First blog of the new page, quite a lot to talk about from the last week or so. On Saturday 14th May, my family ventured back to Swindon Parkrun which was where I completed my first ever Parkrun in 2011. I achieved a time of 30:16 and can remember feeling as if I was being tortured. Five years on from that and I have improved by almost 13 minutes which just shows that commitment goes a long way. Week on week I became quicker however I always looked at the guys far in front and wondered if I could ever beat them one day. That ‘one day’ came on the 14th of May 2016 and as Cirencester Athletics Club describes it; "Luke Campbell’s brave move to forsake his Chippenham comfort zone and take on a much greater challenge in Swindon paid off with a first place (and inevitably 1st Junior) and a time five seconds faster than his Chippenham PB." I tracked the whole run on my Garmin GPS watch and upon looking at the split times, I found that my last 50 meters were completed at 30 kmph (1:55 minute kilometer). Over the years I have seriously worked on my sprint finish and it has clearly benefited my performance. On Sunday 15th May, I ventured further from my comfort zone and attended the body power expo 2016 at The NEC. For those of you who don’t know what it is, it’s a massive warehouse filled with bodybuilders, weightlifters and bikini models. I met Nikki Blacketter, Steve Cook and Christian Guzman which was an incredibly experience and I shall be looking to go again next year. My next race is the Nottingham Sprint Triathlon on the 27th May, so this is my last week of hard training. This race is my attempt to qualify for the European Sprint Championships in 2017. There is fierce competition, but if things go to plan, I am confident that I have a chance of securing a slot. I’ll try and keep you updated over the next few weeks even though I am busy with training, work and college work.
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