Oops - haven't filled this in in a while.

To be honest this week has been a bit dodgy - I'm forever rearranging things and after thinking it was a good idea to do weights at night after boxing i now think those nights were too late for me and I function better waking up early rather than going to bed late.

Anyway this is what i can remember

Friday night

Warm up - skipping and a few rounds shadow
One 25 min round on the bag. liked it. Get really tired but seem to be better at working my fluency and balance in a long round. I think i pick up more technically without the round break. I think i don't mentally engage straight away so the longer round has my attention to detail more - odd!

Went to the aquatic centre - did back weights routine and then cycled home.

Saturday

Cycled to the club in Somerton for interclub sparring, about 45 min bike ride. Warmed up while the heavier guys sparred, then had my sparring. Sparring posted in Ask the trainer section. I have a few ideas of how i want to improve from that. Maybe making my feet slightly narrower will give me more control when pivoting and moving sideways and I can reduce this huge bounce back thing i have putting me too far out of range all the time. I think I can be much faster than that too so that's the goal for next week - to speed things up and stay inside more without getting my head knocked off.

Mum came to watch me sparring and gave me a lift home - you can probably hear her in the vids - she's loud!

Sunday

Off - still hell sore from run on Friday morning - lower back and legs from the steep descent. Also aim to run more often next week to make Friday mornings less of a shock!

Also grumpy - one thing I'm just getting now is that I can't spend all my spare time on the weekend cleaning without turning into an absolute she devil. Nearly evicted a flatmate (not the legend who sometimes tapes my sparring who owns the dog but the other one who complains about mess all the time but never cleans) for being late with rent money and she's still not talking to me!

Aim to do more during the week to stay sane. It's boring but I think part of managing training time and keeping morale up so the time spent training is enjoyed rather than feeling like a big sacrifice.

Monday

Good news is that my cold seems to be pretty much gone now - at last!

Lunch - warm up jog about 10 mins then 8 X 200 m sprints walking back between, cool down

Boxing - speed emphasis - not many rounds but tiring because all at 100 % fastest pace I could do - about 4 shadow warming up, 6 bag, 2 floor to ceiling and another 3 on the bag, finished with some balancing on a wobble board.

Went to the aquatic centre for a 30 min swim to cool down.

Tuesday

Lunch run - about 45 mins easy


Cycled to boxing

Boxing - lazy night. Tired but not sure why - perhaps just being a lazy bum since the gym is so dead and day at uni has been busy.

Shadow work, a couple of rounds on the bag, lots of balance work on the medicine balls and the wobble board.

Cycled home


Wednesday

30 min lunch run - easy, all on grass - some aching in my knees - I think I'm overdue for a really good stretch.

Boxing

warmed up with a few rounds shadow and footwork, stretching between rounds. Then did 25 min round on the bag and followed with ab work and back weights. Wanted to get home early so crammed everything in at the boxing gym instead of going to the aquatic centre.

cycled home


Thursday

Got up at 5 to go for a 30 minute jog before leaving early to work in the field today. Just using the mini soil corer so less physical than the deep soil coring. Not too tiring except I forgot my sunscreen and got burnt to a crisp (red like a tomato!) and then to top it off rain came in late afternoon so while catching bus back home heard that thunderstorms are predicted and people have to be very careful on the roads tonight.

I've decided not to go to the boxing gym tonight since one of my bike lights has been broken recently and the other is a bit dull and with bad weather might not be safe. Will try to rehydrate and hope I don't get blisters from my sunburn!

Going home now - might use tonight to stretch although it looks like another early morning tomorrow to go out into the field again (hopefully won't be raining in the morning) so can't run with the road runners this week .