Thursday night boxing

3 rounds skipping - 10 secs on, 10 off for the first two and 15 secs on. 5 off for the last one. Plan to pick this up to 6 rounds because it's giving me a different cardio workout than I get from running at the moment.

Footwork - 2 rounds

Shadow - 2 rounds

Kristine shows up - partner footwork 2 rounds, partner shadow sparring 3 rounds

Then did about 8 or 10 rounds of partnerwork working first and second attacks off of slips, blocks or parries trying to get reaction speed and speed and balance overall better. Felt good. Noticed to begin with slipping left to avoid her cross I'd move my head too much more than my left foot and be off balance for my counter but fixed that and got a bit more power and balance in it. Kristine is good to work with for this stuff!

Did some balance work on the medicine balls but only a couple of rounds since the gym is empty and Kristine is locking up. Walked Kristine to Paul's place before cycling home - she's had car trouble and it's not safe to let her walk alone. Cycled home. Had to dodge one guy walking with a group, who decided to charge at me with a shopping trolley - luckily he missed and his mates didn't catch on to the game until I was long gone. I won't miss cycling home late at night!

Friday

No run this morning - packing - am moving house - little stuff today and big stuff tomorrow. Hope to get something in sometime though - maybe at lunch today. Am excited because I'm moving close to the gym and the aquatic centre so training will be easier to organize - weights and swimming in the mornings, boxing at night and still get home reasonably early so can spend less time cycling at night!