Jade Nicholls Blogs

So, this time I'm blogging on my first warm weather training trip from sunny California! Although at present, not so sunny. So far, I'm just under 2 weeks into the trip which is pretty much half way point. It's been really good so far. Great weather, facilities, people, and no work! All has gone really good so I'm optimistic for my first competition tomorrow at UCLA. Looking at the weather however, it seems theres quite a high risk of showers. Disappointing but hey, doesn't change my physical shape so I'm still hoping/ expecting good thin...

'Sup! Sooo, we're at the end of the first month of 2012, so far, so good! Training has gone well over the past few months. I’m excited to be in this new phase of speed. Everything will start coming together a bit more over the next few weeks which is great as I will be opening up my season early March in Loughborough. Followed by my first ever indoor Discus meeting in Vaxjo, Sweden. It has pulled in some big names since starting only a few years ago so excited about that! Then I will be looking towards potentially competing in Montenegro...

Sorry for the delay folks. Been really busy training, working and other new bits in my life! So, training has been going well. Stronger than even before, maintaining speed and flexibility despite being a bit heavier. PB's are coming out of everywhere in both the jumps and lifting :-) Great times ahead! I am however coming to the end of my strength block now. Couple more weeks to go and we'll be into the phase of Mission: 2012, which will be specific strength. Exciting times! In other news, my attempts to spread the word about my potential Olymp...

'Sup! So, I've done my first block of winter training, 4 weeks in the bag already. Was a shock to the system to say the least when I started on that first day. But I'm glad I've had the opportunity to get started earlier than everyone else who went to Daegu. I'm off to Cyprus today which will be a nice rest week. I'll probably just be doing some light stuff, active recovery type training whilst I'm out there, but nothing more. Mostly just tanning it up ready to come back and hit it hard again! Outside training, things have been moving along in...

Hey, Sooo...news was not so great when the World announcements came out! Can’t say I never saw it coming though. Unfortunately I didn't get my second B standard so I could not be considered for the World Champs, even after guesting at 2 competitions of which I was begging to be part of! So the Trials were nothing more than 'OK' for me. I won which was half the job, but did not get that 2nd 59.50m I needed to secure my place on the team. Although conditions were not great, I was pretty unhappy with my distance that day (56.19m) and felt i...

So its the big day tomorrow! Really looking forward to it. Its the day most of the British athletes have been waiting for and is the time to shine! And the sun is meant to be joining us!! Prep for this comp has been good. Weather has been decent recently and I have been training well at the elite training camp that is Maplehurst Farm (field in West Sussex that my training group throws at in the company of sheep but more recently, alpaca). 'tis fun! Had a rest day yesterday however work was crazy busy and a had some photos done straight after my...

Hey hey, what a good start to July! After a few wet (and bad) performances, I had some sun and things went well! My first comp was a league match for Shaftesbury Barnet at the home track of Copthall. I produced a new SB of 58.17m and broke the divisional record. Also went to the top of the rankings :-) Then couple of days ago we had throwsfest. Oh throwsfest.....!!!!! Wow what a great, great day and we couldn't of had better conditions. This was a big comp for me as I was going against Eden (Francis) who is the main British rival for me right n...

Ahhhh....what a rubbish day!! So jealous of everyone that competed on the Saturday! However it was a great experience being part of a team that strong and that elite. I don't quite consider myself elite so it was a real honour to be picked, especially as there is only space for one athlete per event. Unfortunately as we know, my day of competition was on the wet day which was a bit annoying, although I did see it as a chance to redeem myself after the week before having thrown poorly in the wet at BIG. It wasn't to be though and I only managed ...