Pushups | Crunches | Kata | Sparring | Journey (Swim) | Journey (Bike) | Journey (Run) | Kindness | Journal | Video | ||
Annual Totals:
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28,500
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28,500
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580
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280
| 0 | 697 | 640 |
587
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29
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1
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1,337 | |||||||||||
Annual Targets: | 50000 | 50000 | 1000 | 1000 | 2400 | 1000 | 52 | 12 | |||
Percent of Annual Targets Complete | 57.00% | 57.00% | 58.00% | 28.00% | 55.71% | 58.70% | 55.77% | 8.33% |
Feeling good about the numbers. It was another good week for mileage even with the couple easy days taken for race prep. There are the usual suspects (sparring and videos) that need some attention. But for now I'm not going to panic, I'm just going to keep doing what I'm doing and try to be confident that I'll figure it out.
The Training:
Well, I REALLY have to stop stalling and get in the pool, that's for sure. I'm slowly increasing the bike mileage so that's good. Running is running.
Still working on Naihanchi. Learning some of the applications which is cool. It brings a new perspective to the kata when you can imagine the attackers and understand the movements as they defend. Sparring is ... overwhelming most of the time. For now I'm focusing on angles, changing up the timing and not forcing things.
The clean eating is going well. But I'm just not going to skip pizza when it's ordered or chocolate after lunch. I am eating even more fruit these days. It has become the thing I crave. I don't feel I'm low on protein (which is the concern for some vegetarians) because I eat a fair bit of tofu and tons of egg whites. I will do some more reading on that.
As for brain training - I think most of it happens without my realizing it. I think this test, while it really is a struggle sometimes, is proving to have results that I don't always see. And sometimes, it's easier to keep pushing through the hard parts of things. I felt it happen...

I finished at 1:50:01. And as much of that as I can attribute to the physical training, I have to give even more credit to the brain training. It's hard sometimes, it's really hard, to keep going in this test. To choose the ride over dinner with friends. To not let how tired I feel be how tired I am. It feels really, REALLY good to have those moments when it's easy to believe that it's worth it.
The Challenges:
The challenges list has been pretty consistent for me through-out: Time management and keeping my head in the game/staying motivated. Now I need to put some thought into knowing how hard to push myself. Particularly with running. I want to get right up to that threshold and hang out there for a while. Even when I know I gave it my all, I still think I could have gone just a bit harder. Just a bit. Maybe that's what makes people get faster: That little bit of self-criticism, if you can own it and turn into drive. I'll be thinking on that.
Levels:
Motivation: It's there
Next Event: July 27th - San Francisco Marathon
Some Humor: