Every muscle and bone in my body seems to have its own little moan, possibly due, in part, to getting no sleep Saturday or Sunday nights (thanks work). So in the run up to the competition this Sunday I've eased off a bit. I've even gone so far as to give running a miss tonight! Last night I did half a weights session then spent about 45 minutes on the punchbag and I'm missing Friday's weights altogether. Obviously I'm missing Sunday weights being as I feel that I might be struggling a bit to move. I'm also having to miss next Tuesday, but that's for other reasons (see below)
That aside, I don't intend to slack off...no pain no gain, pain is weakness leaving the body, pain is temporary pride is forever etc etc etc...
I've got a different kind of exercise coming up next week as well; a couple of walks in the lakes. Day one is an easy walk up a little hill, then day 2 is
Helvellyn. It is, apparently, the 3rd highest mountain in England...(which I guess is kind of like saying Happy was the 3rd tallest dwarf)...but one can't start at Everest
(although I'm sure I've been up there...)
So yes, Tuesday we're up at daft-o-clock to drive up to Keswick in the Lake District, get our stuff dropped in the hostel and head out into the wilderness. We'll have a few pints when we get back and watch the football, then we're back up at about 6 the next morning for a proper hearty breakfast and then it's out and on to Helvellyn. I half want to take a flag with me and plant it at the summit! (By 'half want to' I mean 'totally want to and totally would if I could fit one in my bag').
I've got all my gear together now and even, geekily, have some walking poles on their way from ebay that will be arriving hopefully by the end of the week. At some point later in the year work are meant to be organising a walk up Scafell Pike as well so it will all get used again I'm sure...
Before that however is...The Big Fight Live...sort of.
Taekwondo competition this Sunday in Doncaster...in case I hadn't already mentioned it...starting at about 9:30 there are 4 categories:
Point Stop Sparring
Continuous Sparring
Patterns
Destruction
Point stop is sparring where every time someone makes a legitimate scoring point (kick or punch to the head or body) the fight is stopped and brought back to the middle before starting again. The winner is the first to a set number of points or whoever has the most points after a given time period.
Continuous is sparring where the fight continues until the time period is up or someone retires and the points are added as it goes.
Patterns are different sets of techniques done in a particular order that simulate defending yourself from multiple attackers.
Destruction is breaking boards.
So I entered all 4!
I'm gonna get hopped up on Red Bull and Lucozade to hopefully avoid passing out from lack of energy but I figured I'd get all the experience I can. Especially when it's £10 for 1 event and then £2 for each additional event; it seems daft not to.
I got my yellow belt on Monday as well so I get to wear it for the comp which is cool and hopefully I'll bring something back with me...and not just a black eye and more moany body parts...
Expect photos and videos, unless I do badly in which case expect never to hear about it again and a complete and absolute denial of knowledge from me...
