Remediation

February 28 was my last post. Been over 6 months since i posted. Wow. That's kinda wild, 'cuz last i posted was around when i just had the Moon wall finished and was starting to put holds on. So i was still at reliance, and was looking at switching jobs. I guess it makes sense that there was a hiatus there. And i didn't stop climbing.

Anyhow, time for an update. And prolly a reboot.

Does look like it's been nearly 4 months since i've been in the irongym. That's a bit eye-opening, and sad. Got a Highland games coming up, and it looks like i'll be middle of the pack if they let me into the kids' division.

Respecting climbing, i could tentatively say i haven't lost any ground. In fact, i think the problem is i've felt too good climbing. Seems i inadvertently tacked on about 2 extra months to the end of the last season--mostly because it seemed to be going well. Seems i normally naturally call the season about on time 'cuz my hands just start feeling frayed and stale. Obviously didn't this time round. Maybe wasn't pushing it hard enough. Also, i think it took me several weeks to get in a groove on the PE thang. That felt very important once i realized what it was supposed to feel like, so i gave some extra time to it. Then i think i was just having fun bouldering. There're worse reasons, i'd reckon, to not start a new season on time.

Ah well: it's in the past.

Just started Season 4. Did two weeks of ARCing and just finished the first hangboard sesh a coupla days ago. Lost a li'l ground on the hangboard, but only a li'l. And i'd climbed pretty hard earlier in the day, and that didn't help a bit. And the weather's cisping up a bit, which should make hangboarding more fun.

Can't say i've gained any weight, but i'm certain i've lost some muscle as i haven't been lifting.

That'll hafta change. I've got the gear to start lifting again.

Think i'll go strip down the moonwall and start something new.

Eighteen Days Out

Really not that far out from the last workouts. Kina stumbled a bit here. But it's not a real loss. No injuries

Just time

There're some really beautiful cold nights. Hands are still strong.

Endurance is certainly not what it needs to be. Gunna have to correct that. But i campused on the medium rungs; and that's a bigger uptick than i'd dreamed before.

So there's hope. See what tomorrow brings.

Plastique

Got the fresh Egrips holds in. There're some very hard problems to be had here.

Just ordered a coupla mo' MadPads for an LZ. That should make this more fun yet. Seriously looking forward to playing with this more.

Also just got in a few more campus rungs. Tomorrow could relinquish a new high point. :)

Waxing Clydesdale

As i mentioned in that other post, i've been growing in obesity over the last few weeks. Was 204lbs (fully-clothed) yesterday before the hangboard sesh. Horrifyingly undisciplined season here. Gunna hafta change.

Part of it, i know, is just the holiday deal: been abiding the presence of tinsful of sundry morphisms of sugared lard, upon which grazing is far too easy. Going to have to get the right view of that: Sugary crap is sugary crap no matter how neat (i.e. accessible) the presentation.

But also i've just been coming home from chaos at work and, having not had the time to actually eat all day, am cramming whatever i can find down the craw. Also undisciplined. Just difficult to keep eyes on the prize when i spend every hour of sunlit daytime trying not to cuss. But that (GOD willing) could change soon. And i'd very much like to not have another stone of weight to shed in order to start getting it back together.

On the upside, the weather seems to be warming a smidge, which'll surely make easier the decision between going for a run/workout and playing another round of tower defense wrapped in my fleeced blankey. With a beer and two lbs of cookies.

And now that i've tanned the morning's Eggs Benedictine, i'm off to install the new campus rungs  :)) That should lend some psychvoltage.