Weight, Weight and More Weight!!!

So I had previously said that I was going out to start my Bobsleigh Season on the 13th of November but due to some unforeseen circumstances this opportunity got postponed. It was ok though as it meant that I was able to stay home and get some more hard training under my belt in the gym and on the track.
It had been a long time before I was able to get back in the weights room and start some heavy lifting again due to my wrist, but now I am back and enjoying banging out the weights and its nice to see that even though I had to stay off the weights for a long time I am nearly back to were I use to be back in 2010 and ive only be back on it for a few months!! The thing with me is when I get on the weights my body weight goes up dramatically and I feel like 'Chunky Wanna Bun!!' I hate stepping on the scales and looking down and thinking S*** what happened there and then go into the ok now im going to starve myself for a week so I can lose the weight!!!......Katherine it aint gonna happen now is it!!! Not doing weights since Febuary this year has meant I had dropped a few jean sizes and been the lighest ever!! I was so excited looking at the scale being under 10stone, but now I have to kiss goodbye to that, it was nice for a while but I need Power in my legs and Power = Weights so its a sacrifse I will have to make through gritted teeth haha

Anyway back to Bobsleigh, well I shall be heading out to Winterburg on Sunday to join up with the GB girls on the European Cuiruit, its already started for them but I am going to go out and see what its all about and lucky for me I will have my daughter Mia and my Partner coming out with me too so that will be nice. Then its, return home in December get myself back on the track and then get ready to put my sprint spikes back on again and my racing kit and start my indoor athletics campaign........

This weekend seems to have been the most tiring and jammed packed weekend ever.

Friday I was A key speaker at a conference in Plymouth for teacher on Citizenship, PHSEE and and Healthy Schools event talking about how sport and healthy lifestyle has made an impact on my life and talk about my story so far and I had know trouble talking haha those who know me would know that! I was amazed while I was there to learn that Primary Schools now weigh in children to check their weight!! Parents can refuse for their child to be weighed and I did say that I wouldn't allow my child to be weighed to determine if she is healthy or not, surely doing this can have an adverse effect on some children. It's bad enough anyway with the so called perfect body image plastered on magazines etc and now they are doing this in schools surely it's not right!! We will end up with more kids with eating disorders. There must be another way of determining if a child is healthy or not why can't they put together some kind of fitness testing!! That's enough moaning from me now 

On a brighter note on Sunday I was invited to start the first ever Plymouth 10k event and it was an honor to be able to do it and such a fantastic turn out with clear sky's to boot. I enjoyed counting down and setting the runners off and glad to be a spectator!! Haha The finish was great with three elite runners racing for the finish line and the English came out on top against the welsh it was also nice to meet some people I talk typo via twitter nice to put a face to a nice or should I say tweet!

So tomorrow is the start of a new week and time for me to get some last minute training in and get my game face on for the start of my Bobsleigh career as on the 13th I shall be leaving the UK and heading out to Austria to slide with the girls  BRING IT ON 

Count Down Begins.....

So the clock is ticking and the count down has begun to the start of my new career in Bobsleigh! On the 13th of this month I will make my first trip away with the GB Team to the European Cup in Austria and this will be my first ever slide on ice and when I will finally find out what I have let myself in for and what Extreme Sports is all about and I can't wait!!!

I'm looking forward to getting out there and doing my first slide with the girls and be part of the team and on the circuit. I'm not going to lie am I scared? Yeah course I am wouldn't you be? Haha but I enjoy these kind of things, the challenge of walking into the unknown and not knowing what to expect, I thrive on a challenge and enjoy the feeling of nerves as you just use it to your advantage! So bring it on!!!!

Before I go I still have things to do at home, on Sunday I have to get up early as I am officially starting the Plymouth 10k. I can't believe the number of tweets I received on Twitter asking me if I was running it!! ME?! I don't think so, I would give most things a go but the thought of having to run that far is torture, my body is not designed for that kind of running I would need a medical team handy and a taxi to take me to the finish line, either that or ride in the back of an ambulance!! Haha.
I take my hat off to everyone taking part I think your all MAD and I wish you all the best of luck and I will be staying round to cheer you on.