 28
April to run then make sure you contact Stuart
Leng in plenty of good time to tell him you want to enter.
Calso Health and Fitness are running a cross-training
comp on 1 June (29 March 2002)
Details are available via our events
page and from the Boxfit
site.
SAS - Are you tough enough? (March 2002)
For all of those of you who sat and watched Lee Rankin the Sunday night
programme and thought they could do it, Simon French spotted this in
the paper - SAS Challenge 2002 ~ 16th-18th August and 6th-8th September.
Run by the same team from Are You Tough Enough? It's a charity challenge
in aid of Guide Dogs for the Blind. All information and entry forms
are at www.saschallenge.org.uk
plus there are details of a few other ones they're running through the
summer.
Boxfit update (25 March
2002)
Message from the organizer, Dave Coard: "I'm very pleased to hear
that we were rated along the lines of Ultrafit and Tropicana. A lot
of organising but very worthwhile when you get feedback like that.
I will be forwarding a cheque to The Luton & Dunstable Hospital
Cancer Unit Appeal for £700.00 (proceeds from the event once expenses
were paid) which made it even more worthwhile." Thanks, Dave -
we're looking forward to the next one! Photos have been added to the
Boxfit report
Smilebuster Extreme (25 March 2002)
In June Smilebuster are adding a third distance for the truly mad called
Smilebuster Extreme which is 7500 metre row, 30K (Life Fitness equivalent)
bike and 10K run - with 20 KMH maximum speed on the treadmill.
