boot camp 2010

I went to boot camp again this year. I read my journal entry after last years boot camp and it was cool to read my thoughts, there was a lot I forgot about. Last year I was sick for 2 months before and getting through that day was a real struggle for me. This year was a struggle too, but just in the good kind of way. Part of the day is the fitness test, which everyone dreads. It's the end of the day and it's tough. One of the things we do is timed kicks, front thrust, side heel, roundhouse, spinning back kick. One minute on each leg for each kick, so 8 minutes total. I find this excruciating. When we do this in class I almost always want to throw up. It's funny but at boot camp it's not like that. I don't know if it's the energy of all the people in there that keeps you going, or the do or die attitude, but its something special. There is a bond when you sweat and bleed and get sick on each other. I'm sure most of us have felt this with our training partners out there. I think the best part of the day is getting to the other side of it with everyone, having that shared experience, knowing everyone else there is just as exhausted as you...that they really get it. The camaraderie is pretty special. Here's to everyone that's still as sore as I am after the weekend!

summer slowdown

So summer is officially here and I've been feeling the strain of keeping up with my requirements already. I think that the big difference for me this year will be having the phys out program telling me how many reps I need to do to catch up and my daily and weekly numbers to keep up. Last summer I kind of put my head in the sand and didn't look at my running total which made it almost impossible to catch up. I plan on this summer being different than the last.

I'm still fighting this cough that has been following me around. My cardio is suffering because of it but I'm hoping it will go away soon.

Silent River is having it's annual boot camp this Saturday so I'm gearing myself up for that. I went last year in not the best health, but got through the day and had a really positive experience. The agenda looks like it's going to be a great day. I'm hoping my lungs will co operate and I'll make it through that run at the end of the day.

month 6

Training this week has still been a little slow. I have this lingering cough that likes me so much it won't leave. This morning I had a really good class and sweat a lot and all that good stuff. I feel like I havn't been able to fully participate in class for awhile, so it was much needed. I think I'm good to go back to the San Shou class, my attendance has been pretty abysmal the past couple of months. I would love to recruit some other women for the class, but no one is interested. I don't mind sparring the guys, but in a traditional san shou or grappling match, it would be great to have someone my size to work with. We are almost halfway through UBBT 7 and I am in better shape numbers wise than I was last year so I feel good about that. Going to try to make the second

half better than the first.

1 step forward, 2 steps back

Last week I caught up on numbers with all of my goals except one and I was feeling pretty good about it. This week I got knocked flat by a virus and I have done almost nothing. I have been spending my nights awake coughing up a lung and my days feeling dragged out from the nights. So I'm playing catch up this week again, I am hoping that I can regain some ground and that I will actually get to sleep tonight.