Mr. Shumon Cool's Training Journal

Hi

thought i would post, and let you know whats happening, which is nothing much. Ive had the flu, since last tuesday, really bad worse ever, and i still have a chest infection now.

Its really took it out of me, am weak, ive lost weight, and i can’t eat like befor.

training wise, things could get interesting, soon enough. One more week, and i start training in the gym.

I hope am 100% fitness by thursday am fighting it off, because am gonna start conditioning myself again.

I had to come home, from a party on new years, because i was too weak, came home early.

This Journal exspirses on April 9th, after then i don’t know what am gonna do

Life going by so fast, befor we know it will be spring, 8weeks to March, once you reach there, its flys.

I don’t really know what i want to do with life

am gonna make the remainder of my gap year befor i go to university, something special, i just want to loose control. Ive got a warm feeling, inside of me, for the first time in my life am gonna take over.

don’t want to study just yet

am in the real world now

thank you

bye

Hi

Today i finally had my meeting with the dole. And today, i was feeling better. The first real day i felt over my flu. So i decided to jog down, but only go to the bus stop.

I got the bus the rest of the way. I feel good in myself, i hope i get a job soon.

“AM NOT LOOKING FOR THE JOB”

“THE JOBS LOOKING FOR ME”

I had the meeting with nice woman, nice little talk, then i had to talk to some guy, very well mannered. I told them the deal, what i want to do, my qaulifications etc.

real nice.

Then after that, i jogged home, big duff Coat on, jeans. But i felt good. Good little jog, like when Maurice Greene jogs around the track.

Training wise, am joining the gym next week, its official. As far as track training, i don’t know. Some of my old group, train somewhere esle now, but its on concrete, and i was speaking to one of my old training partners. And they do, hill runs, and run on the street.

I was offered a lift which is nice, i appreciate it very much. But i can run on the streets where i live, and to be honest, sprint training is vital.

I will proberly go down and check it out, afew times. Then i might just train down at wavertree on weekends, if i can, do my own stuff.

Until my stadium sorts itself out, i hope it does, i loved going there.

Some days, summer days i would go down and train. Luy out on the track, with my top off.

and just think

i hope it opens up the track again, there nothing wrong with it.

Thank you

Take care now

bye

ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE

Yes this morning i went on a jog, around my home town. Just early in the morning. Today, i woke up to the Beatles “All you need is love” i put it on.

It gives me a warm feeling, and i like the song. In my short life, ive come to realise afew things.

Yes i just went on a jog, because i have’nt done any physical condition for to long, over a week, plus ive been ill, so its hit me twice as hard.

I got a e-mail just now off my coach, which i have’nt red as yet.

Later on today, i will do circuits. Next week, i will be starting up in the gym.

It was a nice morning, skys blue, but very cold, but once i got running i was ok.

Thank you
take care
bye

Yeah

My training group, is training, and i got a e-mail off my coach yesterday. About the new track, getting built it looks like it is’nt gonna be ready until june, well lets just say along time. Something to do with marking out the track, and the weather.

Thats the track, a distance away from me. A car journey.

But the track complex, in my home town, a big project. Thats 18mounths behind schedule, meanwhile my old track, which cannot be knocked down until the, new complex is built. Is un used!

A so called safety hazzard, safety hazzard to who, silly people.

Today, i went on another jog. Did’nt even think it as a workout, just clearing my head. early in the morning. Theres no meaning, to what i am doing.

The air so fresh, and i think this.

I will be glad, when i start training in the gym, i mean its some variation, quite frankly my training is pathetic now.

My times are pathetic, on papper, i don’t care.

I think its a shame, that such a athlete like me, such a inthusaitic guy, such charisma, just when i was serious about this track and feild, has’nt got a home track to train at, being denied, offended.

The place where i trainned for, for 9years, my home, the place where i messed about with my mates as a youngster. I wnat to train there nowhere esle, on my doorstep./

Its complicated, and it should’nbt be closed. The actaully stadium is open, gym everything.

I was told to, go and speak to some guy, higher up in managerment, or go to the Papper, and write a article. Ther council

Am not a polictician.

Its a shame, ive be thinking about going back to boxing. But its not the same, i feel i have unfinished buissness with sprinting.

People out there better hope, i don’t get a track to train on, not only will records fall, Mountains will fall.

GoodBye

i was’nt gonna post, but i think its funny.

I went on another run today early in the morning, i just do it now, because my life is borring. Everyones etheir got a job, or doing something.

You know, soon i will have abit more of a stimulus, in training, with weight training starting.

I was’nt gonna post it, because my training is borring. But today it was abit, slightly exciting.

I got up about 8 in the morning, have my poridge.

Then went out on my jog, around everywhere.

My best friend runs home from work everyday, and trains in his house. He is a memeber of AWA!

He does lamp posts

LAMP POSTS!

this is where, you sprint between lamp post, alternating, jogging between one, and sprinting between the next, and theres plenty of lamp post on my --------- run, its aload of ----.

Sometimes you see other joggers out, theres always some guy, whos been doing it since i was in high school. The running Man!

Well i was on my run, just taking it easy. But of late, i feel the urge to sprint when am walking down the street. I think i have mental problems, because for 10years strainght week in week out, i have been sprinting.

When you suddenly stop, it causes problems, sometimes i get exsplosive for no reason. I feel the energy inside of me, wanting to get out, and i can’t release it no more, when that happens, it finds other ways. I could box, but am not done with sprinting yet.

Well yeah i was running, just in a trackie, and blue L.A cap. And Nike Air force 2’s.

I did’nt plan on sprinting, it just happened, i did’nt want it to happen. I approached this big road, everthing was ok. This road highway, is about 200m long, and strainght.

I mean, when your me, you don’t sprint down the road, its not only the devasting exsplosivenes, where am from, a 5"11 160pound black man, sprinting down the road, might alarm afew people.

I mean i never sprint in public, at full speed, only once when i needed to catch the bus, for college.

Well i reached the first lamp post and started to get this feeling in my muscles, it was like electricty. I tried to ignored it, but i could’nt.

I exsploded into a sprint, i did’nt even stop at the next lamp post, i must of went on for 80m. Then i just stopped and kneeled down on the floor. It was feeling of relief, like i needed to do that.

I felt fast, i think i can run 10seconds, tommorow.

Its not over, a Police car pulled up along side me, as i was crounch down on the floor.

The Police Officer ask me, what i was doing, and am i ok.

I was just kneeling down like Maurice Greene, i turnned my head, and starred at him.

“am training”

He laughed, and asked me was i boxing

i was going to say yes am a boxer, but then i remember, the days of the track.

I stood up took my cap off, approached the police car.

" Am a sprinter"

I shook his hand, and laughed and said remember me. He laughed and said your fast. He apoligised too! and said, its not everyday you see someone running that fast down this road. I said its ok, i understand, the area i was in.

I put my cap back on, and jogged off.

Now i was stopped by the Police, whats does that tell you, WHAT!

That it is a shame whats gonna happen in 2006, its a --------- shame.

I mean i don’t want to get arrested!

Ukathletics betta find me a track to train on, they better open up my home track. I don’t want to alarm the public, or scare people.

People better hope that the weight training, is enough to keep my exsplosive nature at bay, they better pray.

I told you am not playing no more!

Muhammad Ali was onced stopped on the streets, when training by the Police.

Hey brah, you need another outlet to channel the potentially devastating explosiveness inside of you! Your powers will only get more intimidating when you start lifting weights on a regular basis. Please be aware and be careful not to cause your body to self destruct from the explosiveness.

I got scared when I read about your run. I thought, “what would I do, how would I react if I was out for my run or out walking with my woman on the sidewalk and I saw this wild man sprinting down the street?” What would I think if I saw someone jogging along then, in a blinding burst of power, strength, and energy…start sprinting down the road, chewing up pavement as he went along? I, as a mere man, would run away, duck into a phone booth, or dive into a ditch and just watch as the power sped past me. Brah, you’ve gotta find a track…

Ha ha i like that.

Well since last time i spoken, ive been doig just general fitness. Been out on the streets running, but just taking it easy, done circuits today.

my left shoulder feels, stiff so am not doing circuits for awhile. Am gonna go on a run tommorow, nice easy.

Ive heard some god news, regarding my home track. Its meant to be opening soon, but i am not building my hopes up.

I wil start in the gym next Monday.

ok bye

I heard some good news, my home track is getting cleanned, my mate told me who works there, it will take about a week. This is what i needed, play time is truely over now.

I hope and pray, nothing goes wrong.

Thats the place right there, i will be the last great athlete to train there. Now Play Time is truely over, no messing about.

Am not back, because i have’nt arrived yet.

thats the boxing gym its shut down, but there is a Ghost in there, all the staff say it. And he robbs your clothes, i lost a pair of trackie bottoms and had to walk home in shorts.

When wreslting was professional or whatvere, they where training in the gym years ago, in the 1970’s. And some wreslter got choked out, passed out, and died, by accident.

Also this ghost swings the bags, at night.

Once me and my mates, broke in at night, years ago, and all the bags where swinging.

I don’t know about ghost and all that, but all the staff insist something is there.

When the place gets, knocked down. hmmmm

One time right, on the other side of the track, in the boxing gym. After training, me and my mate stayed behind, all the other athletes did’nt live around here you see.

Well he was a Javilin thrower. And he wanted a Javilin, so we devised a plan to break in the back, all the sports equipemnt is there. Yes he had a javilin in training, but you see, he wanted to have one for himself.

This was scarey though, because the lights inside the gym did’nt work.

We where only youngsters back then. Them windows on the front of the gym on the bottom, we climbed through there. They where open.

My mate had a torch light, and was just walking through the place, i had hold of him.

i tell you it was scary.

We got in the room where they keep the Javilins

we heard doors bang, and something fall upstairs. I think this was that Ghost.

well i climb out the window in the javilin room, then the javilin was pasted through.

am stopping there

I mean this track, has history. Boxers like

John Conteh, world middle weight champion 1970<s, trainned there.

High Jumper Olympic Bronze Medalists 1996 Steve Smith

Shane Nearer, Irish Boxer

Me, FOR GOD Sake. I made sprinting look good, on that track.

Hmmm tommorow is a busy day.

get up at 8.30, get money out the bank. Go into town, and visit the health store.

Get protien-carb suppliment. And Multi Vitamin.

Then go the gym and sort out my membership.

Then bust some weights,

Sunday-weights

Tuesday-weights

Thursday- only upper body

Saturday-Sprint

5x60m

ease myself in slowly, am excited am sprinting again.

My track will only be open, juring daytime hours. Of a night, when it is dark, the track will be closed, because of the lights.

i will sprint, early on weekends, 9.00.

It will only be me, because my coach e-mailed me and, said they are only using it after april, when it is light most of the day.

This dose not really affect me, because i enjoy sprinting on my own, plus, its not as if my x training partners can actually challange me, or push me.

I mean, its over at 10meters, after 10meters its time for them to go home, Knowone can challange me. I own that track, i am the man.

Am not even gonna pay to use it, just walk through.

My track will be open on Januray the 30th. From then to now, i will be in the gym, maybe have a run on the streets. because i can

I have been thinking about, the birmingham Games, i would like to do them. If am in the shape, if i feel i am, i will go and cause some trouble on 24th. Providing that my sister gives me a lift, lazy woman.

am about 50/50 on this.

If not, am gonna see if there are any other indoors meets closer to me . (If not am not ass, its just a matter of time, befor you understand how good i am.)

I would’nt have it any other, way i am very happy, with this arrangment.

hmmmmm no money in the bank, hopefuly it will be there tommorow.

I have’nt worked out since monday.

But i have arranged to go on a run with mybest mate tommorow.

I will be up early, if i have money, to get my nurtition sorted out, and afew other bits and bobs.

thank you

Very Beautiful woman Halli Berry

Yeah today i did plan on going the gym, but when i went the bank on saturday i had no money. My brother said banks don’t pay in on saturday, why is this. I don’t think they understand who i am.

My best mate, has been suffering with a foot injury, but now he is back. He works out just to keep himself in ultimate shape, and impress woman. just smooth

After he finishes work, we are going on a run, he usaully jogs home, but today he will meet up with me the main man, then we run around the place.

Now am going the bank, if i have money, i need to get a suppliment and that from town.

I also need to get my sleeping, and body clock under control am staying up to late.

And i have been looking at competing indoors. At first i was thinking of the Birmingham Indoors, but thats a long way away.

I have noticed that there is a meeting on 22 feb sport city Manchester indoor.

This might be more better for me, because its not far away from liverpool.

4weeks of training i will have under my belt, but who cares, i don’t, you don’t.

am just going baout my buisness.

bye
take care

Today was my first day in the gym. I weighed myself and am 11stone, who gives a ----.

Bench press 3x6 60kg

Row 3x8 70kg

Sqaut 3x6 120 i was surpized by this, i tryed to do 130 but it was too dangerous.

some lunges at the beginning of the day with dumbells, i warmed up on treadmil.

I went with my mate, he is’nt really inot training and all that, but wants to change his ways, so he came along. He just walked in with me, did’nt pay, because he has’nt got a pass. He did well then we just relaxed in the sauna after.

It was good, finally i feel like am training abit, more serious.

Yeah i was lifting weights again today. I was hyped up in the morning, and i also hoped my mate would be hyped up. On my walk down to the gym, i knocked for him in his nans.

Well i knocked today, and it took him about 4mins to come to the door. He anserwed and said he was’nt coming, this slightly pissed me off, no this really pissed me off. I mean he did’nt really have a reason.

Because i told him to phone me, if he dose’nt want to come, don’t be leaving it to the last moment. But you know he has problems, he is confused, and when we where first in the gym, i was’nt happy with his atitude.

sitting about, doing abit here and there, i told him to change his atitude, and conduct himself like someone who wants to train, because am not here playing games. Because i was bunking him in, i mean we can laugh and joke.

He made a slight improvment in the second session, i gave him encouragment.

I mean, he just dose’nt know whats happenin, in life, very confused strange individual, since we where 2yearsold, always been that way. But he is clever thats the annoying thing

Am going on thursday, my best mate is back , and is also coming. But really i don’t care, am just gonna train, i don’t give a sh*t if am on my own, i don’t need knowone.

Today

5x65kg 6rep bench

sqaut 110 4sets 8rep took this down from 120kg but put on 2reps.

Row don’t know the weight

sauna afterwards.

In two weeks i will lower the reps, and put up the weight.

Yes am gonna post one more time, befor go asleep.

I had a flashback just befor, of how times use to be. I loved my training group it was’nt big and i was the only male sprinter, rest where 800m guys.

We called ourselfs the Machines. To become a machine you must show incredible endurance rep after rep, and you must reach the point of no return, mental and physical break down, close to death.

There where other athletes, but only three machines, we were’nt human. This started along time ago, when i was just coming back into the sport in year 11. I was a youngster, lazy, disobediant, just done what i wanted in sessions, very quiet and shy, still am today, but not as much. And one session, my training partner who is now in the Navy he was a 400m /800m.

He was doing 600m i think, and it was the second to last rep. He was crying on the floor, crying. He is a big guy, like Mike Tyson, the white Mike Tyson, and he has got a dead angelic voice aswell. :lol:

Well he was crying, in pain i had never seen knowone in such pain. I watched him drag himself around another 600m, and eqauled his fastest time of the session!

This was the very first Machine, i just told him. The orginal!

Since then all them years ago, there have been three more machines.

And in that time i have realised that 800m athletes are the toughest athletes, i mean i learnt the truth, training with these guys.

I only became a machine last summer, i had to take myself beyound the point of no return over and over again to get the respect.

I was inspired by my training partner Jay 800m athlete, should of run 1.54sec last year but like me, had ups and downs, troubles.

Jay is the ulitmate machine.

Things have been messed up ever since my track closed. The ulitmate machine is a shadow of is former self, he has’t been training.

And another machine is away at university, is getting back into training, but is finding it hard.

We are all split up.

There is another level above Machine, and thats whats gonna happen this year.

as soons as january 30th comes around, 9.00 in the morning, i will atemp to reach this level.

Take Care.

Am laying off this journal for awhile, maybe i will have something different, for you on januray 30th.

Its gonna be a occasion.

Yo

my track open just recenlty, abit over due, but its there. Am just letting you know, whats happening, i have’nt trainned on it yet, but i am tommorow.

Also ive got alittle something i want to show, and say soon, and am not gonna write it.

Take care

I done alittle sprint session on the track today, i was at 80%.

2x50

1x100m i could’nt help it, i just wanted to run a 100m

Then i went up the gym, and went through my routine.

I planned on filming my training session, maybe i will do that after afew more sessions.

Then you can see who and what Mr Cool is about.

been the gym did my stuff, today.

Nothing much more to say, you just gonna have to wait.

yeah whats up f*uckers.

yeah today i went the gym just got back, bench press, military press, seated Row. You know i did no sqaut. Because to tell you the truth i got a confession to make.

I have a slight injury, its my flaut like. Because way back, few weeks ago, back in the day. When the track first opened, well.

I went the sauna, just to chill with my mate. But just befor i got in, i decided to run on the track. It was f*ucking freezing, but i just wanted too sprint once.

I did’nt warm up, just threw me spikes on. And sprinted, both of my groins, felt like spikes. My right one is ok now was the nexted day, no problem but my left is slightly injured. But it was only for 50meters, but i felt fast.

I have’nt been all out in sessions sprint, because of it.

well yeah am gonna give it a rest for afew days, am going swimming tommorow. The jobcentre keeps phoning me. Some woman, i have to see her tommorow. Its over my bank details, but she sounds very very eager to see me. Always on the blower given it all this down the phone. (she wants me).

My mate you know the one i train with well, he has injured his shoulder. But hes showing dedication, the jobcentre is also messing him about, hes there now in a meeting. Am impressed, he has supassed my exspectations, he even bought a membership.

sO bye now.