#BenHall

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Ben Hall : Neighbours (Australia)

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THE LEGEND OF BEN HALL

2016

When bush ranger Ben Hall is drawn back into crime by the reappearance of an old friend, the duo take on a new recruit and soon begin a spree of robberies and crimes across New South Wales. After killing two policemen, the three become the most wanted men in the colony when the government declares that they can be shot on sight. Fearing for his life, Ben makes desperate plans to flee the colony, but with a such a large bounty on their heads, treachery abounds where he least expects it.

#thelegendofbenhall#thelegendofbenhall2016#benhall#australianbushrangers#bushrangers

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Alex Tye left a 16-year-old girl paralysed when he attacked her in a park near her home in the village of Benhall, Suffolk.

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Hal Bogert played by Mark Ruffalo (Dash is his Son)

Traci Bogert played by Jennifer Morrison (Dash is her Son)

Joey Bogert played by Julian Haig (Older Brother of Dash)

Benjamin Bogert played by Ben Hall (Long Lost Son and Brother)

Dash Bogert played by Alex Fitzalan

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Первая в моей жизни Мозгобойня! Поумничали чуток! #мозгобойня #мзгб #benhall (at Ben Hall) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvMkmNvgWK9/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=lbt0cz382074

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dad joke... i like lol 

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Run, Forrest, Run!

July 3, 2017: 21 mins 29 seconds. 

April 6, 2020: 25 mins 53 seconds. 

The above times are my ‘personal best’ and ‘personal worst’ for running 5k. The latter achieved a little over a week ago. Quite a staggering difference, hey?

But, why? Why and how has this happened? The coronavirus pandemic has given me a) some motivation to start running again and b) some useful, much-needed reflection time. So here goes...

Dilemma

It’s fair to say that as I’ve got older, the body has got slower - as my 5k times justify! And, in my opinion, it’s true that there is a massive difference in how your body feels from your mid 20s to nearly 30. Sometimes, I think about ordering a zimmer frame for the days that follow after playing football matches!

But it is frustrating. Frustrating to finish a run more than four minutes behind your ‘personal best’. Frustrating to hit your ‘pb time’ and still have another km to go. Frustrating to know that you are trying your hardest and feel like you’re going backwards. And frustrating to start a run knowing you’re never likely to hit previous heights. 

Hang on, I haven’t finished yet. It’s especially frustrating to see your friends (fit, lean bastards) still smashing sub 21 5ks - and people you think you’re fitter / quicker than comfortably beating your recent best efforts that you’ve bled, sweated, and cried for!  

Natural processes

Age and ale (you can never stop working...) are probably the two biggest factors that have affected my body with regards to the completely natural process of putting on weight. I like to call it ‘filling out’. That sounds much better. 

And when I think about it, it all adds up (if you’ll pardon the pun). In 2017, I was a slender, slight figure, which made it a lot easier to glide over the grass. Fast forward to 2020, and I’m now roughly 10 kilograms heavier. Quite a big difference. But one which I’m happy with as a) I was always too skinny growing up and b) I believe being bigger and stronger has helped me nail down my position on the football pitch.

I have always enjoyed running. From a young age, I was always ‘up there’ in terms of cross country, bleep tests, etc. My friends and I have also regularly and  competitively participated at parkrun in summers gone by (mostly Kesgrave and Sizewell). One of which saw Dave King buy me a special, custom-made t-shirt after ‘finding a second wind’ and overtaking me on the Kesgrave straight to claim a famous victory! Rumour has it that a rematch is in order at some point... 

My interest in running goes through phases though. Similar to reading I guess - which is something I’ve been doing a lot of in the current pandemic and something that is also really good for you, and really enjoyable once you get into it.

Motive

My main motive for running is to get fit for the football season. Pre-season / pre pre season: every footballers favourite time of year!

Of course, nobody quite knows when the 2020/21 non-league season will commence, but with everything that’s going on, we have no excuse not to be fully prepared for kick off! 

When I think about the most successful seasons I’ve had - whether it be youth or adult football - they all have one thing in common: fitness. Being able to work hard and give 100% when fully fit makes a massive difference to your game!

The 4 Cs  

In 2007/08, aged 17 / 18, I was extremely proud to win two Manager of the Year awards (Leiston U18s / Sky FC U18s). I think I played 65 games in total that year. Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday matches. Consistent. Confident. Committed. Competitive. I absolutely loved it and felt brilliant. 

Unfortunately for me, and in my opinion, it wasn’t until the 2017 / 2018 season when I next had a decent, full season. Some 10 years on! Where the bloody hell did that time go?

Adult life. That’s where! The paths that prevented me from really ‘giving it a go’ include: University (three years), suffering a broken ankle - that took a long time to get over physically and mentally - after uni, reporting on non-league football (four seasons) and living & working in America (18 months). I wasn’t in a position to be / have the 4 aforementioned ‘Cs’ every footballer strives for!

I’ve got to say that working at and playing in an ‘indoor’ sports facility in the US really got my fitness and confidence levels up. And after returning home in December 2016, I came back with the aim of using both on home turf!

After helping the mighty Leiston Orient win the Sunday Shield (what a day!) in May 2017, and having reported on hundreds and hundreds of non-league games (which was effing brilliant), I vowed to hop on the other side of the fence and reignite the playing career! I felt ready to play properly again and I felt like I was missing out by not playing. After all, one of my old work colleagues always said to ‘play as long as you can’...

The comeback

Having watched various non-league teams over the years, I always had a soft spot for Woodbridge Town, who were then playing in the Thurlow Nunn First Division. I spoke to the Woodbridge management team and went along to pre-season. God it was tough! But really enjoyable too. Circuits. Hill sprints. Stair climbs. The works! Unsurprisingly, this was during the time I got my 5k PB - and I was running that distance about three times a week on top of two gruelling training sessions and a friendly match.

I played quite a bit for Woodbridge (who would later go on to win a league/cup double) that pre-season and really enjoyed it - particularly under the guidance of Glenn Snell, one of the best coaches in Suffolk non-league football. If I’d have stayed, I might have occasionally got in the matchday squad, but I wanted to play week-in, week-out - something I did when Richardo Battletelli came in at Leiston St Margarets in the SIL Senior Division.  

All teams considered, I think I made around 40 appearances in my first ‘proper season’ back, helping Saints perform the ‘Great Escape’. Looking back at it, I think I tried too hard to impress at times, leading to some erratic decision-making. It was a great learning curve though and I felt that I had a positive impact overall... One thing was for sure though, the fitness framework started at Woodbridge definitely reignited my hunger and passion to play. 

I felt like I took this into 2018/19 with my current team Benhall. I played virtually every minute for a very competitive Benhall side in 2018/19. We should have finished higher than we did (eighth) having been in the top 5 most of the season, but I really felt like this was a season where I was on top of my game. A mixed, regular routine of an Airborne Fit workout (effing hard), squash, and regular training certainly helped... I thoroughly enjoyed it and all of the 4 Cs were back...

Lessons learnt

*Sighs*. 2019/20 was frustrating. I picked up a troublesome groin injury in April that hampered pretty much all of pre-season. I couldn’t jump, turn, sprint, use my left foot or shake it off. But I still played. Unfit and injured. I shouldn’t have been playing, but the team were struggling. Slowly, when I finally decided to not play and focused on getting right, we started picking results up again. It wasn’t until Xmas that I started hitting some form of fitness and form before the season was lost to us all from coronavirus in March. 

Reflection time

Having this time off has allowed me to think. Do I still want it? How badly do I want it? Where do we go from here? 

The answers are yes, desperately - and onwards! Now is a great time to reflect, put a plan into action, and to move forward. I miss football. I miss watching it. I miss talking about it. I miss reading about it. I miss the social side. But I miss playing the most. 

Time doesn’t stand still. I’m bloody 30 next year! I need to make these next few years of football as memorable as possible. This coronavirus pandemic has given us motive and opportunity to do lots of things. For me, I’m going to try and use it to get my fitness levels as high as my body will allow me to. I know I’m unlikely to hit the dizzy heights of 2017 when it comes to running 5k, but I can try...

This reflection time has also made me appreciate those still playing in their 30s who are doing what’s necessary to keep in shape. You only get one body; Look after it!  

The records

OK, my current ‘best run’ for 2020 is actually 24 mins 32 seconds - set today! I’m still adapting to the tough terrain of the bumpy Saxmundham / Kelsale / Carlton course set by Morpho - one of those still going round like a train! 

I look forward to seeing plenty of people recording their runs on Strava, which must have record-breaking downloads at the minute! Look out for the heavy-footed runner with the strange running technique, not too dissimilar to Shefki Kuqi, bashing his way around with big elbows and big knees... 

For the record, here are my ‘season’s best’ 5k times: 

2017: 21 mins 29 secs

2018: 23 mins 10 secs

2019: 23 mins 55 secs

2020: 24 mins 32 secs

P.s. You should try the Joe Wicks workouts too! They’re brilliant. Hats off to Joe, and others running similar programmes, for keeping thousands of adults and children fit, healthy, busy and inspired!  Stay home. Stay safe. Use your time wisely. And enjoy your permitted daily exercise!

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Today, 5 May, marks 153 years since bushranger Ben Hall was shot & killed by police & black trackers. Ben’s body was riddled with bullets. He never fired a single shot. #BenHall #bushranger #Forbes #NewSouthWales #NSW #historic #historic #AustralianHistory (at Forbes, New South Wales)

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Nate Wooley ‎– Battle Pieces #relativepitchrecords 2015 Art Direction – #BenHall Piano – #SylvieCourvoisier Saxophone – #IngridLaubrock Trumpet – #NateWooley Vibraphone – #MattMoran

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Video Movie Review: AGNES (2021): Mickey Reece's Film has Interesting Moments but Misses its Potential https://tinyurl.com/yfk3ka7v

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Heading into Ben Hall country this week! Bushrangers are such an interesting point in Australian history, so I'm excited to dive into this book! 😊📚📖🇦🇺 #BenHall #bushrangers #Australia #Australianhistory #history #nonfiction #Forbes {#book #bookaddict #bookaholic #bookblog #bookblogger #bookfan #bookgeek #bookgram #bookish #booklife #booklove #booklover #bookmark #booknerd #BookPhotography #bookreader #bookreviewer #bookstagram #booksofinstagram #booktography #bookworm #bookworld #bibliophile #reading #readingaddict #instabooks}

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@benhall 💥👊🏼😜 #adonmagazine web exclusive by @ethan.b.c - click: www.adonmagazine.com 🙌🏼 @royfire7 @peertal 🔥😉👍🏼 (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpupBDUl0vg/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=axgqd262zovf

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