David Brooke commented on the post, Two Oceans 2013 has been smashed!, on the site Brooke's Belters 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Thanks mate, much appreciated. Nothing compared to yours 
David Brooke wrote a new post, Two Oceans 2013 has been smashed!, on the site Brooke's Belters 1 month, 2 weeks ago
With the Easter weekend, comes the Two Oceans Marathon in Cape Town and for those who read my blog will know that this has been a major goal for me this year, not only to finish my second Two Oceans half marathon, […]
David Brooke wrote a new post, Boot Camp results are in…, on the site Brooke's Belters 1 month, 3 weeks ago
So, the 8 weeks of the Sports Science Institute of South Africa’s Boot Camp has come to an end and I’m proud to say that I have shown massive improvement since we started.
After 8 weeks of lunges, push-ups, […]
David Brooke commented on the post, Sit up and Sign up!, on the site Brooke's Belters 2 months ago
You won’t regret it mate, it’s a lot of fun as well, group motivation.
David Brooke wrote a new post, Sit up and Sign up!, on the site Brooke's Belters 2 months ago
So, we enter week 7 of the Sports Science Institute of South Africa’s Boot Camp and it’s been a fantastic ride so far.
When I signed up for this, I knew it wouldn’t be easy to wake up so early in the […]
David Brooke wrote a new post, Times, they are improving…, on the site Brooke's Belters 2 months, 1 week ago
Wow, I can’t believe that we are into the sixth week of the eight-week Boot Camp.
It’s been an absolutely fantastic ride so far and I can only say good things about it.
I’ll give you a reason why. Last […]
David Brooke wrote a new post, Memorable Morning on Rhodes Memorial!, on the site Brooke's Belters 2 months, 2 weeks ago
One of the awesome things about Boot Camp is that once a week we do an off-site training session. Last week we were in Newlands Forrest and this week we went up Rhodes Memorial.
Rhodes Memorial is one of the […]
David Brooke wrote a new post, The Proof is in the Running…, on the site Brooke's Belters 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Wow, what a week it has been. This is how my week of training went:
Monday morning – Boot Camp
Tuesday evening – 8km Run
Wednesday morning – Boot Camp
Thursday evening – 8km Run
Friday morning – Boot […]
David Brooke wrote a new post, Run Forest Run…, on the site Brooke's Belters 3 months ago
Forest Gump has to be one of my favourite movies of all time and I realised recently that Forest Gump and I have a couple of things in common – we both played competitive table tennis in our day and we both like […]
David Brooke wrote a new post, Abs like Matthew McConaughey…, on the site Brooke's Belters 3 months ago
The good news is, after looking long and hard, I found my ab muscle, just in time for another Boot Camp session.
I’ve come to the conclusion that somewhere, deep, deep down, I have ab muscles like Matthew […]
David Brooke wrote a new post, I Won’t Let Push-ups Get Me Down!, on the site Brooke's Belters 3 months, 1 week ago
Alarm was set for 05:15, I woke up and mentally prepared myself to enter the first Sports Science Boot Camp training session. 25 others were there with me and 2 class instructors, both of whom looked like proper […]
David Brooke wrote a new post, Scale New Heights…, on the site Brooke's Belters 3 months, 1 week ago
For the next 8 weeks I will be a soldier (albeit one of the larger soldiers you’ll find) at the Sports Science Boot Camp in Cape Town.
This morning’s alarm went off at a sprightly 5.15am and I was up and at […]
David Brooke wrote a new post, I’ve signed up for Boot Camp!, on the site Brooke's Belters 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Anyone will tell you that strength training is absolutely crucial to making sure your body can stand up to the rigours of running, but many neglect it unfortunately and often get injured […]
David Brooke wrote a new post, Keep Calm and…, on the site Brooke's Belters 3 months, 3 weeks ago
So, yesterday evening I had the worst run I have had in a long time. I was scheduled to run about 8kms but only managed about 4kms before I had to give up for the day.
My breathing was great, I felt like a […]
David Brooke wrote a new post, Train, Train on the Terrain, on the site Brooke's Belters 3 months, 3 weeks ago
This year, one of my major goals is to complete the Two Oceans Half Marathon in an improved time from my last year’s time of 2hr58 minutes.
The 2013 event takes place at the end of March, which in running […]
David Brooke commented on the post, Hit the ground running!, on the site Brooke's Belters 4 months, 1 week ago
Walking’s better than standing still mate Thanks very much, you too. Not thinking about Comrades yet, but you never know…
David Brooke wrote a new post, Hit the ground running!, on the site Brooke's Belters 4 months, 1 week ago
Many of you who read this blog will know that in the last couple of years I have taken up running.
I was going to use the term taken to running like a ‘duck to water’, but in all honesty, in my case it was […]
David Brooke wrote a new post, We all work in the sports industry, on the site Brooke's Belters 4 months, 2 weeks ago
When people say they work in the South African sports industry, it can mean a number of things, from working as an administrator in a sports organisation to sitting behind a very powerful desk making big calls on […]
David Brooke commented on the post, Let’s Smash 2013!, on the site Brooke's Belters 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Thanks very much. 2012 was indeed a good sporting year and if the cricket is anything to go by, it’s going to be a great year for SA sport.
David Brooke wrote a new post, Let’s Smash 2013!, on the site Brooke's Belters 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Happy New Year to everyone and wishing all sports fans everything of the best for 2013.
2012 was quite an eventful year on my side. I started a new job at the beginning of the year and by the end of it, I was a […]
hope you to will enjoy the best out of 2013 if God can move you from january to december he can move you from sorry to glory & from sadness to happyness