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Yesterday fell apart a bit goal wise, and a couple of small things happened that ticked me right off. Seriously. Don't poke an angry bear with a stick, they'll maul your face. Anyway, it was my brother's birthday so we had a varied selection of Japanese foods and then watched a nature documentary. HD, Attenborough, seething masses of snakes, reptiles and dragons... good times.
Fitness: Bouncing up four flights of stairs with my skate bag probably doesn't count overly much, but I've been reading Kami's blog and feeling driven about running my own offskates. I just don't have any time at all at the moment for sorting this out, also, I'm unsure of my capabilities of running one. More on that later. I'd prefer to run an offskates training program because it would be easier if I felt people were depending on me to turn up. Plus, that would feed my desire to see everyone else improve.
Aikido: No training today. Mentally prepared for tomorrow. It's not really Aikido, but Effortless Power and Intrinsic Strength sound like useful tools.
Derby: Public skate at Mount Wellington Skateland. I really enjoy the rink at Skateland, and it feels like it's been a million years since I last went skating (Monday). But my legs have rebuilt, (somehow they don't feel 100% rested but they are up to full strength again) and my vertical jump has increased by two inches since I let them rest up. I know this because I banana jump to strike the exit sign in the corridor at work. I've never reached the door frame before, always been well short. So I felt compelled to do a bit of jumping around the rink. Backwards, forwards, lateral, lateral backwards, two feet, one foot hops, leaps, 180s, 180 single foot switch... when I look back, I wanted to do a few more jumps, but it was ridiculously crowded tonight. Oh yes, and hockey stops. Just could not find the drive in my left foot tonight, but the percentage of 'successfuls' on my right is slowly increasing. I feel like I have to learn so much about pack work and strategy that I want to be able to not have to think about moving my feet or my body, and rather just know that if I need to be over there, or stop abruptly, that my feet know how to move and let me focus on everything else.
Diet: Did I mention there were Superwines? I only had two, some tea and my standard weetbix with banana for breakfast. Trying to up my water consumption at the moment, to two canisters of water a day at my desk. Mammoth sandwich for lunch, some more biscuits snuck in there, eggs and bacon for afternoon tea before skating, and then steak and a selection of vegetables. I have no idea how I'm going to find sustenance for the next 8 days. Precooked chickens, bananas and chocolate milk I think.
Sleep: I stayed up a little late (around 12) watching Ponies, but it really helped balance me out mentally and the quality of sleep I had as a result was much improved. I was still grumpy on-and-off today and I actually almost passed out after coming back from lunch, just a sudden wash of exhaustion. I then took an extra hour to go nap in the turret... I took a note pad with me when I left so it looked like I was going to a meeting. Success. Coming up on 12am now, I need to have a shower before sleeping and I need to be in Sandringham before 8.30am tomorrow.
It was great seeing Firecracker, Chinky Minx and Starsong tonight (they've all picked such adorable names) and ! I have a fan. An eight-year old girl who has just signed up for inline hockey at Skateland was well impressed how I left the other three battling for second place during a "quad" speed race (note to self, start with a bigger handicap next time than a few feet back on the outside) She may well forget me by the next open session we bump into each other but I'm a sucker for positive feedback. Who would have thought the praise of a small child would make me feel better about myself?
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