Thursday boxing

warm up 3 rounds shadow - 2 min rounds 1 min break used to stretch

Then 16 rounds 2 mins with 20 to 30 secs break except for a 1 min break when swapping bags after 8 rounds. First 8 rounds without patch 2nd eight rounds with eye patch.

Wanted a longer warm down for shadow but as coach Arthur needed to close up early could only do a 5 min round of shadow in the ring blindfolded.

Coach Arthur picked up a few things on my uppercuts to the body to work on. I'm telegraphing them a bit and not really fluent throwing them in a combo so I'm going to work on that. I realize that we may have very different styles in some ways but he still has a few things to add.

Cycled to aquatic centre. Got there early enough to book a session with staff for 11:30 Sunday morning to get my weight program planned. Then did some light leg weights. Upper body tired from soil coring and boxing training. I might get a split program and always do upper body weights except abs and lower back in the mornings since seem to tired to make the most of it at night.

Cycling conditions - windy on the way to boxing but not too bad, a little rain but no wind heading back home.

Friday morning run

I've just got to uni and my hands are shaking from the buzz

I met up with my old Friday morning training buddies.

Theres 2 groups a slow group which run the same course every Friday which is easier on the joints because it's uphill but winding and not too steep coming back down. There's a faster group I used to race against every Fri morning but they run harder courses and I'm not sure I want to push the knee YET 

I have cycled there and while fiddling around changing my cycling shoes with my runners they head off. I just look up and they're gone! I'm sure it's not 6 am yet - cheaters!

I catch up with the slow group and overtake all except one of them going up, then pass him going down. I'm taking it easy going down not wanting to push the knee and see him creeping up behind me again - then being the bitch I am I can't let him catch up - I take off and completely blitz him 

Yes I'm a bit shallow getting all proud of beating a slow group runner but it feels so good to be striding out again and racing people  .

We go to coffee afterwards. Ken the 81 year old who chooses the track for the faster group every Friday morning asks us all what we got him for father's day.

I hear about how some of the fast group runners went in the marathon on the Sunday just gone. Dean my old nemesis did really well! It's going to take something for me to catch him again but i threaten him anyway 

I hear about who's last man standing for the Adelaide marathon. Every year since it started - something like 29 years there has been a small group of men who did every one. The last 2 in that group entered this year and only one finished. It's so inspiring to hear about someone completing that marathon every year for 29 years.

I love this group - I don't think they have any idea of how much i really missed them. Feels great to be back and immediately I'm thinking about the boxing nationals. I knew my running gave me confidence to be competitive in boxing but I'm suprised at how much i feel it now. the blood is boiling and I can't wait! 

I blame Gally for taking marathons on the board yesterday making me wanna come out and run with them again. If I don't have something more exciting coming up in 2008 to train for I want to do the Cadbury Glass marathon on Hobart in January and aim for a good placing.