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It's been a long time since I posted a blog on Charlie. Why? well for one thing, work seems to be getting in the way. Charlie has been training but largely out of hotel rooms, on his own with programmes set by myself.
An incident in a Brussels hotel didn't help. Charlie tripped up on a step and unfortunately broke a bone in his big toe. This resulted in a plaster cast. This occurred just a week before round 4 of the Trofeo Abarth 500 championship!! not good.
However, to his credit, Charlie made Fridays testing session aided by myself as his chaperone. He performed very well and was quite competitive throughout the 4 half hour sessions.
On Saturday, things didn't go so well. Charlie was one of three drivers to receive a drive through penalty due to a particular line being taken through a corner. This resulted in Charlie finishing in 5th place, his worst result so far this year.
On Sunday, starting from third position, Charlie had an incident with another driver on the opening lap. This resulted in a spin and unfortunately a collision with a tyre wall. Charlie managed to get back on to the track but seem to lose a bit of pace. The end result was a 4th place finish, not a disaster but overall a weekend he would rather forget.
This week Charlie and his girlfriend Zoe have gone to Donnington park on a job involving the Toyota auris. This is three weeks away from home and no training with my good self.
I have set him up a weights programme which he can carry out within the hotel complex.
I have also lent him a Concept 2 rower logcard which I have pre-programmed with 3 different types of workout. One is a tempo session consisting of 3 x 10 minute bursts on the rower with a 4 minute rest in between sets.
The second is an interval session consisting of 8 x 300 metre sprints with a 2 minute rest in between and the third is a mixed session consisting of 5 x 6 minute segments with each 6 minute segment broken down into 3 further segments as follows:
Segment 1, 3 minutes at 2.20 pace
Segment 2, 2 minutes at 2.05 pace
Segment 3, 1 minute at 1.50 pace.
This then repeats itself 5 times over.
There is a forth session which he can complete after his weights workout.
This is a Tabata blast on the rower and consists of a 4 minute warm up and then 10 x 20 second flat out blasts followed by 10 seconds active rest repeated 10 times. This is then followed by a 3 minute cool down. Total time, 12 minutes, but performed with gusto, this will leave you feeling exhausted and your muscles full of lactic acid.
We have made arrangements for me to come up to the hotel at one point to really beast Charlie through a workout and perhaps a meal and a chat after.