Well, after a good few days rest after returning from Trace its a nice time to post up on here about it. First of all, I have to say this year, Trace was a bit of a disapointment, and really didn't live up to my expectations. Not that i didn't enjoy myself, but compared to last years it was a bit of a downer, especially due to the weather, but also the fact that there was a lot of messing about going on, and the reps were constantly on everyones back for people generally being disrespectful, and selfish. Although I have to point out, these things weren't nessecarily intended this way, some people just needed to think things through twice before doing things.
But besides that, on to my experiances at Trace.
Trace for me began at 8:30am in the morning, on the 28th of August, after making sure all my belongings were packed, me, my mum and two of my brothers and sisters, got in the car and headed off towards Edale. After a quick stop off at Tesco's for some supplies, (Fruit, Rolls, Meat, Water etc.) we proceeded to follow the AA routefinders directions to Edale. After a few mess ups involving closed roads and diverted traffic, and well as the fact that Edale seems pretty non-existant on road signs, we managed to get there. I said bye to my family and signed into Trace, and proceeded to let Dom (Grylls) set up my tent :P
For the rest of the day we spent in the glorious sunshine, sociallising and messing about on the local field. Unfortunately due to residents complaints, we weren't allowed to use the public playpark, which was a shame as it had been one of the nicest places to do some light training in the evenings. However, in true Parkour style, a tricking circle was set up :P and i did a few light tricks, but stopped soon after fucking up my ankle on an attempted B-twist.
The rest of the night i spent worrying that the ankle wouldn't be okay for the next day. That and sneaking around the campsite in ninja attire :P Infact 6 of us managed to sneak up on a group of Trace reps completely unseen until we were literally inches away from them haha. Jin even jumped up in surprise! LPK :1, Trace Reps: 0 ;)
In the morning we awoke to find the campsite rather soggy, it had rained during the night which left peoples mood rather down. However i was in Jin and Livs group who left at 9:20 so by that time the weather had started to warm up. After the large walk up the forest slopes, i began to realise my ankle wasn't so bad and that if i kept it light i'd be fine. So on arriving at Padley Gorge, i started leaping about, doing some light practice, only to find the rocks were extremely slippery. Abandonning my shoes, i found another positive use for Barefoot training, my feet were much more grippy to the wet rocks. And i began training around the area, albeit with a little more caution.
After I had trained here for around an hour, i noticed Teige's group with a number of my LPK chums in it, I asked Jin if it was cool for me to head off with their groups then joined in with Teige's group, including if i remember rightly, Johnny (Fezz), Cobie, Charles, and Ollie. We headed up to the first set of peaks, after the lovely now comes as standard, bog walk. Just as disgusting as I remember :)
After training up on the first peak, we found a really nice run to do across about 15 rocks, which included running precisions, vaults, and a nice jump and roll at the end. We practiced this nearly 15 times, perfecting our footplacements and adding other little efficient touches.
Soon after Blake and Cable came down with their group from the Highest Peak (Higger Tor) and we showed them the run we had been practicing, as well as discussing the day we had had so far.
Not long after this, we needed to return to the train station, so we made our way down from the peaks, down to the train station. Catching the Train to Hope, loads of people sprinted off at first to get to the Spar first (incidentally, i had heard, that 20 of them rushed in and nearly knocked over an old woman :( ) However, i stayed back, chatting along the way to some other members of Lincs Parkour, about their day.
Arriving back at camp, we headed out to the pub to relax and talk about the day gone, this was a really enjoyable part of the day, really topped it off, as we relaxed, had a laugh and a few drinks, as well as listening to Tarik from SA singing, playing the guitar, and rapping.
After that, i headed back to camp, to a now 3 man tent, with me ryan and now tumo sleeping in it (due to his tent flooding the previous night).
Waking up around 6 the next morning, it was my groups turn to get up early and head to the higher peaks (my favourite spot). However the weather, seemed even worse this morning than the other day, it seemed it would never dry up. Never the less, we proceeded to carry on an attempt some caving routes. Danny Ilabaca's, which included Ian in it joined with us and me and Ian set off on our own finding some of our own routes. This was really enjoyable, and by the time me and Ian had popped up back to the surface, the sun was out and the rocks were bone dry.
We found Danny who was encouraging the guys to attempt a run, i joined in, and it involved an arm jump to a rock, turning over, then sliding into a precision, followed by another half turn and a sliding drop. We practiced this a few times, with the emphasis on no hesitation, i think i did quite well, however the arm jump required me to do a box jump rather than a running arm jump. However i was pleased with it.
By around Lunch time, another two groups came up to Higger Tor, i was supposed to leave at this point but decided to stay and train with, what seemed like the entirity of Lincs Parkour who had just arrived. We found some beastly precisions and had a really good time finding new paths and runs to do. This day was probably the best day of training i did at trace, and it was really great fun. Check out this picture:
After this, we headed to the pub that evening, and relaxed and chatted, however, a number of people seemed to take it a little to far, and get really quite drunk. Despite this i had quite an in depth chat with Martin, from Liverpool, which was really insightful.
Waking up the next morning on the final day of training, we woke to find Johnny Yeah had been kicked from the Gathering due to a mishap at the bar that evening. Despite this the weather seemed really nice. However this way due to change, by the time we had arrived at Grindleford, it was already starting to spit, so we decided to try and sit it out at the Café, however the weather only got worse, we started to head up to Padleys gorge, however, we perched on a rock on the way, and made a decision to go into Sheffield for the Day. Me, Jim, Luke, and Johnny Yeah went to watch The Dark Knight, whilst the rest went to Decathlon.
After returning to camp, there had been flash flood warnings, so we were advised to go home, or to camp out in the Village Hall. I managed to get a ride back with Ollie and Charles, which was very generous of their mum, not before a big game of throw the ball up into another guys balls game in the village hall which was complete giggles haha. I arrived back at about 12:30 at night, and had a good long sleep :D
So it comes to this, What have i learnt from Trace?
Well,
"BUTTSCRATCHEERRR!"
But besides that, on to my experiances at Trace.
Trace for me began at 8:30am in the morning, on the 28th of August, after making sure all my belongings were packed, me, my mum and two of my brothers and sisters, got in the car and headed off towards Edale. After a quick stop off at Tesco's for some supplies, (Fruit, Rolls, Meat, Water etc.) we proceeded to follow the AA routefinders directions to Edale. After a few mess ups involving closed roads and diverted traffic, and well as the fact that Edale seems pretty non-existant on road signs, we managed to get there. I said bye to my family and signed into Trace, and proceeded to let Dom (Grylls) set up my tent :P
For the rest of the day we spent in the glorious sunshine, sociallising and messing about on the local field. Unfortunately due to residents complaints, we weren't allowed to use the public playpark, which was a shame as it had been one of the nicest places to do some light training in the evenings. However, in true Parkour style, a tricking circle was set up :P and i did a few light tricks, but stopped soon after fucking up my ankle on an attempted B-twist.
The rest of the night i spent worrying that the ankle wouldn't be okay for the next day. That and sneaking around the campsite in ninja attire :P Infact 6 of us managed to sneak up on a group of Trace reps completely unseen until we were literally inches away from them haha. Jin even jumped up in surprise! LPK :1, Trace Reps: 0 ;)
In the morning we awoke to find the campsite rather soggy, it had rained during the night which left peoples mood rather down. However i was in Jin and Livs group who left at 9:20 so by that time the weather had started to warm up. After the large walk up the forest slopes, i began to realise my ankle wasn't so bad and that if i kept it light i'd be fine. So on arriving at Padley Gorge, i started leaping about, doing some light practice, only to find the rocks were extremely slippery. Abandonning my shoes, i found another positive use for Barefoot training, my feet were much more grippy to the wet rocks. And i began training around the area, albeit with a little more caution.
After I had trained here for around an hour, i noticed Teige's group with a number of my LPK chums in it, I asked Jin if it was cool for me to head off with their groups then joined in with Teige's group, including if i remember rightly, Johnny (Fezz), Cobie, Charles, and Ollie. We headed up to the first set of peaks, after the lovely now comes as standard, bog walk. Just as disgusting as I remember :)
After training up on the first peak, we found a really nice run to do across about 15 rocks, which included running precisions, vaults, and a nice jump and roll at the end. We practiced this nearly 15 times, perfecting our footplacements and adding other little efficient touches.
Soon after Blake and Cable came down with their group from the Highest Peak (Higger Tor) and we showed them the run we had been practicing, as well as discussing the day we had had so far.
Not long after this, we needed to return to the train station, so we made our way down from the peaks, down to the train station. Catching the Train to Hope, loads of people sprinted off at first to get to the Spar first (incidentally, i had heard, that 20 of them rushed in and nearly knocked over an old woman :( ) However, i stayed back, chatting along the way to some other members of Lincs Parkour, about their day.
Arriving back at camp, we headed out to the pub to relax and talk about the day gone, this was a really enjoyable part of the day, really topped it off, as we relaxed, had a laugh and a few drinks, as well as listening to Tarik from SA singing, playing the guitar, and rapping.
After that, i headed back to camp, to a now 3 man tent, with me ryan and now tumo sleeping in it (due to his tent flooding the previous night).
Waking up around 6 the next morning, it was my groups turn to get up early and head to the higher peaks (my favourite spot). However the weather, seemed even worse this morning than the other day, it seemed it would never dry up. Never the less, we proceeded to carry on an attempt some caving routes. Danny Ilabaca's, which included Ian in it joined with us and me and Ian set off on our own finding some of our own routes. This was really enjoyable, and by the time me and Ian had popped up back to the surface, the sun was out and the rocks were bone dry.
We found Danny who was encouraging the guys to attempt a run, i joined in, and it involved an arm jump to a rock, turning over, then sliding into a precision, followed by another half turn and a sliding drop. We practiced this a few times, with the emphasis on no hesitation, i think i did quite well, however the arm jump required me to do a box jump rather than a running arm jump. However i was pleased with it.
By around Lunch time, another two groups came up to Higger Tor, i was supposed to leave at this point but decided to stay and train with, what seemed like the entirity of Lincs Parkour who had just arrived. We found some beastly precisions and had a really good time finding new paths and runs to do. This day was probably the best day of training i did at trace, and it was really great fun. Check out this picture:
After this, we headed to the pub that evening, and relaxed and chatted, however, a number of people seemed to take it a little to far, and get really quite drunk. Despite this i had quite an in depth chat with Martin, from Liverpool, which was really insightful.
Waking up the next morning on the final day of training, we woke to find Johnny Yeah had been kicked from the Gathering due to a mishap at the bar that evening. Despite this the weather seemed really nice. However this way due to change, by the time we had arrived at Grindleford, it was already starting to spit, so we decided to try and sit it out at the Café, however the weather only got worse, we started to head up to Padleys gorge, however, we perched on a rock on the way, and made a decision to go into Sheffield for the Day. Me, Jim, Luke, and Johnny Yeah went to watch The Dark Knight, whilst the rest went to Decathlon.
After returning to camp, there had been flash flood warnings, so we were advised to go home, or to camp out in the Village Hall. I managed to get a ride back with Ollie and Charles, which was very generous of their mum, not before a big game of throw the ball up into another guys balls game in the village hall which was complete giggles haha. I arrived back at about 12:30 at night, and had a good long sleep :D
So it comes to this, What have i learnt from Trace?
Well,
- I've found that my need to trick in lincoln stems from a boredom of the same routine, as at Trace i had no need really to do any tricks when i was at the peaks, because there was so much to try and attempt.
- This concludes that i need to think more out of the box, in Lincoln, look past what i already know and find new combinations, new routes etc..
- I also need to combine movements much more in a run, and not hesitate to try new things.
- I need to work on my foot placement in runs, much more and repeat lots and lots, to perfect this.
- Finally, i feel i have a much greater awareness of what can be done in Lincoln, already i have imagined, much larger possibilities in my head, and cannot wait to try them out :D
"BUTTSCRATCHEERRR!"
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