Jackson Williams Training Blog

Post Royal Parks Race

Jackson Williams — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:19:00 +0100

I ran the Royal Parks Half Marathon on Sunday 11th Oct and got a good time of 1hour 20 minutes – and as the Independent newspaper read I was the quickest celebrity runner, happy days. My buddy Nell McAndrew came through with a very respectable 1hr 26mins, knocking 10 minutes off her time.

It was such a terrific event and among the 15,000 runners were Ben Fogle, Beverley Turner, Antony Costa, Jeremy Edwards, Nell and Charlie Boorman. Nell and I both had our Nokia 5800 Comes With Music devices strapped to our arms so people could track our progress throughout the route via the Nokia GPS Sports Tracker application within the Nokia store at the park.

It was such a great day and the atmosphere was amazing. There were runners in fun costumes, dressed in carrot and a runner bean suits and plenty of others cheering us along the London route. Running along The Mall, Buckingham palace, etc made me feel great.

Royal Parks Half Marathon See You Next Year

Jackson

Royal Parks Foundation Half Marathon Video

Jackson Williams — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:13:00 +0100

Royal Parks Race Coming Up / Nokia Sports Tracker Apps

Jackson Williams — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:37:00 +0100

With just over two weeks to go, for the Royal Parks Foundation Half Marathon and it is reaching its final stages.

I have been using my Nokia 5800 Comes With Music device to help me train the same as Nell has. It’s be an amazing mobile phone where you can download millions of music tracks – great for keeping motivation up! Fall Out Boy are my group that I love to listen to at the moment.

I’ve also downloaded an app called ‘Nokia Sports Tracker’ from the Nokia Ovi Store onto the phone. Before each training session I just switch on Sports Tracker and my speed, route and time are all monitored. It’s been great at helping me compare each session and see how I’m improving.

To familiarise myself with the route, I had a training session in St James’ Park earlier this week with Nell McAndrew. We’re both taking part in the half marathon, and as a mother she has to fit her training around many commitments daily, but still manages somehow:

Nell and I have also created a video for you full of stretching tricks, diet tips, and how to stay motivated, so watch this space for more updates.

Check the following links for the Sports Tracker apps - https://store.ovi.com/

And Nell's website - www.nellmcandrew.tv

(+) start to the week (-) one towards the end

Jackson Williams — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 03:13:00 +0100

The week started off with a very postive mind set (Nokia ad in St James Park) but towards the end of the week it changed to a negative one (work) and for the first time in my life I have had to think about whether a change is needed to be made? I hope I don't have to make any decision and things work out pretty quick.

I don't want to keep chasing that dream as it seems so close yet then so far, far away.......

Nokia Training Video with Nell McAndrew

Jackson Williams — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:50:00 +0100

Yesterday was a very busy day as I had to get the 6.10am train from Norwich to London in order to be in St James Park, London to meet the crew for Nokia and Nell. I was actually getting changed in the toilet when I first saw Nell by the door, random I know.

I have never been part of a video where I have to learn my lines, and it did show as I kept messing up the lines or missing words out. Nell did explain to me that I had to calm down and take small steps (a line at a time) instead of trying to remember a paragraph (thank you Nell as it did work).

We finished shooting the video around 2pm and even though I have plenty to learn from the experience, that is what it was, experience.

Thank you Nokia for kindly asking me to be part of the Nokia Sports Tracker also Nell for giving me advice on the day and being like a mother, the two girls from Lexis who had arranged the day on behalf of Nokia, and finally the crew of two camera lads and a photographer.

Jackson

Jackson Williams — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:11:00 +0100