A day after 30

So its the day after my 30 birthday, I wanted to write something but really have no idea what to put down.  Last night was pretty low key.  A nice dinner at Teppanyaki place with Vieve, Robyn, and Marina.  Seems this year instead of one big day there are going to be several events spread over two weeks.  Last night dinner, tonight full moon surfing (although that would probably happen birthday or not), tomorrow going to see some people I train with fight both MMA and Muay Thai, then next weekend is going to be an overnight camping excursion.  So even though its spread out, it is far more than could be done in one day.

School is going well, but with the time demands of training and study it feels like things are going so fast.  I moved out here almost 10 months ago, the last year plus has been more new experiences and challenges than I can really comprehend. Guess I got to pack it all in now before things start to fall apart and I cant do any of the sports I enjoy any more.

09/10/13

A quick update of some things that have been happening over the last couple days...

Last weekend I got my third stripe on my white belt.  I think with this and a couple more months of solid training I will be able to take my blue belt test either in December or the time after that.  I think my travel schedule is going to mess with my training a little, but its going to be good for the body to have a month off from getting battered.  My jiujiitsu seems to be coming along, the no gi is getting much better, but I am enjoying the gi as well.

I have been surfing a bit more and starting to get a least a little better, although that seems to be coming along slower than my BJJ.  Yesterday was nice, not a lot of waves, but the water was really calm.  Marina has been helping quite a bit, although I get the feeling that she enjoys watching me spill as much as she enjoys helping me get better.  Now its more about doing everything that I know I should be rather than learning new skills.  I am starting to see how, if one were good at this, surfing could be pretty fun.  Its also way easier to go out and do than skiing.  With the water there are no lift tickets, in Hawaii at least you are so close that you dont have to take a day to get to the mountain and can just get out and go on to whatever you have to do.

I am slowly starting to get ready for the half marathon I have coming up in Nov.  Its really hard to motivate to run with the all the other trainings that I am trying to get in.  But my knees are doing ok with the light runs, 3-4 miles.  Just need to get that up to 8-10 without any real discomfort and I will feel good about the race and not worry about my knee.  Why cant the muscle conditioning in one sport transfer completely to other sports?

Its time to get ready to head to the gym.  Oh and school is...going again.  Fuck Im busy...