Headed out for a light run after being at my desk all day but was feeling so good I decided to add some gentle hill repeats.
I felt great!
The heat really helps my body feel less sore and stiff so bring on the next couple of days of 32 and 36 deg!
Tomorrow is New Years Eve and I'm looking forward to spending the day reflecting on 2011 and pasting everything I have been collecting onto my 2012 Vision Board so it is ready to go for Jan 1.
This is my favourite day of the year without a doubt.
Friday, December 30, 2011
Monday, December 26, 2011
Change of pace
When I first set this blog up I was hoping to juggle taekwondo and triathlon again but instead of going to plan it threw up a whole bunch of injury issues that just wouldn't settle.
It was a rough end to the Year but I learned a lesson, albeit (as usual) the hard way!!
The lesson is this....
I cannot do everything.
I know!! Who would have thought!!
So what to do??!!
In the end the decision was not a hard one, no more tri training.
My hip and SIJ just can't handle it, once I have surgery I'll revisit it but for now and for this year no more tri stuff.
The focus this year is on 2 things:
1: Get my body fighting fit.
I am playing with the idea of the Masters Games (taekwondo) but aside from that I only truly feel fit when I know I can spar round after round.
This also means being flexible and injury free.
2: Be a student to become a Master.
I graded for my 5th dan earlier this year and at 5th dan a lot of instructors would call themselves Master (whether they really should or not!!) but I feel strongly that if you wish to see yourself as a Master, you need to BE a Master.
I have no desire for my students or anyone else to call me Master it is more about buckling down and starting to take my rank seriously.
Each time I have graded for a dan level I don't think I really took on board what it meant, I just get on with the task of training, instructing and trying to find new and better ways to ensure my students progress and learn the ways of taekwondo.
I'm still not a 100% sure what I mean but I have faith I will know it when I see it.
In late November I began one-on-one training once a week with a 9th dan Master (Master YY Oh)
and this is exactly what I have been missing in my training.
I have missed being a student but now I am again and it is very exciting and very humbling at the same time.
So now this blog will be more about taekwondo and my journey towards my 6th degree black belt in 4.5 years from now and all that encompasses.
It was a rough end to the Year but I learned a lesson, albeit (as usual) the hard way!!
The lesson is this....
I cannot do everything.
I know!! Who would have thought!!
So what to do??!!
In the end the decision was not a hard one, no more tri training.
My hip and SIJ just can't handle it, once I have surgery I'll revisit it but for now and for this year no more tri stuff.
The focus this year is on 2 things:
1: Get my body fighting fit.
I am playing with the idea of the Masters Games (taekwondo) but aside from that I only truly feel fit when I know I can spar round after round.
This also means being flexible and injury free.
2: Be a student to become a Master.
I graded for my 5th dan earlier this year and at 5th dan a lot of instructors would call themselves Master (whether they really should or not!!) but I feel strongly that if you wish to see yourself as a Master, you need to BE a Master.
I have no desire for my students or anyone else to call me Master it is more about buckling down and starting to take my rank seriously.
Each time I have graded for a dan level I don't think I really took on board what it meant, I just get on with the task of training, instructing and trying to find new and better ways to ensure my students progress and learn the ways of taekwondo.
I'm still not a 100% sure what I mean but I have faith I will know it when I see it.
In late November I began one-on-one training once a week with a 9th dan Master (Master YY Oh)
and this is exactly what I have been missing in my training.
I have missed being a student but now I am again and it is very exciting and very humbling at the same time.
So now this blog will be more about taekwondo and my journey towards my 6th degree black belt in 4.5 years from now and all that encompasses.
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