4 posts from May 2007

Well, South Carolina was a resounding success.

I came out the first fight with guns blazing.  One pivotal sequence happened quite early.  I had gotten my foot caught up on a guys shoulder after landing a shot to his head.  He took a couple steps forward towards me and I lost my balance and both feet came up in the air.  I landed flat on my back with a resounding thud and my head smacked against the mat just after.  Luckily we wear head gear, or else that would have really sucked.  I laid there for a couple seconds waiting for the shooting pains up and down my spine that I just knew were coming.  The ref stood over me and asked if I was OK.  When the pains never came, I gave out a quick "woo!" and jumped back up to my feet.  It was on.  I finished off the match and completely dominated the guy, landing a few more head shots and just sticking a foot in his gut whenever he tried to come in on me.

Now, I'm not one for fanciful descriptions and play-by-play analysis, but I went on to take 1st place and qualify for Nationals down in Fort Lauderdale, FL the first week of July.

so yeah....I have a small headache and a slight pain in my back, but nothing more than I get after a normal workout.  I'm going to start trying the every day routine again and see if I am able to stick with it this time.  I had taken the last few weeks pretty easy not knowing how live competition would affect my body.

Well...Its been a slow couple weeks.  My back is off and on and I haven't been able to get any real consistent work in.  However, its too late for anything else.  In the morning I leave for South Carolina to attempt to qualify for Nationals...

I'll fill in more when I return.

Well, I've come to a decision.  Whether or not its the correct one won't be determined until early June.  I'm still planning on fighting the last weekend of May coming up here.  My back pains have been off and on for months now, so I'm going to change up my routine a little bit.  I think I'm going to lay off the lifting for the rest of the month and stick to just cardio and agility training.  Hopefully my back appreciates it, however it could backfire since that will be more impact than normal.  We'll see...

Exercise - nothing today.  I had to work late and my back is still a little sore.  Tomorrow I'm going to run longer than normal - aiming for 3 miles...but we'll see.

Back pain (0-10) - started out as a 5...gradually decreased to about a 2-3 right now.

I have to run and get some grocery type things before "The Riches" starts.  I love that show...and I love Eddie Izzard (in a masculine, he's-a-funny-guy way).

well...this past week has been absolute crap.  Back pains galore.  Enough to make me come home from work and go straight to bed.  Even now when I arch my back and press my shoulder blades together, I get a nice crunching sound and a smidgen of pain shooting down my spine.  I love it.

Exercise - well...not much this week.  I won't detail Monday because that's in my previous post.  Tuesday I woke up with pain and didn't do anything as it got progressively worse throughout the day.  Wednesday night I skipped lifting, but went and did some sparring/drills at taekwondo.  Well, after about a half-hour, my back tightened up pretty bad, so I was done there.  Thursday and yesterday....rest.  Today?  Well, probably nothing again.  I'm out again until Monday most likely.

There's a tournament coming up in South Carolina at the end of this month and I'm up in the air about competing.  I'm probably going to go regardless, but worst case scenario is I'll skip competing and just coach.  If I do compete, its my last chance to qualify for Nationals down in Ft. Lauderdale, FL.

Weight - still no official reading...this week has been a scratch.

In other news...I'm most likely not going up to South Dakota until Christmas.  I need to save my money and vacation time for Colorado and Washington DC.

Back pain (0-10) - 3 currently...was up to an 8 or so at times during the week.