Thoughts for the day

And not so bloody hot this time

Managed the whole rout again today, this time accompanied by my mate Alex.  He has to get up even earlier as he walks over to my house first.  Impressive.  We managed the circuit in 23 minutes which is around 3 off where we should be and 20 off my final target run time.  I know it does not sound very impressive, but please take into account that I am 3 stone overweight and have never, never been a runner.  I used to take short cuts or simply walk at school cross country [which was a weird name for it as we ran on the streets [and I walked/took shortcuts]].  As it happens two of the people that I’m running with are cross country record holders [Norfolk and Somerset].  Out of practice and unfit, but surely soon to be hampered by me!  I’m also intending to get to the point where I can run six times a week.  Time will tell.

And Why Go Through ALL OF THIS

Fat people annoy me, me inclusive.  My weight annoys me and has done for around 15 years.  I yo-yo with my size, whilst I remain fairly fit.  Every time I get close to where I want to be something happens and it all goes pear shaped [literally].  So I hope I can build a habit that is no a chore and then a good state of health will follow.  It also means that dealing with hard decisions after twelve hours of filming can be made properly because I will be thinking strait.

And Filming

Waiting to hear from producers is killing me, it really is.  But I know that it’s all going to work out.  I just need to be more busy. A lot more busy!  Arghhhhhhhhhhhh.

Laters,

Chalkster

Bloody hell, it does get easier!

By no means am I a runner yet, although I’ve just done two runs in two days.  This is for two reasons; the first is that my recovery has improved so that I can, the second? I need to be able to fit into my Tuxedo in Cannes.  Now don’t get me wrong, it fits and I can walk in it. Though it would be fair to say it’s a little tight.  So beer intake as well as food has been reduced in attempt at comfort.  The interesting thing today was that although I didn’t [couldn’t] run as fast, at no point was I out of breath or going through my standard thought process ‘why am I doing this, I need to stop, why, why, why?’.

So Longer Runs Then?

Looks like it!  I’ve been trying to work out how I want to do this.  Si suggests doing the same rout once a week against the clock to test improvement.  Which is fine, but what is now an eighteen minute runs will get closer to a twelve at some point and I think I need to do more then that really. Si suggested lapping the same rout, that would give us roughly ten kilometers for three laps.  Problem with that is I would have to pass my house at least twice; a house with coffee and comfy sofa’s… So I think my intention is to work my way down Ifly Road and back up Cowley Road.  This taint to hard as there are a lot of roads that join the two, which in theory means just running down to the next one and across.  Eventually it’ll be a run all the way down to the Plain and back up to the house.  To be honest, that is probably enough for me, I may try a “10k” at some point, but do I ever really see myself doing a marathon?  I do think though, that I passed a real mental barrier today.  That is a very good thing.

Cannes 2 Days, Who’s Counting?

We finished the investors pack and have the contents pages printed, the covers should arrive today.  Unsurprisingly there are a few minor errors that we missed, but the pack does look ahead of the competition, which is a good head start.  I’ve had some very good feed back and am at my most confident that this project is about to leap into life which is really down to the hard work and innovation of a few people who have developed a trust and faith in me that I hope I deserve.  Time will tell and could tell within a few short weeks. Barrie has dug up a picture of the Yacht “FAIRBIRD” that we have been invited to “pitch on” .

Nerves setting in?

Net quite yet, probably because there is still so much to organise.  Having said that I woke up today with Paloma Faiths ‘Do you want the truth or something beautiful’ In my head, which I hope is a good omen as I want her in the film and that track on the sound track. It is hard to believe that it was only eight days ago that we were invited and decided to go to Cannes.  And one of the best things?  Without realising it, Barrie has taken on the role of a producer and worked his arse of organising everything without very much intervention from me.  Which for the long term is something that I am very, very pleased and proud about.

Chalkster

Find Myself Relating my World to that of my Football Team

I do, and Often in life I’ve found that I do better when Southampton FC are doing better. This week we both signed a new striker. SFC signed David Connolly, a 32 year old Premiership striker, who has been out of the footballing world through injury for the last 18 months. It could be a very shrewd bit of business as long as he is not broken. ChalkStar films are in with a good shout of making our first feature and have been fortunate enough to have Simeon Courtie join the writing team for “No Balls”. If the relationship works out perhaps a few more teams as well. Both “Players” ooze quality. Already Sim has had a positive effect, his quality of work and work ethic are second to none, the knock on effect though is tremendous. It is a sign to those in and around ChalkStar that not only do we mean business; we can now attract big talent who see opportunities in our ideas both with what we have done and what we are doing.

The Similarities Don’t End There Either

Oh no, The folks in ChalkStar are also motivated more now. Si only feels he can improve his game by working with Sim, he can learn from him and is motivated by having somebody that he can work with that is the same sort of quality as himself. It’s fair to say many teams are held back by those around them, its all well and good having a ‘Matt LeTiz‘ but where is your motivation to play better or to your best without other quality or better players? It’s a bit like having competition for places, though the only place at risk on the table is mine. If though, that means a better end product, I’m happy to sit on the bench and work at my game.  The rest of the team can see real movement on the pitch and in the back room, which is a positive sign of things to come.

Laters,

Chalkster