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The last week or so, we have been training everyday, usually three slides a day, then recovery sessions. We have also been doing track walks every day before the sessions start to give us a better idea on what lines to take when sliding down and where steers are needed…

Our next Youth game was the away trip to Macclesfield. The trip is a fairly long one but that’s nothing we’re not used to given our location and the geography involved in the Youth Alliance League.

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This week started off in frustrating fashion but finished fairly well. On Monday I reported for physio on my ankle that I’d gone over on during Saturday’s game. Monday and Tuesday consisted of treatment from the Academy physio and ice baths because I couldn’t do any exercise on it or else it’d just swell up…

Match: Carlisle United Reserves v Blackpool Reserves

The next game I played in is the Reserve game against Blackpool. We played that on their first team pitch and it’s always good to get the chance to play on the main surface at any club…

After losing to Middlesbrough 5 – 0 in what was our worst performance of the season, we had a chance to put things right on Tuesday with a re-arranged away game against Sheffield Wednesday…

I’ve had another couple of days of training, have now been down the track from the very top, going faster and progressing the steers in the corners…

First day of my training camp with British Bob Skeleton in Norway was mostly spent preparing the sled. For anyone who has not seen skeleton, it involves me descending an ice track (the same as the ones used for bobsleigh) lying face down on a sled and using my body to steer and maintain speed. ..

I was released by Watford FC’s Academy back in 2007 and in 2008, I was given the opportunity to try out for a new sport via an initiative called Pitch2Podium…

I’m a bit late in doing this blog as it has been a really busy period for me with plenty of ups and downs.

Youth Alliance Match: Carlisle United v Wigan Athletic

We played Wigan ten days ago and it was a disappointing 2 – 0 defeat. ..

Match: Tranmere Rovers Reserves v Carlisle United Reserves

The next game that I was involved in was against Tranmere in the Reserves and we had quite a young team out.

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Mother Nature had the biggest say on what training was like this week. Like most parts of the nation, Nottingham was victim to very heavy snow and this meant that training wasn’t possible outdoors for us throughout most of the week…

This week was potentially a very good week, but proved to be a very disappointing one. To begin with on Monday we had a double day but I still felt pretty rough from the past few days and my chest was still heavy. ..