Thinking ahead to next season

[chickenfeet]

I'm starting to think about next rugby season. I am going to be refereeing. That means job one is to be match fit by the start of May. I'm thinking that if I keep running four to five times/week, do a bit of skiing and maybe do some 'staircase' workouts, maybe twice per week, I should be in good shape to start getting in shape around the middle of March. I'll need to ensure that my weight stays below 215, preferably 210#. I'll also do indoor training with the Nomads once that starts.

Some time in March I'll hit the serious training schedule. As well as regular running. I'll work in fartleks and sprint drills. I want to get my 2.4km time below 11 minutes by the time fitness testing comes around. I'd also like to be inside 6s for 40m. (Yeah, I know, neither of these is very fast but I'm no spring chicken).

Philosophically, I think I'm going to be a less lenient referee. Reflecting on the games I reffed last year, watching higher level games and talking to other refs I have come to the conclusion that not much in the tackle zone happens by accident. Players on the wrong side of the ball can get out of there 95% plus of the time if they want to. Players can stay on there feet unless contact is involved. I think I'm going to go with close to zero tolerance in the tackle area.

I'm not sure what will happen with the coaching. I guess I'll do it if I can though I'm not sure it will be at all easy to fit in with work. Wed'll see I guess.

Comments

[nanila]

You've really enjoyed the coaching, haven't you? It seems like it from the pictures you've posted. I hope you can keep doing it.

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

I have two problems with doing it. The major one is time. I just don't know what my work/travel schedule will be in the new job and I have to be able to commit to every Tues/Thurs evening. The other issue is that I really have imposter syndrome. Really I know ratshit about coaching and am totally faking it.

[opheliablue.livejournal.com]

Thanks for adding me back. Anyone who posts a lot of pictures of kitties has to be on my friend list.

Also you like Jane Austen. I did my thesis at uni on her and I actually enjoyed doing it.

Also you don't like Harry Potter or The Lord of the Rings, which is possibly even more important. Did you put those non interests in yourself, by the way, or is there a way of doing it on LJ that I haven't discovered yet?

Finally, irrelevantly, you went to college in Bishop's Stortford which is where my mum lives.

Hi!

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

I created the "non-interests" thing in the general text area of the profile.

Being picky, I went to school rather than college in Bishop's Stortford. Bishop's Stortford College may, like Eton or Winchester, style itself a college, but it's actually a public school.

[opheliablue.livejournal.com]

Thank you, I think I'll do that.

Who are you being 'picky' with? Me or the college - sorry, public school? I know nothing about Bishop's Stortford, I've been there once, it's referred to as a college on the userinfo, so if you want to be picky perhaps you should email LiveJournal about that or, even better, start a campaign to get the 'college' part changed to 'school.'

There isn't much point in being picky with me about it, partly because I didn't know and partly because it wasn't me that bestowed the title of 'college' on it.

It was a throwaway remark to a new 'friend.' I don't appreciate being patronised and/or being 'put in my place' over something so ridiculous. It isn't the best way to write to someone who's just friended you because they thought you were interesting and liked the look of your page.

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

I didn't mean picky in a negative way and I certainly wasn't trying to 'put you in your place'. I was just clarifying, FWIW, that my education in Bishop's Stortford was secondary rather than post-secondary which is how I interpreted "went to college in". Sorry if it came off as patronising, it wasn't intended to.

[opheliablue.livejournal.com]

Thanks - I misinterpreted it. And I so nearly didn't add that bit anyway! I only said 'went to college in' after I saw it on your userinfo.

How about "..and you went to a public school in Bishop's Stortford which is where my mum lives" ? :)

I should come with a warning (on my userinfo perhaps) that I can be a moody cow and fly off the handle for no apparent reason.

Anyway, nice to meet a new friend on LJ.

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

No worries. I'd be the first to concede that I occasionally write things that get taken other than as intended and it's usually because I've been a bit sloppy about wording. It's easy to forget how 'bare text' doesn't always convey the same meaning as the same words might in the context of a conversation.