#56We came, we jammed, we conquered!
By Tracey | posted on 26 May 2009 | 7 comments
Checking the forecast, every day, always starting a week before and seeing only cloud, rain, crap temperatures, I never cease to be amazed when I wake up on the second Sunday of each month to see blue skies and sweet sunshine… It always makes me smile! The same was true on the morning of Sunday 10th May – the day of the 29th London Girl Jam.
Marvelling at our luck, we congregated at the wonderful playground that is Latimer, with Blane leading us in a monkey-warm-up! Continuing with some light upper body conditioning we managed to combine the push-up variations with a game of ‘dodge the parking car’ when someone decided they wanted to park where we were training! We moved, then they wanted to park where we had moved to, so we moved a little more all the while in press-up position… This went back and forth for a bit before they managed to park and we finished our exercise! (Congratulations to Emma for definitely winning the ‘dodge’ game!)
Moving across a route was next – a little balance, conquering of safe heights, a small gap to negotiate along with a cat leap, climb-up and small drop back to earth where some underbars awaited our attention… Repetition, refinement and fluid success were to follow and we moved on to our next playground…
Ropes!!! So many ropes to play on and challenge ourselves with in so many ways, working the fundamentally important level of balance in Parkour – as well as the calves and the shoulders and every SINGLE muscle of the foot and ankle! Walking back and forward, sideways, cat-balancing, precision jumps, squats and balancing at height – in a strong wind!!! All these challenges ensued on the ropes (and everyone moved just a little closer to preventing a stupid ankle sprain because of the time spent strengthening the joint). Always time well spent!
We spent the rest of the afternoon with various challenges set by each other! Routes and t
echnical challenges kept some of us busy, the beautiful sunshine kept others blissfully occupied for a bit (BUSTED Shirley!!! ;D) but the highlight was watching Nicky in the struggle (so well known to us all) to break a jump she had been fighting with during the session! Massive congratulations and respect to you for pushing aside the fear, taking a breath, quietening the mind and showing your brain and body that sometimes your spirit knows best.Labels: Jam Reviews
About the Author : Tracey7 Comments:
So it's a gender thing that causes the rain during every single Off The Wall jam..! Damn.
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Dan, at
12:18 am, May 27, 2009
That was a fun day! Beautiful weather too.
By Andy, at
2:29 pm, May 27, 2009
It was a lovely day.
Andy, the challenges were great. Keep on practising as they won`t get easier :-)
By Agota, at
7:55 pm, May 27, 2009
T'was a great day indeed !
I still compose that i am not sneaking shut eye in that picture... ;)
By 
, at
10:56 pm, May 27, 2009
Finally! Proof that Shirley never actually trains and just sits around in the sun...
And yes, I'm a dead man!
My advice, Blane... Get to the chopper!
By Dan, at
11:33 am, May 30, 2009
*spits venom from eyes*
Sleep with one eye open in Lisses.
By , at
8:27 pm, June 01, 2009
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